Director, LIVED EXPERIENCE ADVISERS


John Brady

With lived homeless experience,
an MBA in Marketing & Operations, and an entertainment background, John brings a unique set of skills, passion and perspective while leading the Lived Experience Advisers. For 5 years, John has been an active advocate for the unsheltered in the San Diego area. In this role, he has become educated in many of the issues that are relevant to our homelessness crisis on a local and national level. Currently, he is the Director of Lived Experience Advisers, a project of Catalyst San Diego.
His work had led to him becoming a media voice,
cited in The San Diego Union Tribune, The Huffington
Post, NBC 7, LA Times, and The Voice of San Diego,
among many other media outlets. John is also a regular speaker at conferences, community groups, and governmental bodies. Additionally, he is the Vice-Chair of the SDMTS Security and Passenger Safety Community Advisory Group and serves on the Community Action Plan on Homelessness Leadership Council and The Homeless Court Advisory Committee.