Speaker Bios

SESSION I 9:00-10:00

Blue Wave Hits New York - With rent laws up for renewal and public housing rapidly deteriorating, how will the blue wave impact housing issues under consideration in New York State this year? LOCATION: CENTRAL PARK WEST

Moderator: Ben Max, Editor, Gotham Gazette Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee. Assemblyman Cymbrowitz holds a bachelor’s degree from C.W. Post College, a master’s degree Prior to joining Gotham Gazette as executive editor in 2014, Ben in social work (MSW) from Adelphi University and a law degree from launched and ran Decide NYC, a comprehensive guide to the 2013 Brooklyn Law School. He began his community work in Brighton city elections, and worked in education for ten years, most of them Beach organizing businesses to assure the survival of the shopping as a high school history teacher. Ben grew up in Queens, earned a strip and providing technical assistance that led to the creation of bachelor’s degree from Trinity College and a master’s degree from neighborhood groups. After several years of grassroots community Tufts University, and currently lives in Brooklyn. work, he held leadership positions including Executive Director of the North Brooklyn Development Corporation, Director of Housing and Community Development for the Metropolitan New York John Banks, President, Real Estate Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty, Assistant Commissioner of Board of New York (REBNY) the Division of Homeless Housing Development for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), John H. Banks is the President of the Real Estate Board of New Assistant Commissioner of the Division of Housing Production and York (REBNY), the City’s leading real estate trade association which Finance for HPD and Deputy Commissioner of Development at HPD. represents major commercial and residential property owners and He also served as the New York City Housing Authority’s Director builders, brokers and managers, and real estate professionals. of Intergovernmental Relations, where he was responsible for Since his appointment in 2014, REBNY has made significant developing the Housing Authority’s legislative initiative and worked achievements including advocating for the enactment of the closely with elected officials in Albany and New York City Affordable New York Housing Program (formerly known as 421-a), the approval of the Greater East Midtown Rezoning, as well as fair and important legislation to address critical issues ranging from Senator Liz Krueger, NYS Senate sustainability and illegal short-term rentals to landmarking. State Senator Liz Krueger was first elected to the New York In 2017, Banks led REBNY’s rollout of Syndication for its Residential State Senate in 2002, and is the ranking minority member of the Listing Service (RLS). RLS Syndication provides the most accurate, up- Senate Finance Committee. She is a strong advocate for tenants’ to-date residential real estate listing information for consumers and rights, affordable housing, improved access to health care, social the real estate industry in New York City through a powerful network services, environmental sustainability, and more equitable of publishers. funding for public education. She has made reforming and Prior to REBNY, Banks was Consolidated Edison Inc.’s Vice President of modernizing New York State’s governmental processes, electoral Government Relations for 13 years, during which he also served as Vice system, and tax policy central goals of her legislative agenda. She is Chairman of the New York City Charter Revision Commission in 2010 the co-founder of the NYS Bipartisan Pro-Choice Legislative Caucus, and worked on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s transition in 2013. and was a leader in the fight to pass the Women’s Health and Wellness Act, the Breastfeeding Bill of Rights, & postpartum Before Con Edison, Banks worked as Chief of Staff for the New York depression legislation. City Council, Director of Government Relations at Con Edison, and Deputy Director of the New York City Council’s Finance Division. Prior to her election to the Senate, Senator Krueger served for 15 Banks’ first role in government was working for Mayor Edward Koch years as the Associate Director of the Community Food Resource in his Office of Operations after graduating from Manhattan College Center (CFRC), and was the founding Director of the Food Bank with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Government. for New York City. A graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Chicago, Senator Krueger and her husband have lived Banks serves on the boards of the New York Public Library, Vincent J. on the East Side since 1983. Fontana Center for Child Protection and Manhattan College.

