Press Room
Walla Walla Housing Authority Executive Director Elected Senior Vice President
of NAHRO
Contact: Mary Barron, 202-289-3500
ext. 280
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2-- Renée Rooker, Executive Director of the
Walla Walla Housing Authority, has assumed a leadership position with the nation's
oldest housing and community development association. Rooker was elected Senior
Vice President of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials
(NAHRO) in Chicago on October 9, and will serve in that position for the next
two years.
Rooker has led the Walla Walla, Washington Housing Authority as its Executive
Director since 1991. During her tenure, the organization has received local
and national recognition for housing and economic development programs.
Rooker says her main goals throughout her two-year term will be to support
and assist NAHRO President Donald Cameron in achieving his agenda, as well as
to meet as many of the NAHRO Associates as possible to listen to their concerns
and suggestions regarding the industry and its future.
Rooker has been a NAHRO member for more than 20 years, and in that time has
filled a variety of leadership roles on the National & Regional levels.
The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, established
in 1933, is a membership organization of 21,000 housing and community development
agencies and professionals throughout the United States whose mission is to
create affordable housing and safe, viable communities that enhance the quality
of life for all Americans, especially those of low- and moderate-income. NAHRO's
membership administers more than 3 million housing units for 7.6 million people.
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