August 19: Noon - 4 pm
August 20: 9 am - 4pm
Nuka Learning and Wellness Center Building
4085 Tudor Centre Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508
The focus of the multi-day event is how organizations from different sectors can improve client outcomes and get involved in the work of the Continuums of Care. The Alaska Housing Summit is for housing and homelessness service providers, funders and partners whose work intersects with housing.
This year's summit will focus on the core initiatives of the Continuums of Care, how data can be leveraged to form partnerships and make decisions, and future advocacy opportunities.
The summit is an opportunity to network with other providers and build connections. Light breakfast and lunch will be provided.
Please join us for the Alaska Housing Summit 2026 on August 19 and 20th.
This year’s theme is “Productive Partnerships.”
Wednesday, August 19, Noon to 4:00 p.m.
12:00 p.m. Lunch, Networking & Registration
1:00 p.m. Welcome
Brian Wilson, Executive Director, Alaska Coalition on Housing & Homelessness
Jessica Parks, Executive Director, Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness
2:00 p.m. Keynote
Jeff Olivet, one of the nation's leading voices on homelessness policy and prevention, will share insights about the state of homelessness in America, including bright spots and success stories around cross sector collaboration.
Jeff Olivet, Jeff Olivet Consulting Group
3:00–4:00 p.m. Right At Home
A new statewide homelessness prevention initiative.
Deborah Asper, Homeless Prevention Systems Manager, Alaska Coalition on Housing & Homelessness
Will Walker, Homeless Prevention System Manager, Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness
Agenda
Day 2
Day 1
Thursday, August 20, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. Opening
9:10 a.m. Street Care: When partnerships fill the gaps.
What's working in Fairbanks and Anchorage.
10:15 a.m. Youth Systems: Design by Experience
Youth With Lived Experience Panel Discussion.
11:30 a.m. Advocacy Partnerships to Amplify Impact
Amanda Metivier, Executive Director, Facing Foster Care in Alaska
Lauree Morton, Deputy Director, Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
12:15 p.m. Lunch
12:45 p.m. Keynote: Destination: Home
A discussion on the collective impact when public and private stakeholders align to prevent and end homelessness in their communities.
Ray Bramson, Chief Operating Officer, Destination: Home
Jennifer Loving, Chief Executive Officer, Destination: Home
1:25 p.m. Healthcare Integration & Data Sharing
Owen Brooks, Director of Organizational Development, Alaska Coalition on Housing & Homelessness
2:30–3:00 p.m. Building Youth‑Focused Systems
Holly Blood, Coordinated Entry Manager, Alaska Coalition on Housing & Homelessness
Michaela Franklin, Youth Systems Improvement Manager, Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness
3:15 p.m. Closing
Keynote Speakers
Jeff Olivet
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Jeff Olivet is an internationally recognized leader in public health and homelessness policy. From 2022 to 2025, he was the nation’s top homelessness official, leading the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH). Prior to federal service, he was CEO of C4 Innovations, a mission-driven small business dedicated to scaling best practices in the fields of housing, public health, behavioral health, and homelessness. Jeff has over three decades of experience as an outreach worker, advocate, researcher, teacher, writer, and inspiring speaker, and he has been principal investigator on numerous studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and private foundations. He currently serves as Senior Advisor at the Initiative on Health and Homelessness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a consultant to organizations across the United States.
Jeff Olivet Consulting Group
Jennifer Loving
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Jen Loving is a nationally respected nonprofit executive and systems-change leader with more than two decades of experience advancing solutions to end and prevent homelessness. As CEO of Destination: Home, she is known for pairing rigorous data and policy expertise with a deeply human approach to leadership—bringing together government, philanthropy, service providers, and people with lived experience to drive measurable, lasting impact. Under her leadership, Destination: Home has emerged as a leader in ending and preventing homelessness, shaping strategies that treat homelessness as both a solvable policy challenge and a shared moral responsibility.
Jen leads with authenticity and deep expertise, shaped by firsthand experience working across nearly every homelessness setting imaginable. She is unwavering in her belief that the most effective solutions are designed with and led by those most impacted, keeping people at the center of every strategy.
Chief Executive Officer, Destination: Home
Ray Bramson
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Ray works systematically to meet Destination: Home’s goals by addressing key staffing, process, and infrastructure issues, while also overseeing the organization’s housing loan portfolio, grantmaking, and development functions. Having focused on homelessness and affordable housing issues for the majority of his career, Ray previously worked for the City of San Jose, leading the city’s Homelessness Interventions and Solutions Division for over five years.
Prior to joining the city, he was a philanthropy manager at Silicon Valley Community Foundation, and before that Ray worked with HomeFirst–a Santa Clara County safety net organization–as director of development. An alumnus of UC Santa Barbara, Ray spent the year following his graduation with the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps serving impoverished communities throughout the southeastern United States. He is a senior fellow with American Leadership Forum Silicon Valley and a board member for Housing Matters, Veggielution, and Nonprofit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH). Ray is also currently pursuing his Masters in Liberal Arts from Stanford University.
Chief Operating Officer, Destination: Home
Scholarships Available
We have limited scholarships for this year's summit. For anyone requesting assistance with registration fees, transportation or lodging, please apply here. Scholarship requests are due by July 17th, 2026, and recipients will be notified on July 18th.
Dates & Time
August 19: 11:30am - 4pm
August 20: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location
Nuka Learning and Wellness Center Building
4085 Tudor Centre Dr
Anchorage, AK 99508
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