RI Coalition to End Homelessness hires new executive director

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: February 18, 2026

Words: 1,394

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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After five months without a permanent leader, the Providence-based nonprofit tasked with collecting and analyzing the data on Rhode Island’s unhoused population has a new executive director, its third one in as many years.

Colby O’Brien, 31, has only been on the job for a month leading the Rhode Island Coalition to End Homelessness, and he has his work cut out for him restoring its voice as a leading advocate for solving homelessness in the …

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