Randy Wilson new HomeAgain executive director
2/11/2021, 6 p.m.
Randy Wilson has spent the past 10 years leading the Hope, Unity and Freedom Center in providing supportive services to people with mental, emotional or behavioral challenges.
He will bring that experience to his new post as executive director of HomeAgain, one of Richmond’s oldest homeless services operations.
Mr. Wilson takes the helm of an organization that offers emergency shelter and other programs to assist families with permanent housing.
Started in 1980, HomeAgain assists more than 500 households annually and enables 180 individuals and families to secure stable housing.
In his new post, Mr. Wilson will oversee two emergency shelters that serve a total of 60 people, transitional housing for veterans and two programs that seek to provide permanent housing.
A graduate of Emory & Henry College who has a master’s from the University of Phoenix, Mr. Wilson participated in the Bonner and AmeriCorps programs.
He is a co-founder of RVA’s Feed the City, an annual festival to feed and clothe the homeless.
He also serves on the boards of Community 50/50, the Metropolitan Business League’s Junior Board and served as fund development chair for the Urban League of Greater Richmond Young Professionals.
