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Greetings Colleagues:
Welcome to the Maryland Association of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies’ (MAHRA) 2014 Annual
Conference. This is an exciting and important time for Maryland’s affordable housing industry as we are
faced with both unprecedented challenges and opportunities. The MAHRA Conference brings inspired
and innovative people together to solve these challenges, identify opportunities and discuss innovative
approaches.
Last year, our conference theme concerned investing in our future. The theme of this year’s conference
is Capitalizing on Our Investments. Accordingly, our program content and session tracks will focus on
opportunities such as the Rental Assistance Demonstration, Maryland’s Rental Housing Works Program
and development opportunities for small and mid-sized PHAs. Our goals for the Conference are to:
• Expand awareness of the state’s existing and emerging affordable housing needs;
• Identify Proven and Innovative Solutions to the Nation’s Housing Challenges;
• Promote Understanding of the Role Housing Plays in Individual, Family and Community WellBeing; and
• Connect Housing Research to Practitioners, Policymakers and the Public.
These goals are critically important because our industry stands at a crossroads. Faced with diminishing
public funding and greater public need, the onus is on us to create, innovate and lead. Our Conference
attendees represent the best and brightest minds in affordable housing and redevelopment in Maryland.
The 2014 MAHRA Conference is an opportunity to chart the course ahead.
Over the next few days, I ask that each of you fully invest in this conversation. Your contributions and
ideas are the driving force behind our industry success. Each of you, as organizational leaders, are
positioned to make a positive impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of Marylanders who rely
on the collective quality of our work.
Sincerely,
Jim Evans
MAHRA President
MAHRA’s Executive Board
Jim Evans
President
Regina Stone-Mitchell
Past President
Andrew Oxendine
Senior Vice-President
Cynthia Osborne
Vice-President, Public Housing
Floryne Howard
Vice-President, Rental Assistance
Eric Brown
Vice-President, Community Development
Carolyn Jaffe
Vice-President, Commissioners
Marsha Parham
Treasurer
Sherrill Ruley-Carr
Secretary
MAHRA’s Board of Directors
Stacy Brooks
Lisa Coleman
Diane Dressler
Neil Gaffney
David Kump
Julianne O’Connor
Carlene Phoenix
Tina Scheib
Stacy L. Spann
Caroline Ensey
Ruth O’Sullivan
Richard B. Willson
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2014 Conference Agenda
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Pre-Conference Training Part 1:
Key Concepts and Processes – Building Blocks for a Successful EPC
Speaker: Dick Santangelo, President/CEO, Apollo Engineering Solutions, LLC
Conference Room 5
1:00pm - 5:00pm
This eight hour Workshop course is designed to assist PHAs seriously considering an Energy
Performance Contracts (EPC) and needing training specific to understanding the necessary process
steps to procure, evaluate and select an Energy Services Company or undertake a self-developed
project.
Topics include: HUD incentives and requirements; EPC project planning components and HUD
approval process; Section 3 – resident opportunities; Section 30 – HUD security interest approval;
performance measures; measurement and verification approaches; Rental Assistance Demonstration
(RAD) overview; project economics; the RFP process; eligible ECMs; financing; and, HUD reporting
forms.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
8:00am - 8:30am
Pre- Conference Training – Continental Breakfast
Terrace Level
Pre-Conference Training Part 2:
8:30am - 11:30am
Key Concepts and Processes – Building Blocks for a Successful EPC
Speaker: Dick Santangelo, President/CEO, Apollo Engineering Solutions, LLC
Conference Room 5
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9:00am - 12:00pm
Registration Open and Exhibitor Set-Up
Terrace Level
Opening Lunch and Welcome to Ocean City
Crystal Ballroom
Welcome: Jim Evans, MAHRA President;
Richard Meehan, Mayor, Ocean City, Maryland
Opening Plenary Session
12:00pm - 1:30pm
NAHRO Update: Jeff Falcusan, Director, Policy and Program Development, NAHRO
Maryland DHCD Update: Raymond Skinner, Secretary, Maryland Department of Housing
and Community Development
HUD Update: William Tamburrino, Director, HUD Baltimore Public Housing Hub
Vendor Introductions and MAHRA Board Nomination Process: Jim Evans, MAHRA President
1:30pm - 2:00pm
Visit Exhibitor Hall and
Technology Center
Terrace Level
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Wednesday, May 21, 2014
2:00pm - 3:15pm
Breakout Sessions
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Executive Leadership Caucus
Executive Directors
Speakers: William Tamburrino, Director, HUD Baltimore Public Housing Hub;
Raymond Skinner, Secretary, MD Department of Housing and Community Development
This session is for management only.
Conference Room 1
The MAHRA Leadership Caucus provides a unique opportunity for housing authority leaders
to meet and informally discuss topics of the day with each other and Federal and State
officials.
Overview of the HUD Physical Needs Assessment Initiative
Speaker: Bruce Rieder, Project Manager, Office of Public Housing Investments, HUD
Public Housing
Conference Room 4
A representative from HUD will provide an overview of the HUD Physical Needs Assessment (PNA)
initiative and the new energy audit requirements that are included in the proposed rule-what is HUD
doing, how will the changes will affect PHAs and how to prepare. This is of general interest to directors
as well as staff.
Strategies for Connecting Transportation and Affordable Housing
CR&D
Speakers: Eric Brown, Director, Prince George’s County DHCD; Richard Hanks, Housing Acquisitions
Manager, Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County; Tamara Woods, Senior
Planner, Baltimore City Department of Planning
Conference Room 3
This session is intended to discuss connecting affordable housing to transit oriented developments
in Maryland.
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HUD User Group Meeting
HCV
Speakers: Pam Paramore, Public Housing Revitalization Specialist, HUD;
Carol Weber, Public Housing Revitalization Specialist, HUD
Conference Room 2
This session will deal with current issues impacting the HCV and planning for the future.
Beverage Break
Housing Opportunities for Ex-Offenders
Moderator: Carol Payne, Director, HUD Baltimore Field Office
Panelists: Nicholas Calace, Associate Deputy Director, Housing Authority of Baltimore City;
David Kirk, Ph.D., Professor, University of Texas
General Session
Crystal Ballroom
Each year more than half a million people are released from prisons in the United States and an
additional seven million are released from jails. Research shows that ex-offenders who do not find
stable housing in the community are more likely to recidivate than those who do. Ex-offenders often
face significant barriers to obtaining housing, including access to public and assisted housing either
as the head of household or a family member. Research and innovative housing solutions that are in
place today will be presented during this session.
