Jan. 15, 2025 10:15p
(WGTD)---The director of the Shalom Center in Kenosha is leaving to take a new position.
Tamarra Coleman has been appointed C-E-O of the Racine Family YMCA.
Coleman, a former Kenosha school board member, joined the staff of Kenosha’s homeless shelter in 2015, and became executive director in 2019.
Under her leadership, the non-profit went through two major expansions, the most-recent being the opening of the Hope Hub Community Center just last year. The new wing’s main purpose is to connect homeless people with community resources. It also serves as a cooling and warming center.
A Shalom Center news release said the agency’s board of directors accepted Coleman’s resignation “sadly.”
The board appointed Esther Roberts, the Shalom Center’s Housing Case Manager, as Interim Director.
A search has begun for a permanent director.
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