Senior Programs Officer

Christine Long
Senior Programs Officer

Christine Long joined Metropolitan Ministries in 1993 as a transition counselor and was promoted in 1995 to manager of the Family Care Center (now the family residence).  In December of 1998, she was promoted to Director of Programs.  Long was promoted again in 2001 to Senior Director of Program and Quality, followed by another promotion in 2003 as Senior Director of Programs.

As Senior Director of Programs, Long oversees all aspects of the program and services offered by the Ministries, including Uplift U^®, a comprehensive residential program, Outreach and Prevention Services, Academy and PromiseLand Childcare Services and Permanent Supportive Housing programs.  Her role is to ensure the program's compassion, innovation and continuous improvement by responding effectively and proactively to the needs in the community.

As an active member of the Hillsborough County Homeless Coalition, Long serves on the Coalition's executive board as secretary, is the chair of the continuum of care committee, and a member of the housing committee.  She currently serves on the Florida Coalition for the Homeless Executive Board, chairing the Policy Council and sits on the Board that administers FEMA Emergency Food and Shelter Grants funds, chairing the Rent, Mortgage and Utility committee.  She is a member of the Hillsborough County Mass Condemnation Emergency Response Team, Hillsborough County Schools Health Advisory Council, Hillsborough Community College Advisory Board for the Human Services Department, and the Florida Homeless Coalition.  In 2003, she was a presenter at the Florida Homeless Coalition Statewide Conference.

Additionally, Long has served on numerous community committees and taskforces including a transportation taskforce for HARTline, and the 211 taskforce that implemented a phone directory of social services in the Tampa Bay area.

Long earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Florida.  While serving at the Ministries, she continued her education at Nova Southeastern University and earned a master's degree in Mental Health Counseling in June of 1998.

Long resides in Brandon with her husband.  They have three adult children.  Long is an active member of Nativity Catholic Church in Brandon.