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Commissioner’s Dinner (Pre-Paid Registrants Only)
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
7:00am - 8:30am
Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits,
Technology Center and Vendors
Terrace Level
8:30am – 9:45am
Breakout Sessions
Ethics
Speaker: Dr. Larry Cobb, Board of Ethics and Credentialing Trustees, NAHRO and
Executive Director, Ethicsworks, Inc.
(Please Note This All Day Session will begin at 8:00am)
This session is for Commissioners only.
Commissioners
Conference Room 6
Ethics plays a significant role in the life of a commissioner. It increases the commissioner’s understanding
of professional conduct guidelines, and the ability to recognize and appropriately address ethicsrelated issues and problems that may occur. During this seminar you will learn about industry laws
and regulations impacting ethical conduct and build your capacity as a board member. This course,
intended for the new commissioner and a refresher for the veteran, uses practical applications and
skills assessment exercises to reinforce ethical concepts.
GPNA Tool and Demonstration
Public Housing
Speaker: Bruce Rieder, Housing Capital Improvement Specialist,
Office of Public Housing Investments, HUD
Conference Room 1
HUD will present a demonstration of the use of the GPNA tool which will be the instrument PHAs will
use to enter PNA data and report to HUD. This session is generally of more interest to the staff that
would be working directly with the tool during implementation.
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HCV
HCV Hot Topics - Part 1
Speaker: Jonathan Zimmerman
Policy Analyst, Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA)
Conference Room 2
This session will discuss managing an effective Housing Choice Voucher Program.
The Changing Face of Public Housing
CR&D
Panelists: Eric Brown, Director, Prince George’s County DHCD; Clif Martin, Chief Executive Officer,
Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County; Stacy L. Spann, Executive Director, Housing
Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County
Conference Room 3
The affordable housing world has endured a great change. The industry experienced significant budget
cuts, as well as statutory and regulatory changes. This panel will cover some of the externalities
associated with the changes, their effects on Public Housing Authorities and in the affordable housing
community in general.
Nuts and Bolts of Multifamily Housing Finance
CR&D
Speaker: Patricia Sylvester, Director, Multi-Family Housing, DHCD;
Brien O’Toole, Deputy Director, Maryland CDA
Conference Room 4
This session is intended to compare and contrast currently existing Rental Assistance Programs in
Maryland.
9:45am - 10:00am
Beverage Break
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
10:00am – 11:15am
Breakout Session
Housekeeping Issues, Clutter, and Hoarding: Differentiation and Interventions
Speaker: Susan Smith, Program Coordinator, Resident Services,
Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County
Conference Room 1
All PHAs have clients who exhibit hoarding behaviors which are observed during annual inspections
and visits by the maintenance teams. This session will enable participants to understand the complex
reasons for housekeeping violations, differentiate the degrees of violations and choose an appropriate
intervention; connect with community agencies for assistance and begin the collaborative process of
preemptive work through early identification of persons who hoard.
Public Housing
RAD: Who’s in, Who’s on the Waitlist & Who’s out - Where do we go from here?
Speaker: William Lavy, RAD Policy Advisor, HUD
Conference Room 4
Ethics
Commissioners
Speaker: Dr. Larry Cobb
Executive Director, Ethicsworks, Inc. and Board of Ethics and Credentialing Trustees, NAHRO
This session is for Commissioners only.
Conference Room 6
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HCV Hot Topics - Part 2
Speaker: Jonathan Zimmerman
Policy Analyst, Public Housing Authorities Directors Association (PHADA)
HCV
Conference Room 2
This session will continue discussion regarding managing an effective Housing Choice Voucher Program.
Development Efforts for Small & Mid-Sized PHAs
CR&D
Panelists: Ivy Dench-Carter, Vice President, Pennrose Properties, LLC;
Tom Carbo, Executive Director, Howard County Housing Commission
Conference Room 3
This session is intended to discuss the changes occurring in public housing and possible subsequent
regulatory adjustments in Maryland.
11:15am - 11:45am
Raffle Drawings - Vendors
Terrace Level
11: 45am - 12:15pm: Lunch
Crystal Ballroom
11:45am - 1:30pm
12:15pm - 12:30pm: Rose Marie Coughlin Scholarship Presentation/Announcements: Floryne
Howard, Rental Services Coordinator, Maryland Department of Housing and Community
Development
12:30pm - 1:25pm: Housing America Campaign: Clif Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Housing
Commission of Anne Arundel County
President, Middle Atlantic Regional Council of NAHRO
Chair, Housing America Campaign
1:25pm - 1:30pm: Open MAHRA Elections From The Floor
1:30pm - 1:45pm
Break and Visit Vendors
Board Nomination Elections Ballots Can Be Turned In At the Registration Desk
from 1:30pm - 5:00pm
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
1:45pm – 3:00pm
Breakout Sessions
Ethics
Commissioners
Speaker: Dr. Larry Cobb, Board of Ethics and Credentialing Trustees, NAHRO and
Executive Director, Ethicsworks, Inc.
This session is for Commissioners only.
Conference Room 6
RAD Transactions in Real Time
CR&D
Moderator: Eric Brown, Director, Prince George’s County DHCD
Panelists: Christopher Donald, Real Estate Development, Housing Opportunities Commission of
Montgomery County; Ned Howe, Director of Development and New Business, Enterprise; William
Lavy, RAD Policy Advisor, HUD; Christopher LoPiano, Senior Vice President Real Estates Development
and Asset Management, CPDC
Conference Room 3
This session is intended to compare and contrast currently approved Rental Assistance Demonstration
developments in Maryland.
Family Self-Sufficiency:
How to Achieve Success and Self-Sufficiency for Assisted Families
HCV
Moderator: Tina Scheib, Section 8 Manager, Housing Authority of Washington County
Speakers: Deborah Jackson, FSS Coordinator, Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County; Crystal
Kirby, Director of Outreach and Region Support, Socialserve.com
Conference Room 2
This session will review how that three digit number, aka credit score, affects interest rates and how
clients can improve their futures and financial well-being by increasing their scores. Socialserve.com
will present tools related to housing opportunities and mobility.
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Changes to Maryland’s Service System:
What’s the Impact on Tenants with Disabilities?
Speakers: John Brennan, Chief of Staff, Maryland Department of Disabilities; Jennifer Miles, MFP
Housing Director, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH); Michelle Haile, Health Policy
Analyst/MFP Housing Specialist, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).