He is a resident of Pelham Manor, New York where he lives with his wife and two children. Thomas McMahon, Principal, TLM Associates Before founding TLM Associates in 2005, Thomas McMahon worked in senior positions in New York City government for twenty-five Steven H. Cymbrowitz, NY State years. Most recently, he served as General Counsel to the New Assembly York City Council. Prior to that, (1999-2001) Mr. McMahon worked for the New York City Partnership and Chamber of Commerce as Steven H. Cymbrowitz was elected in 2000 and represents the their Senior Vice-President with responsibility for the business 45th Assembly District in Brooklyn. His district includes portions organization’s government affairs agenda in Washington, Albany of Sheepshead Bay, Midwood, Manhattan Beach, Gravesend and and New York City. From 1989 through 1999, he worked at the Brighton Beach. In January 2017, Assemblyman Cymbrowitz was New York City Council Finance Division, serving as Director of that appointed Chairman of the Assembly’s Housing Committee, where office from 1994 to 1999. From 1985 to 1989 he worked in the Koch he works to address issues that directly affect low- and middle- Administration’s Office of Legislative Affairs where he served as First income families across New York State, including public housing, the Assistant Legislative Representative. He began his career as a staff Mitchell-Lama housing program and rent regulation protections. person in the New York State Assembly. Prior to this post he served as Chair of the Aging Committee and the

international transactions and controversies. He has particular OZone Levels - Get up to date on new federal experience with structured finance and securitization transactions and transactions involving investments by pension funds, real estate Opportunity Zones. Learn about investment investment trusts (REITs) and tax-exempt organizations in real estate opportunities, creative financing and funds and and other income-producing assets. projects in the works. A nationally known authority on affordable housing and historic tax LOCATION: LENOX BALLROOM credits, Glenn has substantial experience in the taxation of mixed- use affordable housing projects. He created a tax structure that permitted the first practical syndication of a so-called “80-20” mixed- Moderator: Lorraine Collins, Director of Public use low-income project, which is now used in transactions across the country. Glenn also was the co-creator with the New York City Policy and External Affairs, Enterprise Community Housing Development Corporation of the “Sub-50 Recycled Bond Partners, Inc. Structure”—a volume-cap efficient tax-exempt bond structure that is Lorraine Y. Collins is the Director of Public Policy and External in wide use by the major housing agencies in New York City and New Affairs at Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. New York Office. In York state. this capacity, Lorraine is responsible for working with the office’s Glenn frequently lectures on affordable housing (particularly “80-20” Executive Team and Program Leaders to build and effectively transactions). execute a public-policy strategy to address affordable housing and community development issues across the New York Market. Glenn graduated from Harvard Law School with honors in 1992. Lorraine also oversees the Office’s advocacy and lobbying activities, as well as its communications function. Beth Mullen, CPA, Partner, CohnReznick Prior to joining Enterprise, Lorraine spent over a decade in New York State government working on affordable housing policy at Homes Beth Mullen, CPA, is the National Director of the Firm’s Affordable and Community Renewal (HCR) and the Division of Budget. Lorraine Housing Industry Practice and a member of the Firm’s Tax Practice played a critical role in the State’s fair housing planning efforts by Executive