Board of Directors
Andrew Silver is a retired insurance executive with over 30 years experience analyzing and consulting with small, medium and large companies. Andrew has earned the CPCU, CIC, and AFIS insurance designations and maintains his California insurance license. Andrew has had a long term interest in the humanitarian crises of homelessness in our community and has contributed to numerous organizations serving the homeless in our community, previously he served on an advisory board of LA Family Housing. Upon retirement he decided to get more involved in homeless services and set about learning best practice solutions that have been developed to address this difficult problem.
His study ultimately led him to NoHo Home Alliance where he is excited to be working with our homeless neighbors, connecting them with services to lift them out of homelessness and enrich our communities. Andrew serves on NHHA’s Housing Advocacy Table.
Andrew Silver
Retired Insurance Executive, Board President
James Askew
Community Veteran Justice Project
NoHo Neighborhood Council
Heid Marston
Director of Pet Placement | PetSmart Charities
Heidi has 15 years of experience working in social, racial, housing, & economic justice, advocating and working towards addressing the systemic barriers that impact vulnerable populations.
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In her current role as Director of Pet Placement for PetSmart Charities, Heidi focuses on breaking down systemic & institutional barriers that prevent people from experiencing the human-animal bond. Prior to this, she served as Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), a Joint Powers Authority for the City and County of Los Angeles, working alongside a staff of 600+ to combat homelessness in Los Angeles. She logged more than a decade working for the federal government, where she held varied roles including Special Assistant to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Director of Community Engagement and Reintegration at the Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System. Heidi also served as a member of the Biden/Harris Presidential Transition Team. A lifelong learner, Heidi holds a master’s degree in public administration and is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute & the Impact Center’s Women in Executive Leadership Program.
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Heidi is thrilled to sit on the Board of Directors for NoHo Home Alliance, My Dog is My Home & Shelter Animals Count, where she focuses on supporting the teams in their critical work.
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Heidi lives in Phoenix, AZ with her partner & their two special needs rescue dogs.
Jonathan Bluman has worked at ABC in the casting department since 2016. In 2021 he became Vice President, Unscripted Casting, working to find talent for pilots, series and specials. Before that, he was a talent agent at Endeavor/WME between 2005-2016, repping the likes of Mahershala Ali, Maya Rudolph, Omar Epps, Benjamin Bratt, Cheryl Hines and Melissa Rauch. In his free time Jonathan enjoys watching his daughter perform in plays and his son play basketball. When not doing that, Jonathan can be found hiking peaks of the Southern California mountains. He has been volunteering at NHHA drop-in since 2020 and joined the board in 2023.
Jonathan Bluman
Vice President of Unscripted Casting | Walt Disney Television
Helaine is a tax partner with Baker Tilly specializing in pass through entities and high net worth individuals. She provides tax consulting services as well as compliance work. A significant part of her practice is in real estate.
She has served on the board of directors of Valley Beth Shalom synagogue in Encino and is also on the board of New Directions for Youth, a local charity that supports under privileged youth.
Helaine Cohen
Baker Tilly, US, LLP, Partner
Tara Jones is a former elementary school teacher who spent a decade working with low income students and English language learners in Title 1 schools. She most recently taught kindergarten, first and second grades at Providencia Elementary in the Burbank Unified School District.
In 2018, Tara began volunteering at NoHo Home Alliance in an effort to learn more about the growing homelessness crisis in her community and find ways to support her unhoused neighbors. She has served in various other roles at NHHA including drop-in intake volunteer, kitchen support, Community Engagement team, Encampment to Home lead, housing navigator and case manager. Building relationships with NoHo Home participants has been an absolute joy!
Tara Jones
Elaine is a business consultant with expertise in marketing strategy and a focus on helping companies grow. She works independently and with The Winthrop Group.
Elaine is honored to be a part of the Noho Home Alliance community and a member of the Board. Elaine began volunteering at NoHo Home in 2019, pitching in where needed - helping guests get documents, making lunches, serving food, sorting clothing. During the pandemic she helped launch the Tuesday lunch program. She co-chairs NoHo’s advocacy and education efforts, and was part of the team that successfully lobbied for more affordable housing in the District NoHo development.
Elaine is also active with Social Justice Partners of Los Angeles and participates in the LA2050 program.
Elaine Loring
Business Consultant
Sandy learned about the NoHo Home Alliance in January 2019 when she bought some cookies at a NHHA bake near the Studio City Farmer’s Market. She has been a volunteer on the NHHA team ever since and is now one of the Site Managers. Sandy has over 20 years’ experience in management consulting, healthcare technologies and leadership development. In 2020, she completed her MPH at UCLA with a focus on Community Health.
She loves supporting the community we serve as well as helping strengthen NHHA internal processes. Spending time with the NHHA community is the best part of her week and she is grateful to be part of the team.
Sandy Kiley
Managing Direcotr, BRANDSpeak LLC