Conference Room 1
Many changes are underway within the State’s Disability Service System. Representatives from the
State of Maryland will provide an overview of the recent changes to the State’s package of Medicaid
funded services and describe the specific functions performed by State funded Supports Planners. In
addition, time will be provided for a discussion to explore the State’s Service System’s role in supporting
Housing Authorities’ efforts to meet the housing needs of people with disabilities.
3:00pm - 3:15pm
Beverage Break
General Session
Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing - Maryland Update
3:15pm – 4:30pm
Speakers: Michael Lyles, Esq., Executive Director, Prince George’s County Human Relations Commission
Debra M. McGhee, Director, Baltimore Fair Housing Program Center; Amy Wilkinson, Associate
Executive Director, Fair Housing & Equal Opportunity Enforcement, Housing Authority of Baltimore
City (HABC)
Crystal Ballroom
Ethics
Commissioners
Speaker: Dr. Larry Cobb, Board of Ethics and Credentialing Trustees, NAHRO and Executive Director,
Ethicsworks, Inc.
Commissioners Only
Conference Room 6
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Reception
Appetizers and Cash Bar
Raffle
Pool Bar
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Seafood Buffet Dinner
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Horizons Restaurant
Friday, May 23, 2014
Continental Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am
8:30am - 9:30am
MAHRA Annual Meeting
Crystal Ballroom
Disaster Preparedness
9:30am - 11:00am
Moderator: Sherrill Ruley-Carr, Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Coordinator,
Baltimore County Housing Authority
Speakers: Bethany Brown, Planner, Maryland Department of Human Resources, Office of
Emergency Operations; Thea Chimento, Finance Officer, Maryland Department of Human
Resources, Office of Emergency Operations
Crystal Ballroom
Do you think you are prepared for a disaster? Do you think your program participants are ready? Join
this session and find out what you need to do so that you know you are prepared.
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2014 Conference Sponsors
Presenting
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John Brennan
John Brennan is the Chief of Staff and Director of Housing
Policy and Programs at the Maryland Department
of Disabilities. Since 2003, Mr. Brennan has worked
to advance the rights and opportunities of people
with disabilities, and is responsible for interagency
collaboration and policy development to increase
housing opportunities for people with disabilities. Mr.
Brennan oversees the referral process, wait list registry
and education and outreach activities for the Weinberg
Initiative and the State of Maryland Affordable Housing
for People with Disabilities Initiative.
Bethany Brown
Bethany Brown is the Planner for the Department
of Human Resources (DHR) – Office of Emergency
Operations. Ms. Brown joined the Department of Human
Resources, Office of Emergency Operations in 2012, a
few weeks before Hurricane Sandy hit Maryland. Since
then, she has traveled across the State assisting with
resource delivery and long-term recovery efforts for
communities impacted by disasters. Prior to her time at
DHR, Bethany was a Disaster Responder at the American
Red Cross, where she spent seven years responding to
food, clothing and shelter needs during disasters of all
sizes. Bethany is a certified trainer in First Aid and CPR,
and has conducted disaster trainings at the local and
state levels, and for non-governmental partner agencies.
Eric Brown
Eric C. Brown is currently the Director of the Department
of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) for
Prince George’s County, Maryland. DHCD is comprised
of three governmental agencies: the Department of
Housing and Community Development, the Housing
Authority (HA) and the Redevelopment Authority (RA).
Mr. Brown has over 30 years of experience working
with various governmental entities. He has over 25
years of senior level administrative and supervisory
experience in the affordable multi-family housing arena
and has served as Executive Director of the Meridian
(Mississippi) Housing Authority and the Annapolis
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(Maryland) Housing Authority. He has served as Deputy
Executive Director of housing agencies in New Orleans,
Philadelphia and Baltimore. In his positions as Executive
Director and Deputy Executive Director, Mr. Brown has
supervised staffs up to 1,600 and managed budgets up
to $250 million.
Nicholas Calace
Nick Calace is the Associate Deputy Executive Director
at the Housing Authority of the City of Baltimore.
Previously, from 2005 to 2013, Mr. Calace was Executive
Director at the Bridgeport Housing Authority. He is
credited with leading that organization from “troubled”’
to being the recipient of national awards.
Thomas Carbo
Tom Carbo’s 27-year career has been spent entirely in
public service. An attorney by trade, Tom has served in a
variety of governmental roles – agency counsel, hearing
officer, labor negotiator, and program administrator –
and in a variety of fields, including zoning, economic
development, public administration, and human
resources. The majority of his career, however, has been
spent developing and implementing affordable housing
programs.
Tom began his career as an Assistant Attorney General
for the State of Maryland’s Department of Housing and
Community Development, where he closed numerous
multi-family rental housing development transactions.
Then, as a Howard County Assistant Solicitor for 13
years, Tom helped to create the County’s public housing
authority, the Howard County Housing Commission;
drafted legislation, rules, procedures, and documents for
various new loan and grant programs; closed numerous
housing development transactions; and advised
the agency on its Section 8, public housing, CDBG,
homeownership, and other housing-related programs.
From 2006-2012, Tom served as Deputy Director of
the County’s housing agencies. He was instrumental in
developing a strategic housing plan for the County that
emphasizes high quality, inclusive, mixed income, mixed
finance, green, sustainable, and financially sensible
affordable housing development. During his tenure, Tom
helped developed the nation’s first affordable, green, and
universally designed single-family for-sale community.
As Director of Howard County Housing, Tom will continue
the vision of providing quality, inclusive, sustainable
housing opportunities for all of those who live and work
in Howard County.
Sherrill Ruley-Carr
Sherrill Ruley-Carr is secretary for the MAHRA Board and
is the Family Self-Sufficiency Program Coordinator for
the Baltimore County Office of Housing. She has worked
with Baltimore County since 1996. Ms. Ruley-Carr holds
a degree in Psychology and Education. She worked in
the area of Psychiatry and Education until 1992. When
HUD created the Family Self-Sufficiency Program, Ms.
Ruley-Carr went to work for Cecil County Housing and
Community Development as the Family Self-Sufficiency
Program Coordinator.
Ivy Dench-Carter
Ivy Dench-Carter is the Vice President of Pennrose
Properties, LLC. With over 20 years of management and
real estate development experience, Ms. Dench-Carter
heads Pennrose Properties’ Baltimore Regional office.
She oversees all phases of development projects, from
sourcing deals to securing financing to overseeing the
successful transition to operations and management. Her
extensive experience ranges from stand-alone affordable
housing development deals to complex mixed-income,
mixed finance and multi-phase redevelopment projects.
