NAHRO Faculty
The following individuals currently make-up NAHRO's active faculty. NAHRO faculty are selected based on their demonstrated expertise in the public housing and community development fields, program development, and facilitation and training skills. Individuals interested in applying to be a NAHRO Faculty member should e-mail Sharon Sherrill, Director of Professional Development at ssherrill@nahro.org or they can complete a Faculty Application.
Mr. Banna has worked directly with the low-income community for more than 10 years. He began as a student in law school working in the Rental Housing Clinic and continued after law school becoming the Rental Housing Clinic’s Adjunct Clinical Instructor. In Mr. Banna’s private law practice, he represented clients in all aspects of real estate transactions from the purchase and sale of residential and commercial properties to landlord/tenant disputes over evictions and security deposits. Mr. Banna was Vice-President of the Ingham County Housing Commission providing oversight and input on the County’s home rehabilitation, Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs. After hurricane Katrina and Wilma, he worked with residents of the gulf coast by facilitating and processing home and business loans through the SBA’s Disaster Loan Program. Currently, Mr. Banna is a Senior Analyst and Project Manager for FirstPic, Inc. and provides training, outreach and TA to PHAs on HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher and Public Housing programs in the areas of PHA operations, planning, homeownership, admission and occupancy, HUD REO programs, Section 8 administration, and Section 8(y) and Section 32 homeownership. In addition, he has provided outreach and TA to local PHAs and non-profit organizations on purchasing HUD owned homes that are currently occupied by families affected by hurricanes Katrina and Wilma. Mr. Banna also serves as Director of HUD’s Public and Indian Housing Information Resource Center which provides guidance on HUD’s rental assistance programs and Grant Management Center. Mr. Banna joined the NAHRO Faculty in January 2011 and conducts NAHRO Managing Maintenance, Property Management Essentials, and Procurement and Contract Management Seminars.
Dwayne is a partner with Reno & Cavanaugh. He is a tax lawyer who concentrates on affordable housing and community development matters. He has expertise in low income tax credit developments, tax-exempt bond financing, tax increment financing, Gulf Opportunity Zone Tax Credits, new market tax credits, CDBG funds, HOME funds, and mixed finance transactions. He has practiced law in Nashville for fifteen years. Barrett earned his law degree at the University of Tennessee and an LL.M. in taxation at the University of Florida.
Jean Bolduc is the Director of Corporate Communications for the Durham Housing Authority and Housing Commissioner for the Orange County Housing Authority. Jean's media management expertise stems from her experience as a columnist and local government reporter for the Durham Herald-Sun newspapers as well as a radio talk show host on WCHL in Chapel Hill. Jean was a nominee for the University of Oregon's Payne award for ethics in Journalism. A graduate of the top-rated UNC School of Journalism and Communications, Jean was self-employed for more than a decade as a communications consultant, specializing in web development. Jean teaches the Marketing, Image-building and Community Engagement Seminar for NAHRO.
Veronica Bukowski, M.S., PHM, CPBA, CPVA
Veronica Bukowski, MS, PHM, CPBA, CPV, began her career with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). After leaving HUD, she worked as Director of Training for eight years at the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) in Washington, DC. Ms. Bukowski researched and designed NAHRO's PHM training and wrote the original text. In 1981, she and Richard H. Stanton co-founded an organizational development and performance enhancement practice. Over the years, the organization has worked closely with NAHRO in the design and development of professional training programs and conference presentations. For NAHRO, Ms. Bukowski conducts PHM, Public Housing Occupancy, Eligibility, Income and Rent Calculation, Earned Income Disallowance (EIR), and Supervisory and Management Seminars. Additionally, she provides technical assistance for NAHRO clients.
Bernice teaches the NAHRO Public Housing Manager Seminar. She has vast experience in both private and agency assisted and affordable housing. She is knowledgeable of and has first-hand experience with the execution of complex real estate development strategies including mixed-income and mixed financed developments, creation and implementation of new and innovative real estate-related finance programs and program management. She has proven expertise in market-rate and subsidized/affordable housing development; conventional public housing, Section 8 existing and moderate rehabilitation program management and other HUD/Federal, state and local housing and community development program management; as well as property acquisition and assemblages, structuring/restructuring real estate projects, and project management.
