Our Team
PACEM’s year-round team provides ongoing connections for clients and partners. Our overnight shelter is open during the fall, winter, and spring, but our team works diligently all year to provide connection to our community.
Cameron Moore is our Interim Executive Director, and serves as the point of our team. He leads the way in decisions, data, and care for our guests. With years of experience serving his community, Cameron strives to make PACEM a better place through careful thought and organization.
Cindy Chambers serves as our Deputy Director. Experienced in trauma-informed care and data-driven decision-making, Cindy leads our operations. She believes PACEM’s community-centered service models how we will solve homelessness collectively and compassionately.
Heather Kellams is a Case Manager at PACEM, who specializes in working with our female guests. She brings extensive experience in housing-focused case management serving vulnerable members of the Charlottesville community. Heather strongly believes that every neighbor has the right to live their lives with dignity, respect, safety, compassion and self-determination, and that safe and stable housing provides the foundation to do so.
Rydell Payne joined PACEM recently as a Case Manager. He has years of experience in the field, and brings professionalism and integrity to our clients.
Ellen provides part time case management services to some of our women in the shelter. She is great at connecting with people and helping clients get the services they need to lead them out of homelessness. Ellen joined PACEM last year because she believes that everyone deserves a safe affordable place to live and the means to get the services they need.
Hailee Shelton is a Shelter Manager. With her prior healthcare experience, she oversees nightly procedures to ensure a safe, supportive, and organized environment for individuals experiencing homelessness. She joined PACEM because she believes every individual deserves respect and a safe place to sleep at night and each of these people deserves an organization that can meet them where they are.
Rae Alberts is PACEM’s Administrative Assistant. They support the administrative team and organize our donations, supplies, and website. Rae joined the team because they believe in PACEM’s mission to ensure everyone in our community has safe, affordable housing.