Mrs. Dench-Carter started her career with Pennrose
at Pennrose Management Company in 1990 as a Site
Manager for two developments before earning a
promotion to Regional Property Manager, which gave
her oversight of 21 affordable housing developments.
In 1995, Mrs. Carter joined Pennrose Properties,
beginning her career in the arena of affordable housing
development. She brings with her extensive knowledge
of HOPE VI development, mixed-income and mixed
finance projects, and has extensive knowledge
in the arena of affordable housing preservation.
Currently, Mrs. Carter has oversight for projects in
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina and the District of
Columbia. Mrs. Carter attended Spelman College in
Atlanta, GA. Her civic involvement encompasses working
with non-profit organizations, community organizations
and religious affiliations.
Thea Chimento
Thea Chimento is the Finance Officer for the Department
of Human Resources – Office of Emergency Operations.
Ms. Chimento joined the Department of Human
Resources in 2013 in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Interested in disaster work as a career since 2011 when
she volunteered in the response effort for the Alabama
tornadoes, Ms. Chimento manages the unit’s finances,
oversees financial operations during disasters and
talks to anyone willing to listen about financial literacy
and financial recovery after a disaster. Thea has been
extensively involved in the oversight of the Hurricane
Sandy Supplemental Social Services Block Grant. She
conducts training in emergency financial preparedness
and shelter operations. She has been instrumental in
working with the Maryland Emergency Management
Agency in obtaining reimbursements after Presidential
disaster declarations.
Larry Cobb
Larry Cobb serves as a Trustee on the NAHRO Board
of Ethics and Credentialing Trustees. The Board is
responsible for the NAHRO’s Code of Professional
Conduct and for oversight of its Professional
Development System. His decade of service includes six
years as vice chair and chair. Larry also served on the
NAHRO Board of Governors for over six years.
Mr. Cobb is currently the executive director of
Ethicsworks, Inc., a consulting non-profit corporation,
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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 for the Quality
Assurance sub-committee of the Professional
Development Committee (2007-09). In 2008, he was
inducted into the inaugural class of NAHRO Fellows.
County built garage. Finally, Mr. Donald was responsible
for the acquisition and financing of Marbella Apartments,
a 134-unit garden apartment complex in Rosslyn.
Marbella Apartments was a Year 13 LIHTC being sold
by the general partner. The 3.5 acre site ideally located
in the Rosslyn corridor of Arlington presented a unique
opportunity for future high density redevelopment and
an immediate long-term preservation of a valuable asset.
For 10 years, Mr. Cobb served 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.
Mr. Donald received his Bachelors degree from Stanford
University in Political Science. He has also won two
national oratorical competitions. He served in a number
of leadership positions in the National Society for Black
Engineers (NSBE) on both the local and national level.
Christopher Donald
Mr. Christopher Donald has twelve years of experience in
affordable housing development in the Washington, DC
metropolitan area. For the last 12 months, Mr. Donald
has been a member of the Housing Opportunities
Commission (HOC) Real Estate Development team
working on the RAD disposition of HOC’s entire public
housing portfolio. In addition, to the RAD portfolio, Mr.
Donald has also been working on the acquisition of other
assets to either preserve affordability or create accretive
opportunities that forward the mission of the agency.
From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Donald led the development
team at Arlington Partnership for Affordable housing.
During his tenure there, he led the redevelopment of
Buchanan Gardens, a $30MM complete renovation of
a 3.5 acre garden apartment complex in Arlington, VA.
The redevelopment included a Use Permit and the award
of $12MM in 9% LIHTC. The timing of project required
bridge financing obtained from Virginia Community
Capital and Arlington County. Mr. Donald was also the
lead on the organization’s successful response to an
Arlington County RFP for the Arlington Mill Apartment
site, which yielded 145 garden apartments on top of a
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Jim Evans
Jim Evans has served on the MAHRA Board since 2007
and was elected as President in 2012. Mr. Evans is the
Managing Director of Metropolitan Baltimore Quadel
Consulting, LLC (MBQ), an affiliate of the Quadel
Consulting Corporation. MBQ operates the largest and
most successful regional mobility counseling program
in the nation. The program provides housing choice
and economic opportunities to eligible participants
throughout the greater Baltimore area. Prior to joining
MBQ, he managed housing programs in Houston (TX),
Indianapolis (IN), Fort Wayne (IN), and Carroll County
(MD). He is a regular presenter at conferences and
has been retained as an expert witness because of his
knowledge and understanding of the affordable housing
programs.
Jeff Falcusan
Jeff Falcusan is the Director of Policy and Program
Development for the National Association of Housing
and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). In this role, he
is responsible for coordinating all aspects of policy and
program development for NAHRO and serves as the
association’s principal liaison to the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Mr. Falcusan
joined the NAHRO staff in 2004.
Mr. Falcusan previously served as Legislative Counsel
for the National Community Development Association
and as a Senior Program Officer for Partners for Livable
Communities. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology
from Central Michigan University and a Master of Public
Policy degree from the Ford School of Public Policy at
the University of Michigan.
Michelle Haile
Michelle Haile is the Health Policy Analyst Associate/
Housing Specialist for the Money Follows the Person
Demonstration (MFP) at the Maryland Department
of Health and Mental Hygiene. She is responsible for
locating housing opportunities for MFP participants who
choose to leave the nursing facility and receive Home and
Community Based waiver services in their own home.
Prior to her position, she worked for Catholic Charities
as a Program Manager for the Fortitude Permanent
Supportive Housing Program located in Washington, DC.
She has worked 10 years in public service. Ms. Haile has
an MBA in Healthcare Administration from Wilmington
University and a BS in Human Services, Education and
Public Policy from the University of Delaware.
Richard Hanks
Mr. Hanks has 10 years of real estate development
experience working on affordable housing projects in
the Washington, DC area. Mr. Hanks is currently serving
as a Housing Acquisitions Manager for the Housing
Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County
(HOC). Mr. Hanks is the project manager for renovation
or construction of over 1,800 units totaling over $350
million in total development costs.
He most recently served as a development project
manager for The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) where
he oversaw the construction of a 100-unit tax-credit
development done in partnership with Matthews
Memorial Baptist Church. The $22 million development
included senior, public housing, and general low-income
units. In addition, Mr. Hanks led TCB’s successful
application to become the master planner / developer
of an 11 acre site in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Mr. Hanks is also a co-founding managing member
of RenDev, LLC (d/b/a Renaissance Development).
