Marcy Thompson is the Alliance’s Vice President of Programs and Policy. In this role, she develops, coordinates and leads the implementation of the organization’s policy and advocacy agenda. Marcy brings more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing federal homelessness-related policy as a public servant, consultant, and frontline services practitioner. Marcy’s prior experience includes authoring the most recent federal strategic plan (All In)while serving as the Director of Policy Initiatives at USICH, leading a national technical assistance team that provided equity-centered homelessness technical assistance and capacity-building support around the country and in various roles at HUD, where she worked collaboratively across the federal government for 12 years to develop policy that sought to codify national best practices. Marcy earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore.