Kathy Izard

Kathy Izard was an award-winning graphic designer for twenty years in Charlotte before launching the pilot program Homeless to Homes for the Urban Ministry Center in 2007.  She successfully demonstrated this Housing First program could succeed and led the city-wide effort to build Moore Place which now houses over one hundred chronically homeless men and women.  Kathy has written about her path to finding faith and a calling in The Hundred Story Home which received a 2017 Christopher Award.  Her community work has also earned the Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Local Hero Award and the NC Housing Volunteer of the Year Award.  Kathy, her husband and four daughters have made Charlotte, N.C. their home for over thirty years.  www.kathyizard.com