Husband · Father · CEO · Speaker · Artist
Gaither
Stephens
Homeless policy expert. Data guru. Designer. Building tools that help organizations end homelessness, plus the occasional batch of BBQ chicken.
What I do
Helping organizations end homelessness with data.
Custom dashboards
I build dashboards that turn HMIS data into decisions: shelter occupancy, demographics, system performance, outcomes.
Gaither DynamicOpen research
Public dashboards and analysis on housing and homelessness policy in the United States. Independent. Reproducible. Free.
Gaither ResearchCoC Alliance
A network of over 1,800 Continuum of Care and HMIS leaders across the United States. Free to join. Peer-to-peer support.
CoC AllianceA bit about me
I started in radio broadcasting in 1997 and stayed seventeen years. Communication, storytelling, connecting with people who weren’t like me. In 2016 I switched into homelessness services, and now I work nationally building data tools and leading the CoC Alliance.
Outside of all that I’m a passionate musician (drums, piano, occasional karaoke), a recipe-tinkerer, and a husband and father in Punta Gorda, Florida.
From the kitchen
Recipes I actually cook.
Real recipes I’ve dialed in over time, written so anyone can follow them.
Recipe
BBQ Chicken Quarters on the Grill
Indirect then direct heat. Vinegar spritz. Caramelized BBQ finish.
Coming soon
More recipes incoming
I cook a lot. I’ll add them as I write them up.