Senior Staff

Pam Michell joined New Hope Housing, Inc. as executive director in November 1990 after answering an ad in The Washington Post. She has led New Hope Housing with a philosophy of dignity and respect for every person and a place that welcomes all, including people unwelcome elsewhere.

Sami is the Manager of Volunteer Programs for New Hope Housing. She coordinates individual and group volunteers and in-kind donations across all New Hope Housing’s programs, leveraging community support to help end homelessness in our community. She started at New Hope Housing in August 2016 as a volunteer coordinator. She is a graduate of Leadership Fairfax’s Emerging Leaders Institute, class of 2019, and is currently pursuing her MPA from George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. She is active in the volunteer management community, acting as President of the Northern Virginia Association of Volunteer Administrators. Sami graduated from Virginia Tech in December 2011 with bachelor’s degrees in Sociology and International Studies.