Bernice’s career includes work at the City of Jacksonville Department of Housing and Urban Development as manager and director of various programs, including Manager of 1200-unit inner city project; Project Manager of CDBG program; Director of Housing Assistance Programs, CEO for 5,000 unit Section 8 voucher program and started first Section 8 Mod Rehab program in State of Florida. Additionally, she was the Project Director who was responsible for direct management of CDBG and HOME funded housing rehabilitation programs and sub grantee housing and economic development programs in City of Dallas, TX and City of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Mr. Carey retired from Federal service in April 2007. At his retirement, he had served in the Office of General Counsel at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for more than 36 years. Mr. Carey specialized in civil rights and fair housing laws and their impact on housing and community development programs and activities.
During his career at HUD, he served as the Assistant General Counsel for Fair Housing Enforcement and the Associate General Counsel for Fair Housing. In these capacities, he worked with advocacy organizations, as well as housing industry groups, in promoting fair housing. Mr. Carey also worked with numerous Federal agencies, including the Departments of Justice, Agriculture and Treasury, in developing housing programs and coordinating fair housing enforcement actions.
Mr. Carey also participated in the drafting of the Fair housing Amendments Act of 1988 and led a team of HUD staff in the development of regulations implementing the Fair Housing Act. His office participated in more than 1,000 administrative enforcement actions and issued numerous legal opinions on all aspects of fair housing and civil rights requirements.
Mr. Carey is now working as a consultant on Fair Housing issues providing a wide range of training to inform and enhance awareness of the rights and responsibilities established under the Fair Housing Act.
Sharon began her career in housing in 1982, and has served as Executive Director for Belding Housing Commission in Michigan since 1995. She currently serves as the President of Michigan NAHRO, as a BECT Committee member at the national level, and as a current board member for the Michigan Housing Directors Association. As a NAHRO faculty member, Sharon delivers training in Commissioners’ Fundamentals, Ethics for the Housing and Community Development Official, The Commissioner’s Guide to Understanding and Monitoring Agency Operations and Programs, and Public Housing Occupancy, Eligibility, Income and Rent Calculation. Sharon holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and holds certifications as a Senior Professional Housing Manager, Public Housing Manager, and Section 8 Program Manager.
Larry serves as a Trustee on the NAHRO Board of Ethics and Credentialing Trustees with responsibility for the NAHRO's Code of Professional Conduct and for oversight of the its Professional Development System. His decade of service includes six years as vice chair and chair.
He is currently executive director of Ethicsworks, Inc., a consulting non-profit corporation founded in 1999 to advance the practice of ethical leadership in organizations. Since the late 1980s, Larry served NAHRO at agency, chapter, regional, and national levels, including NAHRO's Vice President –International, 2003-05, and Co-chair or the Quality Assurance sub-committee of the Professional Development Committee, 2007-09. In 2008, he was inducted into the inaugural class of NAHRO Fellows.
His work on ethical leadership began in an earlier academic career (earned degrees include BA economics, MA philosophy, PhD government). He is now professor emeritus (public administration) from the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education at Slippery Rock University. Overlapping was a decade as a Commissioner on the Butler County (PA) Housing and Redevelopment Agencies. As an ethicist, he combined the academic and the practical by serving on NAHRO's Task Force on Evaluation and Credentialing. He continues to serve as a plenary speaker at national and international conferences on housing, community development and ethical leadership.
With an eye toward the future, he's active in the American Society for Public Administration Ethics Section and in the re-accreditation of Masters of Public Administration and similar programs at American universities.
Larry also served on the NAHRO Board of Governors for over six years. Other current Board Service includes Executive Director of the Foundation for Philosophy of Creativity, Board Secretary of the Institute for Values Inquiry, and Chair of the Pennsylvania Association School Retirees Educational Support Committee and Vice Chair of the (inactive) PASR Educational Foundation.
Peggy is a professional educator active in housing and community development through her work in the MARC-NAHRO Regional Service Office, ethics training for commissioners, as well as volunteering at NAHRO conferences. She has service on many not-for-profit boards including Ethicsworks, a training organization, Mercer County (PA) Habitat for Humanity, the Butler County (PA) YWCA (with responsibility for its senior housing program), and the Pennsylvania Association of School Retirees. She also won election to the West Liberty Borough Council.
With expertise in teaching and learning (BS, MS, and Principal and other administrative certifications), Peggy taught for 25 years in Grove City (PA) School District and capped her elementary level teaching career with a stint as intermediate school principal. Also, she was recognized in 2008 by receiving the PASR John J. Dillon Award for state-wide leadership and service.
Peggy co-teaches with her husband, Larry Cobb, the NAHRO Ethics for the Housing and Community Development Commissioner Seminar.
