Nezzie Wade, Cofounder and President

Nezzie is a founding member of AHHA and President of the AHHA Board of Directors. Learning Skills Coordinator, University Learning Center (14 years); retired Sociology Professor HSU and College of the Redwoods, past Chairperson of the Humboldt County Human Rights Commission, past Secretary of the Board of Directors of RCAA, and participant in numerous other local organizations and previously served as journalist, author, and advisor on Humboldt Edge Advisory Board; a 40 year resident of Humboldt County. She has provided support as an advocate in the past decade to those experiencing homeless on the streets in Eureka and Humboldt County. Creating community through organizing, her network of allied people and agencies creates an impressive resume for leading this AHHA Village project. Her background in teaching, working with low income, high risk populations in diverse community settings, program and project development is well suited to this task.