Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
Harvard University
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki is a Senior Research Analyst at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Her research focuses on affordable and assisted rental housing for low-income households, rental housing markets, and the housing needs of older adults. Whitney contributes regularly to the signature JCHS reports, including the State of the Nation’s Housing and Housing America’s Older Adults, and serves as the lead author of America’s Rental Housing. Whitney holds a BA in history from Simmons College, an MS in historic preservation from Ball State University, and a PhD in city and regional planning from The Ohio State University.
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Harvard University
Andrea Birmingham
Finance and Loan Analyst/Contracting Officer Representative - USDA Rural Development
Andrea Birmingham is a Finance and Loan Analyst in Single Family Housing Direct, Special Programs and New Initiatives Branch. Andrea also serves as the Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for the Mutual Self-Help Technical and Management Assistance (T&MA) Contract. Andrea’s primary duties include: over¬seeing the T&MA Contract and managing Section 502 and 504 Direct Loan funding. Andrea has 13 years of experience with USDA Rural Development. Andrea is an 1890’s USDA Scholar and graduate of Prairie View A&M University in Texas with a BS in agriculture/agricultural economics.
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Finance and Loan Analyst/Contracting Officer Representative - USDA Rural Development
Tom Collishaw
President/CEO, Self-Help Enterprises
Tom Collishaw is President and CEO of Self-Help Enterprises, a multi-faceted housing and community development nonprofit serving the San Joaquin Valley of California since 1965. The oldest and largest self-help housing organization in the country, Self-Help Enterprises was a pioneer in the development of sweat-equity housing for rural low-income people. Since its beginning in 1965, the nonprofit organization has assisted 6,300 families in the construction of their own homes, BIOSrehabilitated another 6,600 homes, and developed over 1,450 units of affordable rental housing which it owns and operates. Collishaw is routinely sought out for input on legislative matters related to housing at both the state and national levels. He serves on the boards of Housing California, California Coalition for Rural Housing, National Rural Housing Coalition, National Farmworker Housing Directors Association, and is President of the National Rural Self-Help Housing Association. Collishaw is a graduate of Colgate University and the Achieving Excellence in Community Development program at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
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President/CEO, Self-Help Enterprises
Lance George
Director of Research and Information, Housing Assistance Council
Lance George is the Director of Research and Information at the Housing Assistance Council (HAC). Prior to becoming the HAC’s Research Director, Lance served as the organization’s Senior Research Associate for 10 years. Before HAC, Lance worked for Frontier Housing, Inc., a nonprofit organization that builds affordable homes for low-income families in Appalachian Eastern Kentucky. Lance’s research and policy analysis at HAC encompasses a wide array of issues and topics related to affordable housing; including manufactured housing, poverty and high need rural areas, rural definitions and classifications, mortgage access and finance, and general demography, mapping, and data analysis of rural people and their housing conditions.
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Director of Research and Information, Housing Assistance Council
Roger Glendenning
Deputy Administrator, Single Family Housing - USDA Rural Development
Roger Glendenning started his career in housing and farm-related programs in 1987 with the Farmers Home Administration in Delaware and Maryland before moving to the Washington, DC headquarters office in 1996. He has worked at headquarters in the capacity of Director of the Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Division (2001-2006), Chief Budget Officer (2007-2009), Budget Division Director (2010-2012) and Chief Financial Officer (2013 – February 2018). Roger was appointed to the position of Deputy Administrator, Single Family Housing at Rural Development in March 2018.
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Deputy Administrator, Single Family Housing - USDA Rural Development
Cathy Glover
Assistant Deputy Administrator, Single Family Housing - USDA Rural Development
Cathy Glover is the Assistant Deputy Administrator for USDA, Rural Development, Single Family Housing programs. She provides leadership for Single Family Guarantee and Direct Loan Programs. Cathy started her career with USDA in rural Illinois in 1988. She has served in various roles at USDA, and at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Cathy has built strong alliances with affordable housing organizations throughout her 30 plus years of federal service and supported several initiatives that improved access to housing for low- and moderate-income rural Americans.