Lisa Coleman is a former housing program director with the Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County, Maryland and has 13 years of experience in the housing industry. She administered the Housing Choice Voucher Program, as well as, Mainstream, Housing Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, Rental Allowance Program, Permanent Housing for Homeless Persons with Disabilities and Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership. In addition to Housing Choice Voucher Program Administration, she supervised the Admissions and Occupancy for all programs including Public Housing. Mrs. Coleman is a NAHRO faculty member currently teaching Eligibility, Income and Rent Calculation for Public Housing/Housing Choice Voucher, Public Housing/Housing Choice Voucher Occupancy and Section 8 (HCV) Housing Management, Earned Income Disallowance and Family Self-Sufficiency.
Mr. Inglis is the Executive Director of the Livonia, Michigan Housing Commission. He assumed this position in November 1977. Prior to serving the Housing Commission Mr. Inglis served as an Administrative Assistant to the Mayor of Livonia and as the Community Development Coordinator overseeing neighborhood revitalization initiatives. Mr. Inglis has served on a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Troubled Housing Recovery Team and has assisted other housing agencies with agency and strategic planning.
The Livonia Housing Commission is a combined housing and community development agency serving over 1,500 families through conventional low rent public housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, Section 8 New Construction, municipal bond financed housing, homeownership initiatives and the Community Development Block Grant and HOME Partnership program. Jim also administers the HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program and Energy Efficiency Block Grant for the City of Livonia.
Mr. Inglis is a past President of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and a current member of the NAHRO Board of Governors, Past Chair of the NAHRO Budget and Administration Committee, Past Chair of the NAHRO Legislative Network, Past President of the North Central Regional Council and Michigan Chapter of NAHRO. Mr. Inglis possesses a Bachelors of Science degree in Public Administration from Ferris State College and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Eastern Michigan University.
Mr. Love is currently the Assistant Deputy Director, Inspections for the Chicago Housing Authority Housing Choice Voucher Program. In his current position at the Chicago Housing Authority, Ken is responsible for overseeing the Inspections Program for nearly 37,000 Housing Choice Voucher units. Ken has eighteen (18) years of public housing experience, which includes five years as an Assistant Director of Housing being responsible for the management of nearly 3300 public housing units and six years as a Director of Facilities Maintenance. He has been a Certified Section 8/Housing Choice Voucher Program Inspector for eighteen (18) years. He has been a National Association of Housing Officials (NAHRO) Faculty member for more than 15 years conducting training sessions in Housing Quality Standards Inspections and the Public Housing Assessment System, and Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS) Inspection protocol training to housing authority staff members and private contractors across the nation. Mr. Love has more than 35 years of government, public and private sector training experience. His career spans from quality control, construction management, facilities management and energy conservation. He has in-depth knowledge of training development, maintenance management, as well as, procurement policy and procedure. He understands the dynamics involved in the operation and management of the PHA (including Asset Management), the important role of inspections in the occupancy cycle, how inspections affect an agency's SEMAP and PHAS scores.
Larry Loyd served at the Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County in the position of Executive Director from 1991 through 2009. Prior to his tenure there, he spent time in the public and private sector in North Carolina. Larry has over 40 years of service in the housing industry. While serving in his position in Anne Arundel County, he was instrumental in increasing the number of families being assisted from about 1,400 to nearly 2,900. Larry has also positioned the agency to expand its portfolio of services to include ownership and management of commercial property, the institution of a lease-purchase homeownership program and the creation of several specialized subsidy programs to assist frail elderly and persons with disabilities and consulting services for housing agencies in Maryland and other states. Larry has been very involved and dedicated to the leadership of NAHRO for many years. He served as the President of the Maryland Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies (Maryland NAHRO), and held the position of Vice-President of the NAHRO Housing Committee and was the President of the Middle Atlantic Regional Council of NAHRO and served on the NAHRO Board of Governors. He holds the designation of Certified Property Manager (CPM) from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and is a licensed real estate broker.
Clifton Martin, PHM, SPHM and Real Estate Sales License (MD)
Clifton Martin is the Deputy Executive Director of the Anne Arundel County Housing Commission in Maryland. He has been working at the Commission since 1993, with a focus on Management, Operations, and the Housing Choice Voucher Program. He supervises over 40 staff persons and oversees the daily operations of four departments. Mr. Martin was a Property Manager for Oxford Realty Services and American Property Management prior to his tenure at the Housing Commission. He is a NAHRO faculty member currently teaching Public Housing Occupancy, Section 8 Occupancy, Sharpening Your Skills: A Housing Manager's Workshop, Workshop for Executive Directors, Eligibility, Income and Rent Calculation, and Earned Income Disallowance. Additionally, he has assisted NAHRO with on-site technical assistance and developed personalized training for housing agencies in Bradenton, FL, Covington, KY and for various state chapter conferences throughout the U.S.
