Neli Vazquez Rowland is co-founder of A Safe Haven, which is an organization designed to address homelessness. Rowland’s public private partnership model has helped over 130,000 homeless people become independent, and self-sufficient in a sustainable manner, since 1994. She is a nonprofit leader, philanthropist, serial social entrepreneur, and affordable housing real estate developer. She is also a co-author of state legislation to help elevate homelessness as a public health issue. She has been invited to the White House as a White House Champion of Change and was the recipient of the Chicago Innovation Award for the Best Response to Covid-19.
