Norm Suchar serves as Director of HUD’s Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, which supports the nationwide commitment to ending homelessness. He manages competitive and formula programs that provide needed shelter and housing assistance for hundreds of thousands of children, youth, and adults each year. He previously directed the National Alliance to End Homelessness’s Center for Capacity Building, which helped communities implement system-wide strategies that prevent and end homelessness. He also served for three years in HUD’s Budget Office and two years in the State of Utah’s child welfare system.