25-Year Non-Profit Veteran Joins Premier Southern California Homeless Service Provider
Union Station Homeless Services, a leading non-profit homeless services provider in Los Angeles, recently announced the appointment of John Brauer as the agency’s new CEO, effective November 2016.
John Brauer has more than 25 years of non-profit executive experience and holds a master’s in clinical psychology. He comes to Union Station from NW Works, a Virginia-based non-profit agency that provides employment, training, and support services to adults with disabilities.
“I am very excited to be joining such a wonderful organization. Union Station Homeless Services truly makes a difference in the lives of individuals experiencing homelessness and I’m proud to be the newest member of their team. I can’t wait to roll up my sleeves and jump in!”
Brauer’s experience working with youth and adults with disabilities – including people experiencing homelessness – includes day programs, work programs, therapeutic behavior services, social enterprise development, advocacy, government fundraising, and community outreach.
Prior to his work in the non-profit sector, Brauer owned and ran two for-profit businesses. He currently serves as adjunct professor for Florida State University, where he teaches graduate level courses in budget and finance and personnel management for the department of social work.
Brauer takes the reigns from Rabbi Marvin Gross, who retired in June 2016 after serving as the leader of Union Station since 1995.
Union Station has been providing life-saving services to homeless and highly vulnerable community members since 1973. It is part of a premier group of human services agencies in Los Angeles County that are leading the way to ending homelessness and it is the San Gabriel Valley’s lead agency assisting homeless and very low-income adults and families.
