Nancy Harrington is the Executive Director of CARES, Inc. a not for profit organization providing planning services to over 23 counties in New York State to solve homelessness. She also serves as Chair of the Capital Region Coalition to End Homelessness and brings a regional voice to the causes of homelessness and best practice solutions working to prevent and end it.  Her perspective on homelessness and its solutions comes from more than 26 years of experience working in the areas of poverty, social policy and research, and community based organization.  Nancy earned a Bachelors in Economics from Loyola University in Maryland and her MSW from the University at Albany with a concentration in Public Policy.