At RenDev, LLC, a Washington, DC based real estate
development firm, Mr. Hanks focused on the rehab and
renovation of single and multi-family properties. Most
of the firm’s projects were developed at a price point
to provide working class individuals and families with a
high quality starter home. Over the course of six years
the firm developed 40 units and nearly $7 million of
real estate. At RenDev, LLC, Mr. Hanks was responsible
for project identification, conceptualization, and
implementation. He led or participated in all aspects of
the firm’s finance, development and operation decisionmaking.
Mr. Hanks received his MBA from the University of
Chicago’s Booth School of Business with concentrations
in finance and strategy. He received his undergraduate
accounting degree from Florida A&M University.
Floryne Howard
Floryne Howard is employed by the Maryland
Department of Housing and Community Development.
She has 30 years of experience with Rental Assistance
Programs. She serves on the MAHRA and MARC-NAHRO
Boards of Directors. She is a graduate of the University
of Maryland and the Johns Hopkins University.
Ned Howe
Ned Howe is director of development and new business
for Enterprise Homes, Inc. He manages and supports
development staff through the entitlement process,
and pursues new business opportunities for affordable
rental and homeownership projects throughout the
Mid-Atlantic region.
Prior to joining Enterprise, Mr. Howe was the vice
president of land development for the Maryland
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division of Beazer Homes Corp., a national homebuilder.
As vice president, he managed the land development
department with an annual budget of $18 to 36 million
and annual revenues totaling $200 to 330 million from
the sales of 400 to 600+ units. Two of Mr. Howe’s projects
earned land development awards of achievement from
the Homebuilders Association of Maryland.
Mr. Howe’s experience also includes over 16 years
of site planning, civil engineering and environmental
engineering for municipal, residential, commercial,
institutional and industrial development projects
throughout the metropolitan Baltimore and Mid-Atlantic
regions, as a consulting engineer with KCW Engineering
Technologies, Inc.
He is a licensed professional engineer with a bachelor’s
degree in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute
of Technology, a master’s degree in environmental
engineering from Johns Hopkins University, and an
executive M.B.A. from Loyola University. Mr. Howe also
serves on the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity
of the Chesapeake which operates in the Baltimore/
Annapolis metropolitan area.
Deborah Jackson
Deborah Jackson is employed by the Housing Commission
of Anne Arundel County. Ms. Jackson has worked for
four years with the Family Self-Sufficiency Program (FSS).
She has served on the FSS Round table since 2012.
Ms. Jackson is a graduate of the University of Maryland
Baltimore County.
Crystal Kirby
Crystal Kirby is the Director of Outreach and Region
Support at Socialserve.com, a Charlotte-based nonprofit
with a mission of increasing access to information about
housing and related resources.
Since 2006, Ms. Kirby has worked with housing agencies
and property providers to generate awareness
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of Socialserve.com services, including free-to-use,
customized housing locators, now available in 34 states.
Ms. Kirby works directly with housing authorities across
the country to customize Socialserve.com services for
their specific needs providing free tools and supportive
services that Socialserve.com can offer your agency to
save hours of staff time and agency resources.
David Kirk, Ph.D.
David S. Kirk (Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago) is
Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and
a Faculty Research Associate of the Population Research
Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Kirk’s
research agenda is primarily organized around three
inter-related themes: first, the legitimacy of the law and
the effects of illegitimacy on crime and the willingness of
residents to cooperate with the police; second, the effect
of neighborhood culture and conditions on criminal and
delinquent behavior; and third, prisoner reentry and
the consequences of housing and parole policies for
offender reintegration. One recent study examined the
detrimental consequences of punitive enforcement of
immigration laws on public cooperation with the police
in immigrant communities. Kirk’s recent research has
appeared in American Journal of Sociology, American
Sociological Review, Criminology, and The Annals of the
American Academy of Political and Social Science.
William Lavy
Will Lavy has worked with HUD for over 4 years, primarily
in the development and implementation of the Rental
Assistance Demonstration (RAD). As RAD Policy Advisor,
he supports the creation and modification of ongoing
RAD policy, provides program assistance to PHAs,
consultants, lenders, investors, and other partners, and
develops policy and procedures related to subsidy.
Christopher LoPiano
Christopher LoPiano manages CPDC’s real estate and
asset management departments and is responsible
for all property development activities from project
conception through construction completion and
property operations.
Prior to joining CPDC, Mr. LoPiano was the Director of
Development at CityInterests where he managed the
development of a 15-acre planned unit development
in the Parkside Promise neighborhood that included
residential, office, educational, and health care uses.
Mr. LoPiano’s career in real estate development spans
more than 25 years with prominent organizations
primarily in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD
regions. He specializes in urban development and
community revitalization, and works closely with
community leaders and neighborhood organizations to
achieve their goals. Mr. LoPiano has extensive experience
in developing affordable housing, including renovation
and new construction in both the rental and for-sale
sides of the business. He has led several large urban
mixed-use projects, from project entitlement through
construction and lease-up.
Mr. LoPiano began his community development career
at the Marshall Heights Community Development
Organization where he helped grow a small housing
counseling agency into a nationally-recognized
community development organization emphasizing
home ownership and economic development.
He then opened and led the Washington, DC and the
Baltimore, MD offices of the Bank of America Community
Development Corporation (BACDC). His 11-year tenure
at BACDC was highlighted by developing more than
2,000 units of affordable rental housing and managing
the new construction of one high-rise and two midrise residential buildings. In addition, Mr. LoPiano led
the development a $100 million downtown, mixed-use
development that included the historic preservation and
of eight 19th century buildings which were converted
into lofts over retail.
Mr. LoPiano was a long-time member of the Washington,
DC Local Advisory Committee of the Local Initiatives
Support Corporation and served on the Washington, DC
Loan Committee of the Nonprofit Finance Fund. He is a
past President of the Baltimore Neighborhood Design
Center and has served on the Urban Land Institute study
panels for Norfolk, VA and Rochester, NY.
Mr. LoPiano graduated from Georgetown University with
degrees in Government and Economics.
Michael Lyles
Michael Lyles currently serves as the Executive
Director for the Prince George’s County Human
Relations Commission. In this position, he manages
the Commission’s staff and brings enforcement action
against violators of the County’s laws prohibiting unlawful
discrimination in the areas of Housing, Law Enforcement,
Education, Employment, Real Estate Transactions,
Financial Lending, and Public Accommodations. Since
taking the helm as Executive Director in June of 2011,
he has rebranded the agency, improved access to a large
Latino population and reconstituted investigations from
top to bottom, and developed a Civil Rights Fellowship
Program to leverage talent from across the D.C. region
interested in working in the civil rights arena. Mr. Lyles
also leads the agency’s outreach efforts developing and
presenting seminars on the agency’s mission, civil rights
and human relations. In July 2013, the County Council
established a Task Force focused on combatting Human
Trafficking locally, naming Lyles as its Co-Chair.