Committee and Project Finance and Consulting team. She launching HCRs Fair and Equitable Housing Office. Additionally, has more than 30 years of experience providing consulting, tax, and at HCR Lorraine served as a Regional Director and Policy Advisor, accounting services to real estate owners, developers and investors. leading efforts to address affordable housing and community A significant portion of Beth’s time is devoted to helping clients to development needs in areas such as health and housing, resilience, facilitate transactions by structuring public/private partnerships that education and employment inequalities. Lorraine also had a five- are financed in part by Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, the federal year career in the private sector, working as a financial analyst at and state historic tax credit programs, opportunity zone equity, the Carrier Corporation. federal New Markets Tax Credit Program, energy tax credits, and historic rehabilitation tax credits. Lorraine received her BBA in Accounting from Howard University and her MBA and MPA from Syracuse University. Beth teaches internal and external courses on these tax programs and has published articles in affordable housing and not-for-profit trade magazines. Her extensive knowledge of partnership tax law Bret Nolan Collazzi, Principal, HR&A Advisors, Inc. has been invaluable in resolving allocation, at-risk, exit tax, residual value, and other common partnership problems. Bret Nolan Collazzi is a core member of HR&A’s team, specializing in urban innovation strategy and neighborhood development. Bret recently managed the fifth-annual, New York City BigApps, Mary Thompson, Senior Vice President Tax Credit competition, the world’s largest civic tech initiative, on behalf of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and Take the Investments, Bank of America Merrill Lynch H.E.L.M., a competition that attracts tech and creative firms to Lower Mary Thompson is a senior vice president in the Tax Credit Manhattan. Bret also advises leading nonprofits, including The New Investment Group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Based in Boston, York Public Library, on real estate strategy, and is committed to Mass., Ms. Thompson is responsible for originating, structuring promoting neighborhood and economic development in his home and closing New Markets Tax Credit and Historic Tax Credit borough of the Bronx. As Director, Bret will continue in his project investments nationally with a focus on originating investments in management capacity. Prior to joining HR&A, Bret was a senior aide the Eastern Region of the US. She has worked for Bank of America to New York City Council Member James Vacca, managing policy, and its predecessor entities since 1994 in various real estate communications, and land use. He earned an M.B.A. from Cornell groups. Her experience includes commercial real estate lending, University and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from New York portfolio management, and the managing and disposition of an University. OREO portfolio. In 2004, she joined Bank of America’s Community Development Banking Group as a credit products officer, specializing in NMTC debt underwriting. She joined the Tax Credit Origination Glenn Miller, Partner, Group in October 2010. Prior to joining Bank of America, Ms. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Thompson worked for several residential real estate companies managing new homes sales and corporate-owned homes. She has Glenn S. Miller is a tax partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP a bachelor’s degree from Providence College. She is member of the in Washington, D.C. Glenn brings a creative, problem-solving Board of Directors of Preservation Massachusetts approach to the tax issues present in a wide range of domestic and

