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David M. Childs Joins The NHP Foundation Board of Trustees

Washington, DC – March 23, 2006 – David M. Childs, consulting design partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, has joined The NHP Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

Mr. Childs has had a long career as an architect and designer, completing numerous high- level projects such as the 1976 Washington Mall master plan and Constitution Gardens, and the expansion of the Dulles Airport in Washington, DC. In , he designed the Worldwide Plaza on Eighth Avenue (the subject of an eight-part television documentary), the New York Mercantile Exchange, the JFK International Arrivals Building, the Bear Stearns Headquarters, and the Time Warner Headquarters.

“David Childs has had a long, distinguished career in the architectural field, both in the United States and abroad. The NHP Foundation will greatly benefit from David’s vision and insight as we continue to expand and provide quality affordable housing to America’s families,” said Ambassador James A. Joseph, the presiding chairman of The NHP Foundation Board of Trustees.

“David’s exemplary design skills and exceptional talents are particularly timely as we strive to rebuild the housing stock in the Gulf Coast region,” added Ghebre Selassie Mehreteab, CEO and co-chairman of The NHP Foundation.

Mr. Childs first joined Skidmore, Owings & Merrill in 1971 after serving as the design director for the Pennsylvania Avenue Commission in Washington, DC. He was later appointed to serve as chairman of the National Capital Planning Commission and, in 2002, to serve as chairman of the Commission of Fine Arts in Washington, DC. Mr. Childs is currently preparing plans for the new Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center, the Moynihan Train Station, and a new office building on a full block adjacent to the United Nations in New York City.

Mr. Childs currently serves as chairman of the American Academy in Rome and is a member of the boards of the and the Municipal Art Society. He also serves as a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He graduated from Yale College and the Yale School of Art and Architecture.

For a complete listing of the NHP Foundation’s Board of Directors, please visit: http://www.nhpfoundation.org/about/trustees.php.

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THE NHP FOUNDATION

In 1989, the congressionally chartered National Housing Partnership established the NHP Foundation as a national nonprofit organization to address America’s affordable housing crisis. NHPF combines elements of a successful real estate enterprise and an efficient charitable organization to create and preserve quality and affordable housing. www.nhpfoundation.org