From 2006 to 2011 he served as a trial attorney with the
Department of Defense, representing the interests of
the Department in Industrial Security Clearance cases.
Prior to that he served in the Prince George’s County
Office of Law as a Senior Associate County Attorney in
the major litigation section and from 1996 to 1998 and
served a stint as Deputy General Counsel for the District
of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency. Mr. Lyles
sits on numerous boards and community advisory
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groups, including currently serving as Chairman of the
Bowie State University Board of Visitors, legal advisor
to the Prince George’s African American Museum
Transition Board, and member of the Ernest Everett
Just Foundation, promoting science careers for minority
youth. He was twice overwhelmingly elected to serve his
community as a City Councilman representing District 4
in the City of Bowie, Maryland from 2004 through 2007
where, along with his colleagues, he oversaw the City’s
30 Million dollar budget.
Michael attended Iowa State University and the
University of the District of Columbia, where he received
his Bachelors in Business. He received his J.D. from
the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University
of America. He is licensed to practice in all courts of
the District of Columbia and Maryland and before the
Supreme Court of the United States. He is also a talented
jazz guitarist in his spare time.
Clifton Martin
Clifton Martin is the Chief Executive Officer of the Housing
Commission of Anne Arundel County. He currently
oversees a portfolio that consists of 1,065 residences
and commercial offices; and manages over 1,800 rental
subsidies. Mr. Martin has been employed at the Housing
Commission for 21 years. During his tenure he has
been successful in working with a dedicated team that
has added new programs and services for the county’s
disabled and continues Head Start and Youth Programs
for low income children.
Mr. Martin currently serves nationally on several
important committees that advocate and educate
Congress for more housing and family services that are
affordable. He is currently the National Housing America
Chairman and President of the Middle Atlantic Regional
Conference of the National Association of Housing and
Redevelopment Officials.
He is a graduate of McDaniel College in Westminster and
graduated from Severna Park High School.
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Debra M. McGhee
Debra McGhee is the Director of the Baltimore Fair
Housing Program Center. The Baltimore Program Center
oversees investigation of alleged housing discrimination
in Maryland, DC and Virginia. In this role and among
other duties, Ms. McGhee serves as a member of the
Baltimore Regional Working Group (BRWG). The BRWG
is responsible for court-ordered civil rights reviews of
eight Maryland jurisdictions. Prior to becoming Director
of the Baltimore Center, Ms. McGhee served as the
Center’s Enforcement Branch Chief in for nine years.
Ms. McGhee began her fair housing career at HUD
Headquarters where she served in a variety of positions,
including Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement, public affairs specialist, and
case reviewer. She is one of the authors of the Title VIII
Handbook.
Before coming to HUD, Ms. McGhee worked for the
Department of Labor, enforcing civil rights laws related
to employment. From 1986 – 88 she was a Peace Corps
teacher in Niger, in West Africa. Ms. McGhee has also
worked as an editor with a small newspaper and radio
show host among other jobs.
Ms. McGhee is married and has two sons.
Jennifer Miles
Ms. Miles’ career began 10 years ago in property
management, where she gained experience in managing
Multi-family properties (MFP), including targeted
populations. Ms. Miles is the Money Follows the
Person Housing Director where she is responsible for:
supervising Health Policy Analyst Associates (Housing
Specialist); providing direct housing assistance to MFP
applicants including locating and securing communitybased affordable housing and providing related case
management support, including assistance with the
moving process; reviewing and developing policies
related to the provision of housing assistance as
part of comprehensive case management services;
serving as a liaison with interested groups/agencies,
and other divisions and departments regarding the
MFP demonstration and qualified residences in the
community. Ms. Miles provides direct training and
support to case managers, staff of Maryland Access Point
sites, public housing authorities, and other stakeholders
on the development of policies and procedures that
increase housing opportunities for recipients of longterm care services; and performing other duties.
Ms. Miles has a MS in Management with a concentration
in Health Care Administration from the UMD University
College and a BS in Business Administration from the
University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Brien O’Toole
Brien O’Toole is the Maryland CDA Deputy Director
responsible for multifamily rental lending. Since moving
to Maryland in 2007, he has concentrated on multifamily
affordable development, working with Homes for
America, the Montgomery Housing Partnership, and the
Maryland CDA. His projects have involved LIHTC, HUDinsured, soft-debt and energy-related investment tools.
Before that he worked on a broad range of lending,
technical assistance and development initiatives with the
Enterprise Foundation’s New York office and the Housing
and Community Development Network of NJ. For the
first decade of his career, following a tour in Morocco
with the U.S. Peace Corps, he worked on affordable
housing and community revitalization efforts associated
with the NW Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition.
Mr. O’Toole has a BA in Philosophy from Union College
and a MS Social Research Hunter College, CUNY.
Pam Paramore
Pamela Paramore (Pam) is a Public Housing Revitalization
Specialist in the Baltimore HUD Office and is responsible
for ensuring the successful operations of several housing
authorities in Maryland and West Virginia. Prior to
joining HUD in 2007, Ms. Paramore spent a combined
20 years with Detroit Housing Commission (Detroit, MI)
and Tallahassee Housing Authority (Tallahassee, FL). Ms.
Paramore was born and raised in Detroit MI. She has a
Bachelor of Science degree in Community Development
and a Master of Science degree (Public Administration
Concentration) from Central MI University.
Ms. Paramore describes her career in the housing
industry as extremely rewarding and boasts that at the
end of the day she knows her work has made a difference
in someone’s life.
Carol Payne
Carol Payne is the Director of the HUD Baltimore Field
Office.
Ms. Payne’s expertise includes convening
diverse groups in solution-oriented dialogue to promote
community empowerment and engagement and build
public trust. As the Director of the Baltimore Field
Office of the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development she coordinates the delivery of HUD’s
program in Maryland with a special interest in affordable
housing, economic development, neighborhood
revitalization, housing needs of special populations and
the integration of health and housing policy. Ms. Payne
represents Region III as the Sustainability Officer in the
Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, Office
of the Deputy Secretary and is responsible for providing
education, building partnerships and articulating HUD’s
goals and agenda for sustainable and livable communities.
