JENNIFER HARK DIETZ

Chief Executive Officer People Assisting The Homeless (PATH)

A15-year advocate in homelessness, Veterans, and mental health services, Jennifer Hark Dietz leads PATH’s strategic direction, business management, and person-centered efforts across California. She guides the organization’s statewide initiatives, working alongside 900 staff with a shared commitment to establish permanent solutions to homelessness that are faster and more affordable. As a licensed clinical social worker, Dietz ensures the use of evidencebased approaches to service delivery.

Dietz also helps manage the organization’s assets, direct mergers and acquisitions, analyze risk for new projects and programs, and coordinate legal issues. Under her mission-driven leadership, PATH’s programs statewide have increased by more than 20 percent each year, increased operations from $15 million to $140 million, and expanded its reach from 4,000 Californians across 90 cities to 25,000 across 150. She also works with PATH’s real estate affiliate, PATH Ventures, with its housing portfolio’s rapid expansion to 2,150 units completed or underway.