NAHRO Leadership
2025-2027 BOARD OF GOVERNORS
National President
National Senior Vice President
Sean Gilbert, PHM, SPHM, NCC, NAHRO Fellow
Executive Director
Tennessee Valley Housing Services
Ivory Mathews
Executive Director/CEO
Home Forward
Secretary/ Treasurer
Parliamentarian
Senghor Manns
President and CEO
Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority
NATIONAL STANDING COMMITTEE VICE PRESIDENTS W/ PORTFOLIO
International Research and Global Exchange
Lisa Baker
Faculty
NAHRO
Member Services
Beverly Banks
Executive Director
Housing Authority of the City of Munday
Community Revitalization and Development
Taryl Bonds
Executive Director & CEO
Gary Housing Authority
Professional Development
Diane L. Cohen, CME, NCC
Executive Director
Somerville Housing Authority
Housing
Angie Garcia-Nguyen
Deputy Executive Director/Chief Operating Officer
Santa Clara County Housing Authority
Commissioners
Joe Grisson
Board Chairman
Aurora Housing Authority
Budget and Administration
Marsha J. Parham-Green, CME, MA, MNPM
Executive Director
Baltimore County Office of Housing Department of Housing and Community Development
NATIONAL NAHRO PAST PRESIDENTS
2023-2025
2021-2023
2019-2021
George Guy
CEO / Executive Director
Fort Wayne Housing Authority
Patricia S. Wells, MPA, CME, NAHRO Fellow
Executive Director
Oakland Housing Authority Oakland, CA
Sunny Shaw, CME, C-PHM, NAHRO-Fellow
Executive Director
Twin Falls and Jerome Housing Authorities
ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee
Housing America Advisory Committee
Tiffany Mangum
Senior Manager, Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships
Fresno Housing Authority
Donna Brown-Rego
Executive Director
NAHRO – Massachusetts Chapter
Legislative Network
Small Agency Advisory Committee
Yvonda A. Bean
Executive Director/CEO
Columbia Housing Authority
Denise Riley
Executive Director
Housing Authority of the County of Little River
Strategic Planning Advisory Committee
Jennifer Keogh
Vice President-Operations Affordable Housing
Progress Residential
Education Advisory Committee
Gina Gibson, CME, TCS,CAM
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County
Board of Ethics and Credentialing Trustees
Emerging Leaders Subcommittee
Clif Martin, CME, CMPO, SPHM, PHM, NAHRO-Fellow
CEO and President
Clif Martin Enterprises LLC
Kennard Randolph
Selma Housing Authority
Nominating & Election Committee
Women of NAHRO
David P. Lange, PHM
Executive Director
Paragould Housing Authority
Kimberly Townsend
Executive Director
Anderson Housing Authority
NAHRO REGIONS
MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGIONAL COUNCIL
President
Paul Diggs, MPA
Executive Director/CEO
Chester County Housing
Senior Vice President
Mimi Rayl
Wilmington Housing Authority
Past President
Gina Gibson, CME, TCS,CAM
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County
MOUNTAIN PLAINS REGIONAL COUNCIL
President
Senior Vice President
Dana Miller
Chief Financial Officer & Director of IT
Maiker Housing Partners, CO
Amy Case
Chief Financial Officer
Foothills Regional Housing
Past President
At-large
Janice J. Kimball
CEO
Housing Connect
Julie Brewen, PHM
CEO
Housing Catalyst
NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL COUNCIL
President
Senior Vice President
James Dewey
Executive Director
Port Huron Housing Commission
Jackie L. Newman, PHM, CME
Executive Director
Springfield Housing Authority
Past President
At-large
Sharon L. Carlson, CME, SPHM, PHM, CRPBRA,CSO-PH, CSEC-PH
Executive Director
Belding Housing Commission
Alan Zais, SPHM, PHM
Executive Director
Northern Illinois Regional Affordable Community Housing, Rockford, IL
NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL COUNCIL
President
2025 At-large
Joseph D’Ascoli, PHM
Executive Director
Housing Authority of the Town of Manchester
Nikki Vazquez
Chair
Housing Authority of the City of Newport
Past President
At-large
Rhonda Mitchell, M.S
Executive Director
Housing Authority of the City of Newport
Anthony J. Vasiliou, PHM, SHM, SPHM
Executive Director
Milford Redevelopment and Housing Partnership
PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL
President
Senior Vice President
Lori McGowan
Deputy Executive Director
Spokane Housing Authority
Past President
Andrew Rodriguez
Executive Director
Nampa Housing Authority
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL
President
Senior Vice President
Christina Stokes-Johnson
Director, Real Estate Development
Fresno Housing Authority
Carmen Jack
Housing Services Supervisor
City of Tempe
Past President
At-large
Rob Fredericks
Executive Director/CEO
Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara
Kehaulani Costa
Housing Administrator
County of Hawaii Office of Housing and Community Dev.
Member
Lourdes Castro Ramirez
President and CEO
Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL COUNCIL
President
Senior Vice President
Michael Wong
Executive Director
Harrisonburg Redevelopment and Housing Authority
James Cox
Chief Executive Officer
Greensboro Housing Authority
Past President
At-large
Shaundra Clark, PHM, SPHM, NAHRO-Fellow
Executive Director
Housing Authority of the City of Tifton
Shaunté Evans, PHM, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Spartanburg Housing
Member
Candace Jamison
Chief Operating Officer
Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency
SOUTHWEST REGIONAL COUNCIL
President
Senior Vice President
Bobby Collins Sr., CME, CMPO
Chief Executive Officer
Housing Authority of the City of Shreveport
David S. Gates, CS-PHM, CSO-PH, CME, CMPO
Executive Director
Housing Authority of the County of Lonoke
Past President
Milet Hopping, PHM
President/CEO
Housing Authority of the City of Waco
At-large
Michael Gerber
President & CEO
Housing Authority of the City of Austin
Member
Richard Herrington Jr., CME, CMPO, NCC, PHM
NAHRO-Fellow
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