Her past roles include leadership positions in nursing
administration and research at The Johns Hopkins
Medical Institutions, legislative leadership in organizing
a coalition to ensure passage of the Maryland Maternal
and Infant Security Act which established revised
statewide standards, inpatient obstetrical care and
newborn hereditary disorders screening and was a
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model for national policy signed into law by President
William Clinton in 1996. She was a Salzburg Fellow and
studied the Social and Economic Determinants of the
World’s Public Health in Salzburg, Austria; was named a
2005 Maryland’s Top 100 Women by the Maryland Daily
Record for her public policy and social justice activism
in the areas of health, education and housing and is an
inaugural member of the Baltimore City Place Matters
Collaborative for Health Equity.
A 2009 recipient of the Excellence in Government
Fellowship jointly sponsored by the Federal Government
and the National Partnership for Public Service, Ms. Payne
is a graduate of the Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy
School of Government Executive Training Program in
the area of Housing and Community Development and
holds a master’s degree in nursing from Johns Hopkins
University.
Bruce Rieder
Bruce Rieder dedicated his career to real estate
development, primarily residential development in the
private sector, until joining HUD in 2009. At HUD, he
serves as project manager for the development of a
new Green Physical Needs Assessment (GPNA) format
and the establishment of new standards for Physical
Needs Assessment and Energy Audits for public housing.
Bruce has worked for more than 30 years in project
management roles for new residential development
and renovation/rehabilitation projects. He has
served in the full spectrum of housing development
project management roles including feasibility study,
acquisition, entitlement, project financing, marketing,
design, construction, community organization, property
management, executive leadership, and customer
service.
Bruce earned a Bachelor of City Planning degree from
the University Of Virginia School Of Architecture.
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Dick Santangelo
Dick Santangelo, P.E, is President/CEO of Apollo
Engineering Solutions, LLC. AES is an energy solutionsdriven engineering firm specializing in establishing the
long term viability of affordable housing.
As the former HUD-PIH Energy Program Manager, Mr.
Santangelo was a champion in HUD’s efforts to reduce
energy consumption in 3,200 Public Housing Authorities
(PHAs), representing 1.2M units of low-income housing.
Utility costs of $1.5B approximated for 20% of PHAs’
$7.5B annual operating expenditures (2008). Energy
and water conservation was paramount in controlling
operational costs. Under Mr. Santangelo’s leadership,
energy investment rose from $170.5M in 2002 to over
$1.1B in 2011.
Before his energy tenure, Mr. Santangelo was the
Program Manager for HUD’s physical inspection program.
Mr. Santangelo led HUD’s efforts to inspect subsidized
housing to ensure decent, safe, and sanitary housing for
over 4 million families, 44,000 multifamily and public
housing properties. He stood up the physical inspection
production operations in less than 16 months, carrying
out over 86,000 inspections in less than three years.
Prior to HUD, Mr. Santangelo designed and implemented
Navy-wide aircraft manufacturing and repair procedures.
As a recognized forensics expert in failure analyses,
he directed the Navy’s aircraft mishap investigation
program in Jacksonville, Florida. Before working with
the Navy, Mr. Santangelo was part of the Launch Vehicle
Operations team at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
As an engineering technician, he was part of the Apollo
Program team that participated in the Apollo 11 launch,
putting the first man on the moon.
Mr. Santangelo retired from Federal Service in January
2010 with 42 years of Federal Service. Through Mr.
Santangelo’s leadership, the Department of Housing and
Urban Development - Office of Public and Indian Housing
received the Alliance to Save Energy – 2009 Galaxy Star
Award of Energy Efficiency; Environmental Protection
Agency 2009 Energy Star Award- Special Recognition;
and, the Department of Energy’s 2008 Presidential
Federal Energy Management Award. Prior to his
retirement, Mr. Santangelo received the Association
of Energy Engineers 2009 Leadership in Federal
Energy Management Award. Mr. Santangelo was also
recognized by the National Society of Professional
Engineers as the “2009 Professional Engineer” Agency
Winner. In December, Mr. Santangelo was also
recognized by the Partnership for Public Service in the
Washington Post’s Federal Page as a “Federal Player”
for his energy policy initiatives in Public Housing.
Mr. Santangelo earned his Materials Engineering
(MSE) degree from the University of Florida and
a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from
the University of North Florida. Mr. Santangelo is a
licensed, professional engineer (PE) in Florida and
Virginia.
Tina Schieb
Tina Schieb is employed by the Housing Authority of
Washington County. She has 18 years of experience
with the rental assistance programs and Family SelfSufficiency Program. Ms. Schieb has served on the
MAHRA board since 2010.
Raymond Skinner
Raymond A. Skinner was appointed by Governor
Martin O’Malley as Secretary of the Maryland
Department of Housing and Community Development
in February 2007. In this position, which he also
held under Governor Parris Glendenning from 1998
to 2003, he manages the states’ housing finance,
mortgage insurance, community development, and
building code programs. Prior to his appointment he
was President and CEO of The Skinner Group LLC, a
consulting firm providing services in affordable housing
finance, community and economic development, and
government relations. Mr. Skinner has more than 35
years of professional experience in affordable housing
and community revitalization and has been an active
leader in the field. Previously he served as Director
of the Prince George’s County Maryland Department
of Housing and Community Development and as
Executive Director of the DC Office of Business and
Economic Development.
Mr. Skinner holds a BS degree from the Pennsylvania
State University and a Master of City Planning from
the University of Pennsylvania. He has also completed
the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local
Government at Harvard University.
Susan Smith
Ms. Smith has been the Program Coordinator for
Disability Services at the Housing Opportunities
Commission of Montgomery County (HOC) for the past
18 years. During this time she has worked with staff
from all Divisions to develop strategies that will assist
clients and residents with disabilities to maintain their
housing in the most independent setting possible. She
provides on-going staff development in all facets of
interacting with persons with disabilities throughout
HOC. Ms. Smith has collaborated with other HOC
staff and Divisions in developing and implementing
policies for HOC’s Hoarding Intervention Tactical
(HIT) Team. Prior to working at HOC, Ms. Smith
worked for 20 years at several non-profit and state
agencies providing residential services to persons
with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
She has her MSW from Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, VA.
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Stacy L. Spann
Stacy Spann is the Executive Director of the Housing
Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC).
Prior to joining HOC, Mr. Spann was the Executive Director
of Howard County Housing (which includes the housing
commission and the county’s Department of Housing
and Community Development.) Mr. Spann drafted and
implemented the county’s Affordable Housing Strategic
Plan, doubled the size of the housing unit portfolio and
engineered the county’s first mixed income development.
