Donna Biederman, associate professor, recently began serving in leadership roles at multiple levels. 

Locally, Biederman is a Co-chair of the Health and Housing committee of the Partnership for a Healthy Durham. The committee is developing a two-year work plan and has goals related to data availability and quality, awareness and advocacy around affordable housing in Durham. 

At the state level, Biederman is serving on the Homeless Management Information System Advisory Board. HMIS is the technology platform for inputting and reporting data related to homeless service use and is required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The advisory board provides guidance and oversight to the newly formed HMIS@NCCEH that collects and reports data for 81 of the 100 counties in North Carolina. Biederman was invited to join the group based on her work on homelessness at the local and national levels with the acknowledgement, “Your perspective could help us create an HMIS that uses data to better drive change in our communities and bring an end to homelessness.”

At the national level, Biederman was confirmed as Vice Chair of the National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Respite Care Providers Network (RCPN) steering committee. Expanding medical respite is one of the NHCHC strategic priorities and through her work with the Durham Homeless Care Transitions program, Biederman has experience in this work. Biederman is beginning her fifth year as a representative on the NHCHC RCPN steering committee as she enters this leadership role.