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Assistant Deputy Administrator, Single Family Housing - USDA Rural Development
Andria Hively
Finance and Loan Analyst - USDA Rural Development
Andria Hively has been a Finance and Loan Analyst in the Special Programs and Initiatives branch of the Single-Family Housing Direct Loan Division National Headquarters Office at Rural Development since 2015. In her current role she specialized in the Section 523 mutual self-help program policy, funding, etc. Andria began her agency career 13 years ago in Washington State working in the Single-Family Housing Programs field office before she moved to the state offices. As State Loan Specialist, she led a 16-person Direct and Guaran¬teed Single Family Housing Programs team as well as serving other mission paralleling groups such as chair of the Tribal Housing Assistance Team and President of the Washington Chapter of the National Association of Credit Specialists. Her favorite times in Washington were spent overseeing eight mutual self-help grantees. Before joining the agency, Andria worked in private lending after receiving her master’s degree in business administration from Eastern Washington University.
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Finance and Loan Analyst - USDA Rural Development
Beth Kanter
Speaker & Author
Beth is an internationally-recognized thought leader in networks, social media, philanthropy, wellbeing in the workplace and training. Beth has over 35 years’ experience working in the nonprofit sector in capacity building and has facilitated trainings for thousands of social change activists and nonprofits on every continent in the world. She is an in-demand keynote speaker and workshop leader who presents in the US and internationally. Named one of the most influential women in technology by Fast Company and one of the BusinessWeek’s “Voices of Innovation for Social Media,” Beth was Visiting Scholar at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation 2009-2013. She is the author of the award-winning Networked Nonprofit Books and The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout (http://bit.ly/happyhealthynpbook) published by J.Wiley. She writes “Beth’s Blog,” one of the first nonprofit blogs. Her clients include foundations, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations.
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Speaker & Author
Tracy K'Meyer
Author/Professor of History, University of Louisville
Tracy received her PhD in United States history from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in 1993, with a specialty in the history of social movements against racism, poverty, and violence. She is the author of five books including Interrracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South: The Story of Koinonia Farm and Civil Rights in the Gateway to the South: Louisville, Kentucky, 1945-1980. She is currently working on new books on the American Friends Service Committee's housing integration activism and on the history of the self-help housing movement from its origins at Penn-Craft in the 1930s to today. She is currently a professor of history at the University of Louisville.
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Author/Professor of History, University of Louisville
Bruce Lammers
Administrator, Rural Housing Service - USDA Rural Development
Bruce W. Lammers is the Administrator of Rural Development’s Rural Housing Service. Lammers comes to USDA with more than 35 years of experience leading public-private partnerships at national community-oriented lending institutions. Since 2016, he has served as president of a specialized government-guaranteed lending division of Byline Bank. Prior to this, Lammers was chairman and CEO of Ridgestone Bank, a national leader in government-guaranteed lending before being acquired by Byline Bank in 2016. Lammers has served as a board member of many community organizations, including the 14 National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders (NAGGL). Lammers looks forward to enhancing his focus on economic development in small towns across America.
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Administrator, Rural Housing Service - USDA Rural Development
Barry Ramsey
Director, Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division - USDA Rural Development
Barry Ramsey serves as the Director, Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division. As Director, Mr. Ramsey is responsible for policy and training for USDA’s single family housing direct loan and grant programs, including homeownership, self-help housing, and home repair programs. Mr. Ramsey has over 30 years of municipal, commercial and residential lending experience and has held his current position since 2016. Prior to his current position, Mr. Ramsey was the Housing Program Director for Rural Development and the Farmers Home Administration for 21 years. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BS Agriculture ’85).
