After more than two decades, Deborah Weinstein, the Coalition on Human Needs’ (CHN) executive director, plans to step down from this role at the end of June, 2026.

Founded in 1981, CHN is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies that address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable people. Under Debbie’s stalwart leadership, CHN has brought together advocates to take meaningful steps toward reducing poverty and hunger, increasing access to health care, education, and good jobs, and building communities of care and justice. These efforts will enable her successor to hit the ground running and continue the important advocacy work that she and her team has established.

The search for CHN’s next Executive Director will begin immediately. The position is now open and applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. The ideal candidate will be a strategic, thoughtful, values-driven leader who can ensure the ongoing stability and impact of this important organization, build on the Coalition’s long-term success and outsized influence, and guide CHN through its next chapter. For more information, please see the job announcement here.

The CHN Executive Director search process will be conducted by a search committee composed of members of CHN’s Board of Directors, member organizations, and CHN’s staff. The search committee will be assisted by Corrine Yu, who had formerly represented The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights as the Vice Chair of CHN’s Board, and is now serving as a consultant.

The job posting can be found here.

Those seeking information related to the search may send inquiries to Corrine at cyu@chn.org.