Our Team

The amazing people that make it all work

Angela - Program Director

Angela served on an outreach team with No Boundaries International. When her team stopped by Joe’s for a coffee break, we hit it off. She generously offered to volunteer while Jamie was away on a two-week vacation, and we quickly discovered that she was a hard worker who loved serving our people.

When we realized we needed someone to take responsibility for meal planning and food donations, Angela immediately came to mind. She joined our staff in 2021, and we are immensely grateful she did.

One of our goals at Joe’s is for our meals to feel special. We want to create a welcoming, community dining experience where people can sit down and enjoy really good food. For people whose lives are often filled with struggle and, frankly, pain, a delicious meal is one small way to experience some of the pleasures of life. Angela understands that. She is creative with meal planning and has a gift for taking “whatever we’ve got” and turning it into restaurant-quality food—including all those little details that take a meal to the next level.

Over the years, Angela has taken on more and more responsibility, moving into the role of Program Director in 2025. Today, she oversees the day-to-day operations of Joe’s and helps ensure that our guests receive the care, resources, and practical support they need. She works closely with staff, volunteers, and community partners while navigating the many moving pieces that come with serving our community each day. Angela brings compassion, creativity, and a get-it-done spirit to her work, helping create the welcoming and respectful environment that is at the heart of Joe’s.

James Cowan — Property Manager

James’ history with Joe’s began long before he officially joined our staff. During a season when he was experiencing homelessness, James lived outside near Joe’s for a couple of years. He first began helping here and there—washing dishes, sorting donations, doing chores. Then he started helping take care of the property, picking up trash, mowing the lawn, and noticing things that needed to be done. Before long, James had simply become part of Joe’s.

During that time, James’ life was changing, and meanwhile, he just kept showing up and working. He became someone we could depend on, and eventually our board decided we really couldn’t keep letting this man do all this work for free! So, James officially joined our staff. We started small, and as he continued to take on more responsibility, his position at Joe’s grew too. In 2025, he became our Property Manager.

“Property Manager,” however, doesn’t quite cover all the things James does around here. He takes care of our building and grounds and tackles the seemingly endless list of things that need to be fixed, cleaned, maintained, mowed, moved, or figured out. But he also helps serve breakfast and lunch, works alongside volunteers, manages donations and our free store, roasts our coffee, and jumps in wherever he is needed. James is the guy we know we can count on when something needs to be done—especially when it needs to be lifted, hauled, repaired, put together, taken apart, or somehow figured out.

One of James’ favorite parts of his job is caring for our gardens. Every year he fills the flower beds around Joe’s with beautiful flowers and tends them throughout the season. In the spring, he plants our community vegetable garden and oversees its care and the distribution of what we grow. He takes a lot of pride in making the grounds around Joe’s beautiful—and our guests enjoy that beauty every day.

James has now been housed for two years. We have had the privilege of knowing him through some very different seasons of his life, and we are incredibly proud of the life he has built for himself. Somewhere along the way, the guy who lived outside Joe’s and started helping with the dishes became an important part of the team that keeps this whole place going. We’re pretty grateful he did.

Morgan Clark - Barista

Morgan is the sweet face behind the coffee bar at Joe’s, where she puts a little love into every drink she makes. From lattes and candy bars to mudslides and peach smoothies, she has a gift for making drinks that taste like a treat—and for making the person receiving them feel cared for, too. She also keeps hundreds of cups of ice water flowing throughout the day, which is no small thing!

But Morgan’s corner of Joe’s is about much more than coffee. She stocks and distributes hygiene products, socks, earbuds, Band-Aids, and just about anything else someone might walk up and ask for. Somehow, she manages the constant stream of drinks, supplies, requests, and “Morgan, do we have any…?” with kindness and sweetness. Whether she’s handing someone a perfectly made latte or a much-needed pair of clean socks, Morgan brings the same care to both—because at Joe’s, sometimes the little things are really big things.