Welcome to Abbott Little
Abbott Little is the dynamic consulting partnership of Kerry Abbott and Shelagh Little. With a combined total of more than 30 years of experience in housing and human services, Abbott Little provides a comprehensive array of services to non-profit and public agency clients. Our approach emphasizes close attention to detail, careful coordination with clients, and an ability to incorporate stakeholder feedback. We pride ourselves on keeping abreast of industry best practices and developments within our fields of expertise.
Bio: Shelagh Little
Shelagh Little has an extensive background related to supportive housing and human services, having served in both government and non-profit management in both New York City and San Francisco. Her most recent position in government was Deputy Director of Housing for the San Francisco Human Services Agency, where she helped implement the City’s “housing first” system of placing homeless individuals into housing.
As a consultant, Ms. Little has worked with government, non-profit and foundation clients, specializing in planning process facilitation and grant and report writing.
Bio: Kerry Abbott
Kerry Abbott spent more than fifteen years in non-profit executive management, working with supportive and affordable housing providers and social service and advocacy organizations. Her most recent position was as Deputy Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, where she oversaw the Property Management, Support Services, Money Management, Human Resources, and Financial Functions of the organization. During her tenure, THC brought more than 1,200 units of housing under non-profit management.
Currently, Ms. Abbott consults with non-profit and government agencies on program planning, design and operations. She has worked extensively on the gathering and refining of best practices materials, in addition to assisting individual agencies with their program funding and structural needs.