Ken Miller was born in Brooklyn; his first home was a public housing project in Canarsie. Ken grew up on the San Francisco peninsula and graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara. He moved to Tacoma to be a welfare rights organizer in VISTA and then led a dozen organizing projects including a tenants rights effort in Salishan - now the site of a HOPE VI revitalization. After managing and planning a variety of human service programs Ken joined the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation, beginning a two-decade career that included strategic planning for business units and staff groups, acquisition analysis and new product development. For the past seven years he’s developed single- and multi-family homes in the Tacoma area. Ken is a commissioner of the Tacoma Housing (and Community Development) Authority. Active locally and nationally he’s served as national chair of the American Leadership Forum and on the boards of organizations in human services, the arts and environment. He has been on the faculty of the Institute for Organization Effectiveness (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) and appeared at conferences in the U.S. and Europe for groups including the Conference Board, the Council on Foundations, the Reputation Institute and the Public Affairs Council. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Association Management, the Journal of Housing and Redevelopment Officials and BoardSource among others. Ken’s book - Bringing Values to Life: How to Manage Reputation as an Asset - will be published in 2009.
Dennis Morgan is a Senior Associate at D L Morgan & Associates. He provides technical assistance and training on SEMAP, Housing Quality Standards (HQS), Public Housing Assessment System (PHAS), Uniform Physical Condition Standards (UPCS), Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Eligibility, Income and Rent, Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Occupancy, Fair Housing, Admission and Occupancy, Section 8 Administration, Public Housing Administration, Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership, Family Self-Sufficiency, Asset Management, Managing Maintenance, Property Management Essentials, Moving to Work, Consortia, Relocation, and the PHA Plan. Mr. Morgan also teamed with other senior members to co-author the Public Housing Admission and Occupancy Guidebook, Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Guidebook, Conversion from Public Housing to the Voucher Guidebook, Consortia articles and many NAHRO, LISC, and NeighborWork America publications. Mr. Morgan has more than 39 years experience in the public housing industry, including six years as Executive Director of Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority in Toledo, Ohio, and serving in executive positions in two Florida PHAs for 23 years - including 16 years at the Orlando Housing Authority and seven years as Executive Director of the Deland Housing Authority. He conducts both PH and HCV Eligibility, Income and Rent Calculation, PH and HCV Occupancy, HQS, UPCS, Property Management Essentials, Managing Maintenance, FSS, and HCV Program Management Seminars for NAHRO. He authored numerous publications for NAHRO and other national organizations. Additionally, Mr. Morgan works with NAHRO, HUD, and local PHAs in providing technical assistance to individual agencies across the country.
Ron Oldham is a consultant in management services for providers of affordable housing and association management. He has worked with troubled housing authorities, has served in interim positions (Interim Director of Property Management & Community Services for Tacoma Housing Authority, July-December 2005), and has developed training curricula for housing managers and most recently commissioners under NAHRO’s professional development system. He participated in the writing and editing of “Lessons Learned: A Public Housing Guidebook” for the U.S. Department of H.U.D. in 2000. He currently serves as Director of the Pacific Northwest Regional Council of NAHRO, an association of housing authorities and community development organizations in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Prior to his consulting career which began in 1999, Ron worked for the Seattle Housing Authority for over 30 years, serving in a variety of management positions including Manager, Area Administrator, and Director of Housing Management. Ron has worked for the last two years assisting housing authorities and non-profits in the implementation of no smoking policies for multi-family properties. His last position with SHA was Deputy Executive Director.
Matt Pesce is an energy & facilities consultant with 18 years of experience in performance measurement, equipment & system design, commissioning, and capital & strategic planning.
Mr. Pesce provides strategic and engineering consulting and decision support to federal and state agencies and private sector clients in load reduction options, energy & maintenance management, asset management projects, and performance contracting. His work has included energy strategy and policy support for U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development; affordable housing program development for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program; High Performance School standards implementation and business process improvements for Rhode Island Department of Education; and engineering and financial technical assistance to public, assisted, and affordable housing agencies and owners developing efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainability projects. Mr. Pesce completes energy management, engineering design/specification, commissioning, project management, and savings verification for numerous clients.
