A dedicated servant leader and advocate for marginalized communities, Hill brings more than three decades of strategic leadership, and housing, property, fiscal and program management expertise to the Office of Homeless Services. Appointed by Mayor Cherelle L. Parker in September 2024, Hill comes to the City after serving at nationally recognized nonprofit homeless services provider, Project HOME. There, she most recently was its Senior Vice President of Supportive Housing Operation, and before that, its Vice President, Property and Asset Management. As a Project HOME leader, Hill demonstrated fiscally responsible management of a $20 million annual budget and worked tirelessly to create strategies that would not only support the residents but support the 200 staff members she managed to support staff growth and well-being.
Earlier in her career, Hill was a director of compliance for the Atlanta Housing Authority, responsible for the annual audits of more than 100 project-based voucher and public housing communities. She has spent more than a decade as an affordable housing consultant leading diverse and complex projects such as developing a HUD-50058 data collection and reporting module — preventing tenant evictions during the 2008 foreclosure crisis and emergency housing placement during Hurricane Katrina.
In her newest role at OHS, Hill will utilize her breadth of skills and experience to fine-tune the City’s administrative agency that is responsible for funding and overseeing the more than 70 providers that help it meet its mission to make homelessness rare, brief and nonrecurring.
Hill earned a B.A. from San Francisco State University and an MBA from Georgia State University.
David Holloman has more than 15 years of experience working with people experiencing homelessness in Philadelphia, including supporting outreach teams, and building partnerships between various City departments and community organizations to address chronic homelessness. He first joined OHS in 2012 as Director of Chronic Homelessness after a 5-year stint as Outreach Services Clinical Coordinator for the City’s Office of Behavioral Health and disAbility Services. In 2014 Holloman became Director of External Affairs.
Promoted to Chief of Staff in 2019, Holloman led the execution of smooth internal operations, informing key managers of day-to-day operational, tactical, and strategic issues within the agency. He additionally collaborated in developing and implementing new initiatives, business processes, procedures, roles, and operational improvement initiatives. During the COVID pandemic he helped develop new, innovative programs to support the most vulnerable individuals, including the elderly, those with chronic medical conditions and young people. Holloman serves as lead for the Youth Homeless Demonstration Program, aimed at reducing the number of homeless youth.
Holloman earned a B.A. in Public Administration from Shippensburg University, and a Master of Science in Organizational Development Leadership from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.
MaryBeth “Beth” Gonzales is the Deputy Director, Policy, Planning, and Performance Management. She is responsible for driving the architecture of OHS’s work to maximize the efficiency, access, quality, and effectiveness of Philadelphia’s homeless services system, including the Continuum of Care. Beth has worked across governmental and non-governmental agencies to design and implement policies and programs that drive outcomes and impact. She has dedicated her career to improving the lives of vulnerable populations. Beth also helped design and run the nation’s first court-based eviction prevention program in New York City. She holds a BA from Howard University, a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from New York University, and an MPA in Public and Nonprofit Management and Policy from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.