Melinda Giovengo
2022 ALI Fellow
Melinda Giovengo brings to ALI deep service to at-risk youth. She spent 15 years as CEO of YouthCare, a Seattle nonprofit providing a continuum of care for runaway, homeless, sexually exploited, and mentally ill youth. Previously Melinda spent 10 years in King County, Washington agencies in leadership roles focused on child welfare, worked within the Washington State Department of Social & Health Services, and was a youth social worker in hospitals and residential treatment centers. She serves on the board of the National Network for Youth, a national nonprofit focused on preventing youth homelessness, as vice chair of the Washington State Office of Homeless Youth Prevention & Protection Advisory Committee, and as a member of the King County Interagency Council on Homelessness.