Mr. Pesce is a member of USGBC, has supported USGBC working groups for new LEED standards, and is a voting member of ASHRAE Guideline 14 for “Measurement of Energy and Demand Savings.”
Mr. Pesce has a Masters degree in Business Administration and a Masters in Engineering Mechanics. He is a licensed professional engineer in several states.
Quy joined the NAHRO Professional Development faculty in 2010 following a 35-year career with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. This included service in the latter part of his federal career as the Acting Regional Director for the HUD Kansas City Regional Office and the State Director for the Nebraska HUD Office. Upon retirement in 2007, he became an Adjunct Professor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and the Metropolitan Community College, teaching graduate level courses in public administration and nonprofit management and undergraduate classes in business administration. He has been a contributor to consulting work completed by the UNO Center for Organizational Research and Evaluation. He also became the Principal in The Organizational Leadership Edge consulting firm, which provides training and technical assistance in strategic planning, capacity building, board leadership, policy formulation, marketing, and human resources management. Stan is designing three NAHRO courses that will be launched in 2010 in the areas of marketing, customer responsiveness, and advanced strategic planning and management.
Reflecting his interest in life-long learning and professional development, he is currently completing his dissertation for a Ph.D. in Business with a specialization in nonprofit organization and management. Earlier Masters’ degrees were completed in Urban Planning and in Leadership. He also studied several summers at the JFK School of Government at Harvard University. Stan is on the Board of Commissioners for the Douglas County (NE) Housing Authority and is Chair of the DCHA Board Policies and Strategic Planning Committee. He is also a member of the NAHRO National Committee on Professional Development and is a member of the NAHRO North Central Executive Board. Stan has professional affiliations with the American Society for Training and Development, the American Society of Public Administrators, and Toastmasters International. In 2007, the Nebraska NAHRO Chapter recognized Stan with an appreciation award for his many years of outstanding dedication and service to affordable housing in Nebraska.
Dave Shaffer is an Executive Director of a California Indian Housing Authority. Prior to accepting this position in May, 2010, Dave worked 15 years as public and Indian housing consultant specializing in the areas of procurement, contract administration, Capital Fund program administration and Native American housing program management.
Prior public housing experience includes 14 years at the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority where he served as the Director of Development and Modernization.
Dave has been associated with NAHRO professional development since 1998 serving as a trainer for Procurement Basics, Advanced Procurement, Capital Fund Program Management, Section 3 and Labor Standards, Resident Leadership I and II and Grant Writing. He has also been instrumental in the development of NAHRO course curriculum and training manuals.
Named in October 2010 as one of Affordable Housing Finance’s five “Young Leader” award recipients, Mr. Stacy L. Spann was appointed as the second Director of the Howard County Department of Housing & Community Development and Executive Director of the Housing Commission on December 12, 2006. Prior to working for Howard County government, Mr. Spann was appointed to the position of Assistant Commissioner for Development Finance at Baltimore City’s Department of Housing and Community Development in March of 2004. He was responsible for oversight and management of five distinct offices, including Project Finance, Community Development Block Grant, Rehabilitation, Home Ownership, and Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program with 38 employees. Mr. Spann was responsible for the development, structuring and implementation of alternative methods of project finance to leverage public sector funds with private sector investment.
Mr. Spann was also a Social Investment Officer at the F.B. Heron Foundation, a $250 million foundation focused on wealth creation for low-income people, based in New York. As Social Investment Officer, Mr. Spann managed a $4.3 million market-rate portfolio of insured and uninsured deposits in community development banks and credit unions. In 1999, he began working for the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a Boston-based research and advisory firm, providing inner city focused research and strategy for clients in St. Louis, MO, Louisville, KY and Atlanta, GA. Mr. Spann began economic development work as an Associate Investment Officer in the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone’s Business Investment Group in 1997. Mr. Spann worked in the private sector as well as an investment-banking analyst at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Toronto Dominion. In 1995, he graduated cum laude from Morehouse College with a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in Corporate Finance. Mr. Spann was honored as a Morehouse Academic Scholar and Goldman, Sachs & Company Scholar. He also holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.
Alyce Terry, CHM, SHM, has trained, developed specialized programs and provided consulting for U.S. housing agencies and U.S. Territories for over eighteen years. She brings over twenty years of Section 8 expertise to NAHRO HCV presentations. Ms. Terry is equally knowledgeable regarding public housing occupancy issues. Currently, she presents SHM, Section 8 Occupancy, SEMAP, Voucher Mastery, Section 8 Budgeting, Section 8 and Public Housing Eligibility and Rent Calculation, and Earned Income Disallowance Seminars for NAHRO. In addition to conducting training, Ms. Terry also works with NAHRO to provide technical assistance to individual agencies.
