About the ECHO Coalition

Vision

A community fiercely focused on ending homelessness

Mission

To provide dynamic, proactive leadership that engages policy makers and the community to end homelessness.

Committee Structure

The new ECHO Coalition was born by merging the Austin Homeless Task Force and End Chronic Homelessness Organizing Committee in September 2007. The new organizational structure is described in the chart below:

Current executive members of the Coalition are listed below

ECHO Coalition Leaders 2008
Name	Position
Ed McHorse	Chair
John Nyfeler and Rick Rivera	Co Vice-Chairs
Kathy Anderson Donna Carter Frank Fernandez John Rosato Coni Huntsman Stogner	Members-At-Large
Vince Cobalis David Gomez Kris Linenberger Mike McIntire Jo Kathryn Quinn Tina Slayton Susan Szaniszlo Helen Varty	Committee Chairs/Liaison
Sherri Fleming, Travis County David Lurie (Shannon Jones), COA HHSD Vanessa Sarria, CAN Margaret Shaw, COA NHCD	Ex-Officios

Current Membership List/Contact Information

ECHO By-laws

Meeting Schedule

To confirm ECHO meeting dates, times, and locations, please contact the ECHO Coordinator at