Camey Christenson

Camey Christenson is the Chief Business and Partnership Development Officer at 2-1-1 San Diego / Community Information Exchange. She has dedicated her career to driving systems of care to a proactive, holistic and person-centered model through meaningful collaboration, data sharing, and bridging diverse sectors. Ms. Christenson, a lifelong social worker and advocate who has worked in the nonprofit field for more than 30 years, believes in the power of collaboration and is steadfast in her commitment to improving services to our community and shaping the person-centered movement across the nation. She is an effective leader complemented by a clinical social work background. She holds a Masters of Social Work degree from the University of Minnesota.

Camey leads the Community Information Exchange in San Diego and works with more than 12 different communities across the country to replicate the CIE model facilitating cross sector collaboration and data integration. She also leads national CIE Membership bringing together technology companies, healthcare and social service companies from across the country collaborating and sharing best practices to improve communitywide care collaborations.  In order to effectively address poverty and homelessness in San Diego, an ‘all hands on deck approach’ is needed requiring a multidisciplinary approach to direct services, information sharing and community planning. The CIE Partner Network of 141 (and growing) community based organizations and the CIE Advisory Board reflects that multidisciplinary approach and CIE’s history is rooted in addressing homelessness. The first in the nation CIE and HMIS integration is a recognized best practice and great step in maximizing opportunities for San Diegans who are unhoused and those that serve them.

Prior to 2-1-1 Camey consulted with nonprofit organizations throughout Southern California offering project management, grant writing, funding research, strategic planning, program development, marketing and outreach planning, government relations, best practices research, programmatic evaluation and outcome measurement, contract compliance reporting, quality control, collaboration building, and technical assistance. Camey sits on several collaborations and nonprofit Boards including chairing the Data Standardization Workgroup, serving as Board Officer for 211 California, and an Advisory Board member for the National Quality Improvement Center for Helplines and Hotlines.