Mr. Thorson retired from the Senior Executive Service at U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in October 2007 after over 35 years of Federal service. Mr. Thorson is a highly experienced executive in a wide range of issues involving public housing program administration and public housing agency (PHA) operations. In addition, he specializes in organizational reengineering and troubled/near troubled PHA recovery. Among his key positions at HUD, Mr. Thorson served as the Executive Administrator of the Housing Authority of New Orleans and the Director, Office of Capital Improvements, where he managed the Capital Fund and Capital Fund Financing Programs (CFFP). In addition, Mr. Thorson was one of a number of key managers selected to develop the Real Estate Assessment Center, including the UPCS inspection system and PHAS. Mr. Thorson has trained extensively on the public housing Capital Fund, CFFP, PHAS, UPCS, maintenance, procurement, and energy performance contracting. Currently, Mr. Thorson is a consultant, providing assistance to PHAs and contractors.
Beth Turner recently retired as the Executive Director of the Lycoming County Housing Authority after 17 years of service with the agency. During her tenure at the housing authority, she managed a staff of 33 employees specializing in the maintenance and property management of 649 public and privately held housing units and management of a 675 rental voucher program. Her responsibilities included fiscal management, personnel management, property oversight, housing rental voucher program administration, capital needs planning, construction contract oversight, physical needs assessments, preventative maintenance program development, safety and quality control, and overall management of an organization owning and operating more than $53 million in property assets.
In related experience, she has worked in planning and development of new housing properties, acquisition and rehabilitation of multi-unit sites, tax credit housing development and Section 8 project based administration. Previous to her housing authority experience, her career included nearly 10 years of management in the operation of mortgage brokerage companies specializing in FHA/VA new construction.
Her certifications include PHM and SPHM and she served as a member of the NAHRO National Housing Committee from 2000-2003. Her agency has been the recipient of several NAHRO Awards of Excellence and NAHRO Awards of Merit for innovation in the management of affordable housing.
Martin Walsh is a Member of Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC. He represents housing authorities – including a significant number of self-development clients – as well as non-profit and for-profit developers across the country in residential and mixed-use redevelopments involving HOPE VI, public housing capital funds, federal low income housing tax credits, new markets tax credits, tax exempt bonds, HOME funds, project based vouchers, energy performance contracts and other public and private sources of development funds and operating subsidies. Martin has worked with many housing authorities in developing successful low-income housing tax credit portfolios both through the mixed-finance method of development as well as through innovative non-mixed-finance development as well. Marty is a frequent speaker on mixed-finance development, LIHTCs, Master Development Agreements, and New Market Tax Credits. He has presented at the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association, Midwest NAHRO Conference, national NAHRO conferences, the Housing Justice Network, Key Bank Partners in Housing and Economic Revitalization, and the Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers. Martin has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is admitted to the DC and Pennsylvania bars.
Deborah Wilson has been working in the government housing industry for almost 30 years. She has served as Executive Director of the Ferndale Housing Commission, in Ferndale, Michigan, for the past 25 years overseeing various facets of both Public Housing and the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program. She is a Past President of the Michigan Chapter of NAHRO and Immediate Past President of the Michigan Housing Director’s Association. She also serves on the board of the North Central Regional Council of NAHRO. During her tenure as President of Michigan NAHRO, Deborah had the privilege of working with NAHRO to pilot a Commissioner Fundamental Training Program that allowed for training to be held at various PHAs throughout the State of Michigan. She has served as faculty for NAHRO for the past 5 years and provides the following trainings: Commissioner’s Fundamentals, Ethics for the Housing and Redevelopment Commissioner, Housing Choice Voucher Occupancy, Eligibility, Income and Rent Calculation, Public Housing Occupancy, Eligibility, Income and Rent Calculation, SEMAP, Ethics for Housing Specialist, and Ethic’s for the Operations Manager. Deborah is the current Senior Vice President of Professional Development for NAHRO, the North Central Regional Council of NAHRO, and the Michigan Chapter of NAHRO. She has worked hands on with NAHRO’s NPDS product in the development of seminars and e-leanings. As a certified UPCS Inspector and a certified Lead Based Paint Inspector and Risk Assessor, she has also provided inspection and risk assessment training for the Michigan Housing Director’s Association.