Speaker Bios

SESSION II 10:10-11:10

Federal Update - With Democrats’ new control of the House and Republican power in the Senate and White House, what is in the future for housing policy outlook in Washington? LOCATION: CENTRAL PARK WEST

Moderator: Ralph Fasano, Executive Director, included the State Department’s acting deputy assistant secretary for Concern for Independent Living legislative affairs. As national security advisor to Rep. Rod Chandler of Washington, he was recognized by Secretary of Ralph Fasano has been the Executive Director of Concern for State James A. Baker III for his key role in the negotiation of the Independent Living, since 1993. Concern is the largest provider of Bipartisan Accord on Central America, which led to the end of Supportive Housing on Long Island and one of the largest in NYS. Nicaragua’s civil war and inauguration of its first democratically The organization houses over 1,000 people in over 240 different elected government. sites. In the past eight years Concern has raised over $200 million in funding to develop new housing. Mr. Fasano is the current President Mr. Dworkin was a freelance foreign correspondent and of the Association for Community Living, a statewide association photographer for The Detroit News, where he covered the war in representing 130 housing agencies. He served as the Chair of the Afghanistan. In 1984, he was the first Western journalist to cross Nassau-Suffolk Coalition for the Homeless for four years until the Safed Koh mountain range with the rebels fighting in the region February, 2,000. He has over 30 years experience developing and known as Tora Bora. operating residences for formerly homeless individuals and families. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and lives in Mr. Fasano is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor and holds a Washington, D.C. with his wife Hayley Hoffman. Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University and a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration from New York University. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Health Peter Lawrence, Director, Public Policy & and Welfare Council of Long Island, Bay Ridge Prep, the Long Island Government Relations, Novogradac Consulting LLP Residential Association and was the Chair of the Brookhaven Service Advisory Council. He was a member of the Suffolk County Task Peter Lawrence is Director of Public Policy & Government Relations Force on Homelessness and was the Chair of its Mental Illness and for Novogradac & Company LLP. In this role, he coordinates the Substance Abuse Committee. He serves on the Suffolk County DSS firm’s public policy and government relations work on low-income Commissioners Advisory Council and was the Chair of the Suffolk housing tax credit (LIHTC), the new markets tax credit (NMTC), Housing Work Group. He has served on the Supportive Housing the historic rehabilitation tax credit (HTC), renewable energy tax Network’s Steering Committee and is currently its Treasurer. He credits, and U.S. Housing & Urban Development programs. Prior recently received “The Benefactors” award from the Long Island to joining Novogradac & Company, Mr. Lawrence was the senior Chapter of the AIA and the 2012 “Visionary” award from NAMI for his director of public policy and government affairs for Enterprise work in developing housing. Governor Cuomo appointed him to serve Community Partners where he led the execution of Enterprise’s on the Behavioral Health Services Advisory Committee in 2014. policy and advocacy agenda. His primary issue responsibilities were tax (including LIHTC and NMTC advocacy as well as tax incentives to promote green and sustainable building), affordable housing David Dworkin, President & CEO, preservation and rental housing policy. While at Enterprise, he National Housing Conference helped found the Affordable Rental Housing A.C.T.I.O.N. (A Call To Invest in Our Neighborhoods) Campaign, the big tent industry David M. Dworkin joined NHC as president and CEO in January coalition bringing investors, syndicators, for-profit and nonprofit 2018. Prior to joining NHC, David worked as a senior policy advisor developers, and other LIHTC professionals in all 50 states together to at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where he advised senior advocate for the credit. Treasury Department officials on matters related to housing and He was the secretary of the board of directors of the Affordable community development. His expertise includes credit availability; Housing Tax Credit Coalition, as well as a member of the board of housing finance reform, mortgage servicing, affordable housing, directors of the New Markets Tax Credit Coalition. Mr. Lawrence was access to credit, residential housing vacancy, abandonment and also a legislative and policy associate at the National Council of State demolition and community stabilization strategies. He also served as a Housing Agencies (NCSHA), focusing on the LIHTC, tax- exempt member of the White House’s Detroit interagency team, where his housing private activity bond programs, and government sponsored responsibilities included developing and implementing strategies to enterprises (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan assist in the City of Detroit’s revitalization. Banks). Previously, he managed the Capital Magnet Fund (CMF) at the Mr. Lawrence also was a housing policy analyst for the Center on Treasury Department’s CDFI Fund, which disbursed $80 million in Budget Policies and Priorities, where he worked on the Section 8 grants for economic revitalization and community development Housing Choice Voucher Program, a congressional fellow for Sen. through investment in and assistance to community development Jack Reed of Rhode Island in his capacity as the Ranking Member of financial institutions (CDFIs) and nonprofit housing organizations. the Senate Housing and Transportation Subcommittee, Prior to joining the Treasury Department, he was CEO and Founder and a presidential management fellow for the Office of Policy of Affiniti Strategies, a political consulting firm that assisted clients Development & Research at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban build political relationship capital. Mr. Dworkin served in a number Development. In addition to his federal experience, he has served as of leadership positions at Fannie Mae, where he served General an analyst for the affordable housing group of Chicago Metropolis Counsels Robert Zoellick and Thomas Donilon. 2020, and as an appointed member of the Interagency Taskforce on His service in the administration of President George H.W. Bush Homelessness of the city of Berkeley, Calif.

