Catharine Vandelinde is the Executive Director of Options Housing, a non-profit organization in Ottawa that specializes in supportive housing, Housing First, and homelessness prevention. Before joining Options Housing in 2017, Catharine worked at the Mental Health Commission of Canada, where she played a key role in implementing the Housing First approach across the country. In addition to her work at Options Housing, Catharine chairs the Ottawa Alliance to End Homelessness and the Supportive Housing Network of Ottawa. She is also an active board member of ONPHA and the Ottawa Social Housing Network.