The Nashville-based national organization, which serves as a leading voice for the advancement of homeless healthcare and secure housing issues, has named G. Robert ("Bobby") Watts as its new CEO. Watts, who most recently served as executive director of New York City's Care for the Homeless succeeds the Council's founding Executive Director John Lozier, who retired in late December.

A graduate of Cornell University and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Watts led New York's Care for the Homeless for 11 years, during which time the organization tripled in size. He also served as the finance officer of the New York City HIV Health and Human Services Planning Council, a steering committee member of the New York City Medicaid Managed Care Task Force, and a member of the New York State Interagency Council on Homelessness.