Pamela Hughes Patenaude, Deputy Secretary, U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Under No Uncertain Terms - Updates from the Pamela Hughes Patenaude was nominated by President Trump and City and State housing finance teams on term confirmed by the United States Senate as the Deputy Secretary sheet changes with discussion from lenders and of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on developers on getting deals done. September 14, 2017. LOCATION: CENTRAL PARK EAST Ms. Patenaude brings to HUD more than 30 years of experience in the areas of housing, economic development, real estate, and public policy. Prior to joining HUD, she served as the President of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families, Moshe McKie-Krisberg, Vice President of Richman a national nonprofit education and research organization dedicated Housing Resources LLC to illuminating America’s affordable housing crisis. Before co- Moshe McKie-Krisberg joined The Richman Group Affordable founding the Terwilliger Foundation, she was the Director of Housing Housing Corporation’s acquisition team in 2009 and is currently Policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center where she led a 21-person President of Richman Housing Resources LLC, the corporation’s commission to present a new direction for national housing policy. New York City division. He is responsible for the origination, Ms. Patenaude served as Executive Vice President of the Urban Land underwriting, and the closing of affordable housing tax credit Institute (ULI) and Founding Executive Director of the ULI Terwilliger investments. Mr. McKie-Krisberg has worked with both non-profit Center for Workforce Housing. and for-profit developers and has structured numerous property Earlier in her career, Ms. Patenaude served as Assistant Secretary for types including new construction, rehabilitation, supportive housing, Community Planning and Development (CPD) at HUD, where she mix use, federal solar, and state tax credit investments. He has administered more than $8 billion in housing and community partaken in the syndication of more than $800 million of tax credit development funds. She also played a significant role in the equity invested in over 50 transactions in New York City and State. Department’s efforts to rebuild the Gulf Coast region following Mr. McKie-Krisberg is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, providing direct oversight of $17 billion Technology, where he received a Master in City Planning (MCP). in disaster recovery funds. Prior to her work at CPD, Ms. Patenaude served HUD as the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and Management. Martin Dunn, President, Dunn Development Corp. A New Hampshire native, Ms. Patenaude worked as State Director Martin Dunn is a leader in the fields of housing and community and Deputy Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Bob Smith, and the development in New York City. Over the last 25 years, Martin has Director of the New Hampshire Small Business Development Center. been involved in the development of more than 3,700 units of She began her career in housing and community development at the affordable housing. Since 1998, he has been President of Dunn New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority. Development Corp., a socially conscious, award-winning real estate developer with expertise in affordable and supportive housing. Martin is also an active advocate on housing and homelessness Diane Yentel, President & CEO, National Low Income issues in New York City and New York State. Housing Coalition Dunn Development Corp.’s mission is to build the highest quality Diane is the President and CEO of the National Low Income housing for low and middle-income New Yorkers, including those Housing Coalition, a membership organization dedicated solely to with disabilities and other special needs. Dunn Development Corp. achieving socially just public policy that ensures people with the has created innovative financing and program models that are lowest incomes in the United States have affordable and decent highly regarded in the affordable and supportive housing homes. Diane is a veteran affordable housing policy expert and fields. In addition to general affordable and mixed income housing, advocate with nearly two decades of work on affordable housing Dunn Development Corp. has developed new initiatives to serve and community development issues. Before rejoining NLIHC (where the homeless, people with psychiatric disabilities, people living she previously worked as a policy analyst), Diane was Vice President with HIV/AIDS and people with developmental disabilities. Dunn of Public Policy and Government Affairs at Enterprise Community Development has also been at the forefront of incorporating Partners, where she led federal, state and local policy, research and healthy, active and sustainable design and green building into advocacy programs. Prior to Enterprise, Diane was the director of affordable housing and developed the first two ENERGY STAR rated the Public Housing Management and Occupancy Division at the US mid or high-rise buildings in the United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where she From 1993 to 1997, Martin was the Executive Director of the East New managed a team overseeing the development and implementation York Urban Youth Corps, which at the time was one of New York City’s of nationwide public housing policies, procedures and guidelines. most dynamic and successful non-profit community development She also worked to advance affordable housing policies with Oxfam corporations. From 1989 to 1992, Martin held senior program and America and the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, and management positions at the Association to Benefit Children. served for 3 years as a community development Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia. Diane is frequently cited in media outlets, Martin serves on the Boards of the Supportive Housing Network of including the Washington Post, The New York Times, Politico, Mother New York, the New York State Association for Affordable Housing and the Citizen’s Housing and Planning Council; he also serves on the Jones, NPR and The Guardian. She serves on the Board of Directors advisory boards of the Furman Center at New York University and of the National Housing Conference, Homes for America, and the Coalition on Human Needs. Diane has a Masters in Social work from the New York Housing Conference. the University of Texas at Austin. Nicole Ferreira, Senior Vice President of Multifamily Finance, NYS Homes and Community Renewal Nicole Ferreira is Senior Vice President of Multifamily Finance. She is responsible for the strategic leadership of all multifamily finance teams. She joined HCR from for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), where she served as Executive Vice President for Development since 2015. This marked her second term at NYCHA, she originally joined NYCHA in 2011 and rose to Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President of the Capital Projects Division. Prior to rejoining NYCHA, she was Director of Acquisitions at Workforce

