Philip F. Mangano is widely considered the nation’s most eloquent advocate for the abolition of homelessness. Since being appointed Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) in 2002, he has engaged every level of government and the private sector to “constellate” a national partnership to end homelessness. Under Mr. Mangano's leadership, the Council has initiated Federal strategies that "move beyond funding to investing, beyond inputs to outcomes, and beyond managing the crisis to ending the disgrace."

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Philip F. Mangano is widely considered the nation’s most eloquent advocate for the abolition of homelessness. Since being appointed Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) in 2002, he has engaged every level of government and the private sector to “constellate” a national partnership to end homelessness. Under Mr. Mangano's leadership, the Council has initiated Federal strategies that "move beyond funding to investing, beyond inputs to outcomes, and beyond managing the crisis to ending the disgrace."

Mr. Mangano began his work in homelessness in the 1980s as a full-time volunteer on a Boston breadline. That led him into working with African-American churches responding to homelessness, and eventually into serving as Director of Homeless Services for the City of Cambridge. He also worked with Children's Services of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to create housing programs for homeless families.

Prior to his appointment to USICH, Mr. Mangano was the founding Executive Director of a regional advocacy alliance that became the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance. During his 12-year tenure, MHSA developed statewide strategies to reduce and end homelessness that influenced the national dialogue in Washington and throughout the nation.

In granting him its 2006 “Public Official of the Year Award,” Governing Magazine proclaimed, "Nobody has done more than Mangano to change the national dialogue on homelessness." Mr. Mangano was also recently nominated as one of TIME Magazine's “100 Most Influential People.”

Mr. Mangano draws inspiration from the words and actions of the abolitionists, particularly William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass. He credits the lives and writings of St. Francis Assisi and Simone Weil for spiritual inspiration in his work.