In addition to overseeing the Department of Housing and
Community Development and Housing Commission in
Howard County, Mr. Spann’s background includes serving
as the assistant commissioner of development finance
in Baltimore from 2004 – 2006, where he managed and
oversaw five offices, including Community Development
Block Grant, the Office of Home Ownership, and Office of
Project Finance. Mr. Spann was named in October 2010 as
Affordable Housing Finance magazine’s “Young Leader”
award recipient.
Mr. Spann is currently an adjunct professor of the
Capstone Course Masters Program in Real Estate at the
University of Maryland at College Park in the School of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He also is a
member of the Professional Development Faculty at the
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment
Organizations (NAHRO), where he teaches “Introduction
to Mixed Finance for Public Housing Authorities,” a course
he designed for housing authorities, non-profits and local
and federal governmental entities throughout the U.S.
Patricia Rynn Sylvester
Patricia Rynn Sylvester is the Director of Multifamily
Housing for the Maryland Department of Housing and
Community Development. Appointed to the position
in 2003, Ms. Sylvester leads a 60-person staff with
responsibility for the Department’s rental-housing finance
programs, federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits,
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and state and federal rental assistance programs. Ms.
Sylvester has also served as the Department’s Director
of Single Family Housing and legislative liaison. Before
joining the Department, she worked for the Maryland
General Assembly and as a Maryland administrative law
judge. Ms. Sylvester holds a J.D. from the University
Of Maryland School Of Law and a B.A. from the Johns
Hopkins University.
William Tamburrino
Bill Tamburrino is the Director, Baltimore Public Housing
Program Hub, and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development.
Mr. Tamburrino earned his B.A. in urban studies from the
Johns Hopkins University. He was initially hired by the
Maryland State Office of the Department in September
1979. He served as a Housing Management Specialist
until 1985, when he accepted a position with the National
Center for Housing Management (NCHM).
While
employed by NCHM, he became Vice President for Public
Housing Improvements and developed improvement
strategies for public housing authorities throughout the
country. In 1987 Mr. Tamburrino returned to HUD and
became the Chief of the Assisted Housing Management
Branch in the Maryland Office in 1990. He has remained
the supervisor of that unit as it has evolved, most recently
taking the form of the Baltimore Public Housing Program
Hub. The Baltimore Hub has jurisdiction in the states
of Maryland and West Virginia. This jurisdiction has an
inventory of over 40,000 units of Public Housing and
Housing Choice Vouchers. More recently, Mr. Tamburrino
also serves as a Team Lead for recovery activities of
troubled agencies throughout the Northeast area. Since
2013, Mr. Tamburrino has been serving as the Interim
Coordinator of HUD’s District of Columbia Public Housing
Program Center.
Carol Weber
Carol Weber is a Public Housing Revitalization
Specialist in the Public Housing Division of the
Baltimore HUD Office. Her entire Federal career has
been with the Baltimore HUD Office, and for the last
29 years Ms. Weber has been employed in the Public
Housing Division. Prior to that Ms. Weber spent three
years in Loan Management (now Asset Management)
and 3 years in Real Estate and Evaluation (singlefamily appraisals).
She currently services and provides technical
assistance in the administration of both the Public
Housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs to
PHAs in Maryland and West Virginia. Ms. Weber has
acted as the coordinator in various Baltimore Public
Housing Division functions such as the Public Housing
Assessment System (PHAS) and the Section Eight
Management Assessment Program (SEMAP). She is
currently the coordinator for the PHA Plan process.
Amy Wilkinson
Amy Wilkinson is the Associate Executive Director
for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Enforcement
of the Housing Authority of Baltimore City (HABC), a
position she assumed in 2001.
Before joining HABC, she served at the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development from July 1999
through January 2001, first as the Deputy General
Counsel for Equal Opportunity and Administrative
Law and then as the General Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity.
Ms. Wilkinson also worked at the City of Philadelphia
Law Department, first as a Chief Deputy City Solicitor
and then as the First Deputy City Solicitor, and as an
associate and then partner with the law firm, Duane
Morris and Heckscher.
Ms. Wilkinson received a J.D. from the University of
Pennsylvania Law School and Bachelor of Arts degree
from Dartmouth College.
Tamara Woods
Tamara Woods is senior planner with the City of
Baltimore Department of Planning and has been with
the Department for 11 years. She currently serves as
both a Land Use Planner and Comprehensive Planner.
As a Comprehensive Planner, Ms. Woods provides
neighborhood planning services and technical
assistance to communities and other City Agencies.
She works closely with Baltimore Housing by helping
to develop neighborhood revitalization strategies,
sitting on various review panels for both funding and
development proposals. She is currently working
as the Housing and Land Use workgroup leader for
the Casino Area Master Plan, which encompasses
18 neighborhoods/ industrial areas. As a Land Use
Planner, she is responsible for development project
management and review. This includes not only
reviewing private and City supported development
projects, but land use policy and legislation.
She has worked on projects such as the Oliver and
Barclay neighborhood redevelopment and Lillian
Jones apartments. She is currently project manager
for the New East Baltimore Community, an 88 acre
project and has worked on large projects such as the
Harbor Pointe redevelopment, a 3 million square feet
project. In her policy work, Ms. Woods was part of
the core team responsible for organizing Transform
Baltimore; the City’s zoning code rewrite effort.
Ms. Woods holds a Bachelors of Arts in Architectural
Studies from the University of Kansas and a Masters
of Urban and Regional Design from Alabama A&M
University. In addition, she is a certified Housing
Development Finance Professional from The National
Development Council.
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Jonathan Zimmerman
Mr. Zimmerman joined the Public Housing Authorities
Directors Association (PHADA) as a Policy Analyst in
2014. Prior to joining PHADA has worked in federally
funded rental housing assistance programs for twenty
three years.
Mr. Zimmerman works on regulatory
and administrative matters relating primarily to the
Section 8 tenant-based voucher programs including:
HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH),
Non-Elderly Disabled (NED), Family Unification Program
(FUP), HCV Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS), Section 8
Project-Based Voucher programs and to some extent
Project-Based Section 8 Multi-family Rental Assistance
programs. His work also includes a support role to
PHADA’s education and advocacy on appropriations and
authorizing legislation related to these programs. Mr.
Zimmerman works on comments letters to proposed
regulations, and helps agency members implement
program changes through PIH notices and final
regulations.
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