Jenn Mallow
Founder & Director, MPRCC
Jenn Mallow is a peer housing navigator, peer advocate, and community organizer whose own experience of homelessness in Marin County transformed into a life of service. As a founder of MPRCC, Jenn brings firsthand knowledge of what it means to navigate systems without support — and what it means to have someone walk alongside you.
Jenn has been a persistent voice for unhoused neighbors at Novato City Council, in the press, and on the ground at encampments across Marin County. She is recognized by Bay City News, ABC7, and the Marin IJ as a frontline advocate and peer housing navigator.
Jenn specializes in housing navigation: once a community member has a housing voucher, she handles all landlord paperwork, advocates directly with landlords to accept Section 8/RFTA, and navigates Housing Authority processes and disputes on behalf of her clients. She does not issue vouchers — she helps people use them successfully.
Civic & Organizational Seats
- Individual seat — MCLEAB (Marin County Lived Experience Advisory Board)
- Housing navigation specialist — Section 8/RFTA landlord advocacy, Housing Authority issue resolution, and voucher utilization support
- Marin County Representative — California Homeless Union
- Former 2-year member — Novato Homeless Policy Steering Committee
- Co-Founding Member — Camp Compassion, Novato’s first peer-led sanctioned encampment (co-founded with Jason Sarris, Robbie Powelson, and James Styles)
Carrie “Bambi” Klyse
Founder & Director, MPRCC
Carrie “Bambi” Klyse is a community organizer, peer advocate, and the founder whose act of compassion sparked the creation of MPRCC. When Bambi met Jenn through her church volunteer work, she recognized that real change begins with genuine human connection — not programs or paperwork.
Bambi is MPRCC’s designated representative to the County Homeless Policy Steering Committee, where she brings the lived-experience perspective directly into county-level policy discussions. She is a recognized leader in Marin’s homelessness advocacy community, named in Pacific Sun as a Camp Compassion co-founding member.
Civic & Organizational Seats
- Individual seat — MCLEAB (Marin County Lived Experience Advisory Board)
- Housing navigation specialist — Section 8/RFTA landlord advocacy, Housing Authority issue resolution, and voucher utilization support
- MPRCC Representative — County HPSC (Homeless Policy Steering Committee)
- Marin County Representative — California Homeless Union
- Co-Founding Member — Camp Compassion, Novato’s first peer-led sanctioned encampment (co-founded with Jason Sarris, Robbie Powelson, and James Styles)
