Eric Grumdahl, Director of Special Projects for the Minnesota Office to Prevent and End Homelessness and the Minnesota Department of Education, leads an initiative to create housing stability for homeless students and their families. He serves on an interagency team that supports the Minnesota Interagency Council on Homelessness in implementing Heading Home: Minnesota’s Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. Previously he was Special Advisor on Ending Veteran Homelessness with Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, helping Minnesota end Veteran homelessness. During the Obama Administration, he served as Policy Director for the U. S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, responsible for convening the Council’s 19 agencies and leading Federal policy efforts to end homelessness among youth and Veterans. Previously Eric was Housing Manager for Dakota County, Minnesota; Director of Information, Evaluation, and Regional Community Relations for Hearth Connection; and an appointed member of the VA Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.