Our People
Field Impact Partners is a nonprofit working to demonstrate what’s possible when systems are intentionally built to deliver across sectors. Together, our team and network of partners bring decades of experience in helping communities drive systems change and deliver real, lasting results.
Our Team
Beth Sandor (she/her)
Chief Executive Officer
Beth was formerly the Chief Program Officer and one of the founding leaders of Community Solutions. She led Built for Zero since its inception in 2015 with a team of over 60 staff, supporting a national network of hundreds of communities to drive reductions in homelessness, developing a scalable framework for population-level change. She has almost 30 years of experience in housing, homelessness, community development and large-scale change.
Melanie Lewis Dickerson (she/her)
Chief Programs Officer
Melanie was formerly the Deputy Chief Program Officer at Community Solutions, where she designed and led large-scale change efforts, working with regional, state and international intermediaries to catalyze population-level outcomes. She is an expert in place-based partnerships and building networks for results with over 20 years of experience in the public and nonprofit sectors.
Leslie Wise (she/her)
Chief of Strategic Initiatives
Leslie is a former senior leader at Community Solutions and part of the founding team of Built for Zero. She has designed and led strategies to reduce homelessness in the largest cities in the US. In recent years, she was embedded in one of the largest integrated, national health systems and also partnered with major cities on designing and implementing effective governance structures. Leslie has almost 30 years of experience in housing, homelessness, and health in the public and non-profit sectors.
Aly Ainscough (she/her)
Chief Operating Officer
As part of the initial team at Built for Zero, Aly piloted and scaled the first iteration of real-time person-specific data in the homelessness sector. Most recently, she served as the Chief of Staff for the Chief Program Officer at Community Solutions. She has over 20 years of experience designing effective systems, advising on strategy and leading organizations to results. Aly has worked across housing, homelessness, early learning, and behavioral health, at national, state and local levels.
Our track record
Our team got started by helping dozens of communities deliver measurable reductions in homelessness. That work taught us that no single actor or system can solve our most complex challenges alone. We have since seen how the same conditions that helped communities reduce and end homelessness also form the foundation for improving outcomes across multiple, interconnected issues.
We would love to connect with you!
To learn more about our work and to get to know Field Impact Partners, contact us at info@fieldimpact.org.
Our Board
Anna Kim(she/her)
Board Secretary
Anna is the Managing Director for Communications at PolicyLink, a national research and action institute working to advance a United States that governs for all. Anna brings over a decade of leading strategic communications that drive measurable impact on critical social issues, with leadership roles also including Community Solutions, The Bronx Defenders, and The International Rescue Committee.
Jacqui Merrill Martin(she/her)
Board Member
Jacqui is currently the Associate General Counsel, Compliance & Integrity, at Nielsen, where she leads global integrity programs and advises on complex regulatory matters. She brings over a decade of experience in global compliance, governance, and risk management. Her background in conducting internal investigations, assessing data integrity, and designing governance systems is instrumental in helping FIP navigate the intersection of public systems and cross-sector contracts. A committed advocate for community impact, Jacqui also maintains an active pro bono practice focused on asylum representation and restorative justice.
Rian Watt(she/her)
Board Treasurer
Rian is the Executive Director of the Economic Opportunity Institute, a Washington State think tank advancing policies that promote shared prosperity and economic security. He previously served as a Strategy Lead for International Large-Scale Change at Community Solutions, where he supported cities across the U.S. and internationally to measurably reduce homelessness, and as a Senior Analyst at Abt Associates, producing federal housing and homelessness research. In Seattle, Rian has served on the Implementation Board of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, and on the board of Futurewise, a nonprofit advancing sustainable growth in Washington.