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Director, Single Family Housing Direct Loan Division - USDA Rural Development
Bob Rapoza
Rapoza Associates
Robert A. Rapoza, President and Principal, has more than two decades of experience as a professional lobbyist and is an expert on the federal budget and appropriations process, with special expertise in federal housing and community development policy. He has been responsible for numerous legislative accomplishments which include saving federal rural housing and community development programs from budget cuts, establishing the Intermediary Relending Program at the Agriculture Department, sustaining and increasing funding for community development programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, promoting the creation of a YouthBuild program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development and successfully steering the New Markets Tax Credit program to enactment. Mr. Rapoza first became involved with community development issues while serving with the Massachusetts Department of Community Affairs. After moving to Washington, DC, he held executive positions with the Rural Housing Alliance, the National Rural Housing Coalition (which he continues to serve as executive secretary and legislative director), and the Rural Coalition before establishing Rapoza Associates in 1984. A graduate of Boston College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, he has served on the boards of several housing and community development organizations and has been profiled in the Washington Post and in the authoritative Beacham’s Guide to Key Lobbyists.
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Rapoza Associates
J. Michael Schnetzler
Senior National Appraiser, USDA Rural Development
Mike is the Senior National Appraiser for USDA Rural Development.
Mike began his career in 1983 as an independent fee appraiser focusing on single family residential properties. Starting in 1988, Mike began specializing in commercial and special-use properties and has served as a qualified expert witness in various court jurisdictions. He became a certified general appraiser in 1990. Mike joined USDA as the State Appraiser for New Mexico in June of 2009 and was responsible for review and oversight of appraisals submitted to New Mexico RD, including the single family, multi-family, community facilities and business and industry programs. Accepting an Area Director position for RD in 2013, he was responsible for management of an area office, two satellite offices and supervision of 11 employees. Mike and his staff oversaw delivery of 40 loan and grant programs administered by Rural Develoment in the northern half of New Mexico. In November 2015, Mike was named the Senior National Appraiser for RD, overseeing 32 regional appraisers providing appraisal review services for USDA in all 50 states and the territories of the United States including Guam, Puerto Rio, the Virgin Islands and the islands of the western Pacific. As a part of the program support staff, Mike is responsible for continued development and implementation of the appraisal review process, staff training, and measurement of appraisal risk.
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Senior National Appraiser, USDA Rural Development
Eric Vigil
Acting State Director, USDA RD - New Mexico
Serving as the Acting State Director for USDA Rural Development in New Mexico, Eric Vigil is a seasoned employee and has served in the many capacities within his 30 years as a public servant.
As assistant County Supervisor and then Supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration, he had the opportunity in assisting farmers and ranchers with operating loans. In addition, he also managed the residential and home repair loans/grants. In 1996, he was promoted to a State Loan Specialist for the Business & Cooperative Programs branch of Rural Development. In this position, he worked with rural entrepreneurs, non-profit organizations, municipalities, counties, and federally recognized Indian tribes within the business climate of New Mexico to encourage the start-up, development, and expansion of small businesses in rural New Mexico. Furthermore, he also served in the capacity of Energy Coordinator and Cooperative Development Specialist.
In 2008, he was promoted to the position of assistant to the State Director and has had the opportunity to serve as the Acting State Director where he oversees program management and strategic initiatives. Further, he controlled the state administrative budget and managed personnel for the state.
In 2018, Mr. Vigil was made the Associate Director assigned to New Mexico under the USDA Rural Development Business Center which is a centralized business hub focused on business administration.
Eric was raised on a small family ranch in northern New Mexico and continues to this day. Eric currently resides in the Albuquerque area. He holds B.S. degree in agricultural economics from New Mexico State University.
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Acting State Director, USDA RD - New Mexico
Myron Wooden
Special Programs Branch Chief, USDA Rural Development
Myron is the Branch Chief for the Special Programs Branch of the SFH Direct Loan Division for USDA Rural Housing Service in Washington, DC. The Special Programs Branch oversees numerous programs including the Section 504 loan and grant rehabilitation programs and the Section 523 mutual self-help housing program. Prior to this role, he served as a senior specialist, finance and loan analyst. He has been with USDA for over 18 years. Myron has a degree from Virginia State University.