Housing Group. Nicole is an adjunct professor at the New York University Schack Institute of Real Estate. She holds a Bachelor of California Dreaming- California experts discuss Arts degree in Political Science and a Master of Science in Real Estate the policies and politics around housing in the from New York University. Golden State – from bright spots such as joint housing/labor advocacy to the challenges including Elizabeth Oakley, Senior Vice President/Sr. barriers to planning and building. Relationship Manager, Wells Fargo LOCATION: LENOX BALLROOM Liz Oakley is a Senior Vice President for Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment, based in New York City. Since joining Wells in 2013, Liz has led the origination, underwriting, closing, and Moderator: Commissioner RuthAnne Visnauskas, ongoing construction monitoring for $1.2B of construction financing for more than 4,000 affordable apartments, as well as related office, NYS Homes and Community Renewal retail, and parking in NY, NJ and MA. Prior to her role at Wells, she In February 2017, Governor Cuomo appointed RuthAnne Visnauskas, was a Vice President for Development at the New York City Housing Commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Development Corporation (“HDC”), as well as a Housing Fellow with Community Renewal. In March, 2017, Ms. Visnauskas was appointed the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development as the President/CEO of the New York State Housing Finance Agency, (“HPD”), completing rotations in HPD Strategic Planning, the State of New York Mortgage Agency and the New York State Preservation Finance, and Housing Finance. At HDC, Liz closed an Affordable Housing Corporation, the State agencies that comprise additional $850MM of senior and subordinate loans to finance 4,500 New York State Homes and Community Renewal (“HCR”). affordable apartments throughout NYC, and coordinated with other RuthAnne previously served as HCR’s Executive Deputy city agencies to review responses to various development RFP’s. Liz Commissioner for Housing Development, where she was responsible graduated cum laude from St. Joseph’s University with a Bachelor’s for strategic leadership and oversight of multi-family housing finance degree in History, and from NYU Wagner School of Public Service programs, the State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA), the with a Masters of Public Administration, Policy specialization. Liz Mortgage Insurance Fund (MIF), the Office of Community Renewal currently serves on the board of Broadway Housing Communities. and the Office of Faith-Based Community Development Services. She lives on the Upper West Side with her husband and two sons. Prior to joining HCR, RuthAnne was Managing Director of the Housing Advisory Board for the Robin Hood Foundation, New York’s Molly Park, Deputy Commissioner for Development largest poverty-fighting organization. The Housing Advisory Board NYC Dept of Housing Preservation & Development was established to fund initiatives to advance the quantity and quality of affordable housing for low-income New Yorkers. Molly Park oversees HPD’s Office of Development, with divisions RuthAnne held also several key positions at the New York City including New Construction, Preservation Finance, Housing Incentives, Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Preservation Disposition Finance, Supportive Housing, Building and including the role of Commissioner from September 2014 to Land Development Services (BLDS), Storm Recovery, and Credit and February 2015. HPD is the nation’s largest municipal housing agency, Underwriting. Among other initiatives, she has primary responsibility in charge of the development and preservation of affordable housing for the housing production goals of the Housing New York Plan and the enforcement of the City’s Housing Maintenance Code. and related pre-development work. In addition, Park ensures that the Office of Development is closely coordinated with other critical Prior to taking the helm at HPD, RuthAnne served as Deputy functions of the Agency, including Neighborhood Strategies, Planning, Commissioner for Development, spearheading innovative Code Enforcement, and Asset Management. development programs, including the Preserving City Neighborhoods (PCN) initiative, designed to purchase the notes Prior to this role, Park was the Chief Operating Officer of of overleveraged buildings, and stabilize them by ultimately Settlement Housing Fund, where she has expanded her affordable transferring them to responsible not-for-profit owners. housing expertise by overseeing Settlement’s development activity, supervising proposal submissions, underwriting, She received her Bachelor degree in Urban Studies from the coordination with funders and other members of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Master’s degree in Urban development team, and land use approvals. From 2010 to 2014, Planning from the Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service at New Park served as HPD’s Deputy Commissioner of Budget, Fiscal, and York University. Performance Management. A graduate of Amherst College, Park Ms. Visnauskas lives in Manhattan with her husband and three holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the university of California - children. Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy.

