Katie Bower oversees the operations of Project Renewal’s 18 housing and shelter programs, including permanent supportive housing, transitional housing, affordable housing, and emergency shelter. In this role, she focuses on meaningful service integration to ensure residents of Project Renewal buildings are further supported with health, employment, and other community resources. She also collaborates closely on the development of shelter and housing projects in the agency pipeline.

Katie joined Project Renewal in 2006 as a Quality Assurance Officer, steadily growing into several Director positions and then a Vice President of Programs position before being appointed CHSO in recognition of her deep institutional knowledge and track record of programmatic success. She is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with an MS from Columbia University and BA from the Catholic University of America.