Since its inception, hundreds of homes have been repaired by Operation Home, totaling in excess of $1 million. Operation Home’s mission is to help people remain in their homes by increasing safety and accessibility through the coordination of critical home repairs for low-income residents of Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester Counties. Operation Home receives referrals from a wide network of providers, including home health agencies, utility companies, churches, schools, disability service centers, and many other social service agencies. We are able to reach even more families through our heat and cold relief programs by providing air conditioners during the summer months and heaters in the winter to low-income families in need. Our work focuses on the people who need us the most: households that contain children, a person with a disability, or an older adult. Operation Home is committed to ensuring that no person has to live in a home that is inaccessible or unsafe.
Lisa Potts, Executive Director: Ms. Potts has over 20 years of Nonprofit management and experience having served previously as the Development Director of another nonprofit and also as the ED of a small nonprofit for several years. For 12 years prior to coming to Operation Home, Ms. Potts worked in the Fatherhood Initiative, a core ministry of the SC Sisters of Charity Foundation. In the Fatherhood Initiatives, Ms. Potts wore multiple hats, but for the past six years she served as the Public Policy and Advocacy Director. In her role as Public Policy Director, Ms. Potts oversaw the program management of multiple federal grants and was responsible for reporting to agencies on the progress of those grants. Ms. Potts has both a law degree from the USC School of Law and an Accounting Degree from Columbia College. Ms. Potts happily joined the staff of Operation Home in December 2011. Ms. Potts’ dedication to working on behalf of those citizens of the state who do not have the ability to advocate on their own behalf makes her a perfect fit for Operation Home.
Rachel Williams, Client Services and Volunteer Coordinator: Rachel became a full time staff member of Operation Home at the beginning of 2009, after having been a volunteer of the organization for several years. A graduate of Winthrop University with a degree in Sociology, Rachel has a strong background that makes her very effective in this position. Rachel has experience working with diverse groups of people and has a strong working knowledge of poverty and housing issues. Rachel’s warm and inviting personality also makes her particularly adept at working with corporate sponsors and promoting their involvement with Operation Home.
Joe Easley: Joe was hired in June of 2011 as the in-house Construction Manager for Operation Home. Joe’s responsibility is to scope the project sites and prepare cost estimates, pull permits, and solicit the most cost effective bids for the construction. Joe has over 30 years of construction experience – having had his own contracting business for 15 years prior to coming to Operation Home. Joe is very unique in that he also has a Business degree from the College of William and Mary and is also a licensed Minister having been certified by the Trinity Episcopal School for Ministry. Joe’s ability to correctly assess the cost of repairs, added with his sincere empathy for the clients we serve, makes him a very important staff member.
Operation Home relies on the support of our dedicated Board of Directors.
2012 Board Members-
Steven Goldberg, President, Steinberg Law Firm
Tripp Moye, Vice President, Chartwell Holdings
Chris Cunniffe, Immediate Past-President, Harbor City Advisors
Lisa Sloan, Secretary
Chris Riley, Treasurer, Greystar
Chris Allen
Madeline Bowman
Inez-Brown Crouch
Copey Copleston, Carolina Capital Management
Wes Fuller, Greystar
Buff Ross, AllOneWord Design
Jessica Schmidlapp
Cedric F. Green
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