Ted Chandler, Chief Operating Officer, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust Ted Chandler is Chief Operating Officer of the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT), a $5.9 billion mutual fund that invests pension fund capital in affordable and workforce housing providing union construction jobs. He has thirty years’ experience in housing finance and community development, including 15 years at Fannie Mae and six years at the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA). As an officer at Fannie Mae, he managed relationships with national mortgage banking customers, and led the company’s housing and community development initiatives in ten Western states. At the BRA, he served as Chief Executive and Chief of Staff, and later as Deputy Executive Director at the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency. Mr. Chandler is Chair Emeritus of the Board of Governors of the National Housing Conference, and vice Chair of Abode Communities, a nonprofit affordable housing development and design firm in Los Angeles. He is a former member of the Advisory Board of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and is a founder and than 340 employees. She is guided in her work by Eden’s active Director Emeritus of the California Housing Consortium. Mr. volunteer board of directors. Chandler holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard College, and a Juris Under her strong leadership, Eden Housing has become one of Doctor degree from Stanford University Law School. the most productive and successful nonprofit affordable housing developers in California. To date, Eden has developed or acquired more than 10,500 affordable rental apartments throughout Richard Gerwitz, Managing Director, Co-Head, Citi California, providing homes for nearly 100,000 low-income families, Community Capital seniors, and persons with disabilities. Richard Gerwitz is co-head of Citi Community Capital, the Linda has received a number of awards including being inducted community development lending and investing division of Citi, into the Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame in 2017 and named with more than 30 years of experience in the tax-exempt securities to the San Francisco Business Times’ Forever Influential Honor Roll and real estate markets. He began his career with Merrill Lynch in in 2016. 1978 as a municipal securities analyst, subsequently moving into Linda is a leader in housing policy on the local, state and national the investment banking division. In 1984, Mr. Gerwitz was retained level. She serves or has served on the Boards: Make Room, National to help start the municipal securities division at Security Pacific Housing Conference, California Housing Consortium, Non-Profit National Bank. In 1992 Mr. Gerwitz left the bank and negotiated Housing Association of Northern California, Housing Trust of Silicon the formation, and became president of a real estate limited Valley, Enterprise Communities’ Community Leadership Council, and partnership whose partners were the Ford Motor Company and International Housing Policy Exchange. the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The partnership was funded with more than $1 billion in performing and non-performing In her free time, Linda is an avid bicyclist and frequently rides for real estate assets designated for liquidation. He returned to the charitable causes including the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s tax-exempt bond investment banking industry in the late 1990s Team in Training Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and when he joined Citi Community Capital, formerly known as Newman the Michael J. Fox Foundation in support of research for cures to & Associates, focusing exclusively on the financing of affordable Parkinson’s disease. multifamily rental housing. In Mr. Gerwitz’s role as co-head of Citi Community Capital he directs the activities of the unit’s affordable Sean L. Spear, Assistant General Manager, Housing rental housing lending, mortgage and investment banking team, Development Bureau, Los Angeles Housing + as well as its involvement with low-income housing tax credits Community Investment Department (LIHTCs), new market tax credits (NMTCs) and other Community Reinvestment Act lending and investment activities. He is a frequent Sean has served as a local and state government leader in speaker at industry events, serves as the chairman of the Santa successive community development roles in the cities of New Monica Housing Commission, and is a member of the advisory York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and in Sacramento for the boards of the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits, the New York State of California. At the Los Angeles Housing & Community State Association for Affordable Housing (NYSAFAH), the New York Investment Department (HCIDLA), Sean is responsible for leading Housing Conference (NYHC) and the Citizens Housing and Planning its housing production efforts and directing the operations of Council (CHPC). its Housing Development Bureau. Prior to joining HCIDLA, Sean was a Managing Director with Hunt Mortgage Group where he consulted on the acquisition, development, financing and execution of affordable housing development transactions, and originated Linda Mandolini, President, Eden Housing new debt and equity executions throughout the western United Linda Mandolini has served as President of Eden Housing since States. He also most notably served as the Executive Director of 2001. Eden Housing is California’s second oldest non-profit housing the California Debt Allocation Committee (CDLAC) from 2009-2015, development companies and has developed or acquired more administering the $3.8 Billion private activity bond program for than 10,500 units throughout California. Linda oversees affordable California. Sean holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s in regional housing production, resident support services, and property planning from Cornell University management components of the organization, and a staff of more

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