Natalie Reber has been selected as the new executive director of Hospitality House.

Hospitality House is a women's homeless shelter located at Lake Burien Presbyterian Church in Burien.

Reber has extensive experience working with non-profit and political organizations such as Washington CeaseFire and the League of Education Voters.

She said her passions include a deep commitment to social justice.

"We are pleased to welcome Natalie to our organization as we prepare for uncertain economic times ahead," Joan Brown, president of the shelter's board, said. "Nonprofits will be especially challenged in 2009 as families, churches and governments face unprecedented budget cuts.

"Natalie offers the fundraising, management and communications skills necessary to reset strategies and discover new ways to solve old fundraising problems."

Reber has garnered $15,00 from King County and enlisted an additional sponsoring church, Grace Lutheran in Des Moines.

"It has been a monumental year for Hospitality House," Brown added. "Not only did we provide 2,710 bed nights for 84 homeless women of South King County, but we also celebrated our eighth anniversary, revamped our strategic goals for 2009 and named a full time executive director."

Twelve sponsoring churches founded hospitality House in September 2000 as an ecumenical outreach to the community.