Bonnie Krysowaty is the Director of Programs and Community Initiatives at the Lakehead Social Planning Council. She brings over a decade of experience advancing coordinated, community-based responses to homelessness and poverty in Thunder Bay. Bonnie manages the federal Reaching Home homelessness funding in partnership with the Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre and serves as the Coordinator of the Thunder Bay Poverty Reduction Strategy. She has also participated in research initiatives focused on harm reduction, homelessness, and poverty, contributing to evidence-informed planning and collaborative system change across the region.