Staff

Schlonn is CEO/publisher of Shelterforce. She has more than 15 years of experience in publicity, media training, community relations, and strategic planning. Before joining Shelterforce, Schlonn was director of Delaware’s Campaign for […]

Miriam has been the editor of Shelterforce since 2010. She was previously on staff at Shelterforce from 1997 to 2002 and freelanced for the magazine in the interim. She has also been the news editor of a weekly newspaper, […]

Lillian has been with Shelterforce since 2016. Her background is in community journalism, where she spent more than a decade covering New Jersey municipalities. Before joining Shelterforce, she was the editor of the Verona-Cedar Grove […]

Shelby R. King joined Shelterforce in 2021 as our first investigative reporter. Now based in Ft. Collins, Colorado, Shelby started her journalism career covering public safety and then housing and development in […]

Lara joined the Shelterforce team in 2023. She has a background in health reporting, including for What to Expect, and she attended the health and science program at the Craig Newmark Journalism School. […]

Elizabeth Sheedy, assistant editor/copyeditor, worked for many years at The Montclair Times, as a reporter, columnist, copyeditor, and managing editor. Before joining Shelterforce, she was associate editor of Montclair Local, a print weekly. She […]

Gelina Dames joined Shelterforce in 2023.She previously served as a communications and special projects coordinator at the University of Delaware. Gelina obtained a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the University of Delaware […]