We have a strong and vibrant infrastructure which will allow me to concentrate on the growing problem of homelessness throughout New Jersey and nationally.” HomeFront’s Board of Directors and experienced and dedicated staff are ready. Leading HomeFront through a pandemic during the last two years gave me the opportunity to observe the agency’s strength and resilience. “For decades, HomeFront has felt like my child and today I feel like a proud parent whose child has grown up into a capable, mature adult, ready to meet the future. “This is the right time,” Mercer said in the statement. HomeFront’s Board of Trustees is working with Mercer to ensure a smooth transition and has engaged a national search firm to identify Mercer’s successor, according to the statement. Mercer laid the groundwork for HomeFront’s mission with volunteers around her kitchen table 31 years ago, and in the years since has built an effective and important organization that stands today as a national model for how to effectively break the cycle of family poverty, according to information provided by HomeFront on March 23.įollowing this leadership transition, Mercer plans to focus her efforts on addressing the issue of homelessness more broadly at the state and national levels.
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