Alameda, CA December 4, 2024
After an intensive talent search, the Alameda Point Collaborative (APC) proudly announces the appointment of Andrea Urton as its new Executive Director, effective December 3, 2024.
Andrea takes over from retiring Executive Director, Doug Biggs. According to Keith McCoy, APC Board Chair, “ Andrea has just the right talents and skills needed to build on the success Doug achieved over the last two decades.”
Andrea graduated in 2001 with a masters degree in clinical psychology from San Jose State University. She began her career working in behavioral health services with marginalized and at risk families where she partnered with social service provider, FIRST5, and other organizations to create culturally relevant services. Andrea spent the next 20 years in non profit leadership positions and served as an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University. In 2019 she was given the Business Journal’s Woman of Influence award. And In 2021 she was granted a full scholarship to the Harvard Business School’s “Strategic Perspectives in Non Profit Leadership” program and is also An American Leadership Senior Fellow class XXXVII.
Because Andrea brings her experience in growth management to APC, she is well positioned to successfully guide APC through its expansion of services made possible through several capital projects currently underway that will almost double the amount of permanent supportive housing in Alameda.
“I am thrilled to be invited to lead APC into this next era” Andrea said. “I am passionate about APC’s mission to end homelessness by providing housing and services to create communities where formerly homeless families and individuals can flourish. I look forward to working together with our residents and community to achieve that mission with the addition of these new facilities.”
About Alameda Point Collaborative
The Alameda Point Collaborative is a permanent supportive housing program created out of the closure of Alameda Naval Air Station in 1999. APC is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. APC serves 500 formerly homeless residents with safe housing, and an array of wraparound services to help overcome the trauma of homelessness and become self-sufficient.
APC currently has three projects under construction that will dramatically increase the number of homeless receiving its services. The McKay Ave. project is building an innovative medical respite facility that will serve 400 homeless annually who require medical care after being discharged from hospitals, as well as providing 100 units of permanent supportive housing for elders with medical needs. Estuary housing is a 90 unit permanent supportive housing project being constructed in collaboration with Building Futures and the Alameda Housing Authority. Finaly, the RESHAP project at Alameda Point has broken ground on the replacement and expansion of all permanent supportive housing at Alameda Point, increasing the permanent supportive unit count from 200 to over 330 units, while also expanding APC’s service facilities.
Media Contact
Gena Vincenzi, Administrative Manager
Email: gvincenzi@apcollaborative.org Phone: 510-898-7835