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Special Programs Branch Chief, USDA Rural Development
Sandy Albert
Director of Housing Improvement Services, Community Concepts, Inc.
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Director of Housing Improvement Services, Community Concepts, Inc.
Paul Bartlett
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Paul joined Little Dixie Community Action Agency as a self-help specialist in late 2018. Prior to joining Little Dixie, Paul had retired from USDA Rural Development in NE where he was employed as an Area Director and a Multi-Family Housing Programs Director. He previously worked in MN and WI managing USDA’s affordable housing programs. Paul recently joined the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka’s Affordable Housing Advisory Council which provides input on their affordable housing programs. He also has been serving has been part of the Kearney Area Habitat for Humanity’s family selection committee since 2008 and is currently Vice President for the affiliate. He is married to Rebecca and has two sons, Alex and Noah. Paul is an active member of First Lutheran Church and his hobbies include golf, pickleball, and classic cars.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Halie Berger
Housing Specialist, Self-Help Homes
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Housing Specialist, Self-Help Homes
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RCAC
Mike Bounds
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Mike joined the Little Dixie organization as a self-help specialist in January 2010. Prior to this, Mike was the Self-Help Housing Co-Director for 13 counties in Northeast Missouri totaling 19 years with self-help housing and 23 years in the construction business.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Samantha Bowley
Financial Management Specialist, RCAC
Samantha Bowley joined Rural Community Assistance Corporation in September 2019 as the financial management specialist for mutual self-help housing. The non-profit organization provides training, technical and financial resources and advocacy so rural communities can achieve their goals. Samantha is responsible for financial certification of the region’s grantees and serves as financial technical assistance resource for the territory. Since 1988 she has worked in finance and administration within government agencies managing public funds, as well as grants and contracts. Her career also includes non-profit finance administration in housing and HUD rent assistance programs and several years as an owner and operator of a construction and plumbing company.
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Financial Management Specialist, RCAC
Paul Brais
Construction Supervisor, NeighborWorks® Blackstone River Valley
Paul has been working with NeighborWorks® Blackstone River Valley since 2016. He has over 30 years’ experience in the construction field. His experience includes new construction, renovations and interior remodeling of residential and commercial projects. He has also worked as an independent contractor and instructor. Paul holds a B.S. degree from Rhode Island College.
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Construction Supervisor, NeighborWorks® Blackstone River Valley
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RCAC
Steven Creed
Housing Director, Community Action Commission of Fayette County
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Housing Director, Community Action Commission of Fayette County
Frank Datillo
Self-Help Housing Specialist/Construction Manager, NCALL Research
Frank Datillo is a self-help housing specialist/construction manager for NCALL Research. He started with NCALL in April 2014. Before coming to NCALL, he worked as a construction manager for a non-profit community developer in Wilmington, Delaware for 22 years. He has a background in architectural engineering and is a master carpenter with extensive knowledge in home building and rehabilitation.
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Self-Help Housing Specialist/Construction Manager, NCALL Research
Sheryl Flores
Vice President Home Ownership, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing Corporation
Ms. Flores oversees all the home ownership programs including self-help housing and housing counseling. She is a certified USDA 502 loan packager and has completed numerous NeighborWorks housing counseling courses. Ms. Flores also led the PSHHC’s rental development department for five years. Prior to coming to Peoples’ Self-Help Housing in 1996 as the Self-Help Housing Division Manager, Ms. Flores had over thirteen years’ experience in business and real estate lending. Ms. Flores currently serves on the boards of the Santa Barbara County Housing Trust Fund and the California Rural Housing Coalition, on the Building, Design and Construction and Cluster for the Economic Vitality Commission, on the National Rural Self-Help Housing Association steering committee, and on the finance council for her church. She was previously a board member and officer of the Central Coast Home Builder’s Association. She obtained her B.S. degree in agricultural business management from California Polytechnic State University and completed additional courses in the Masters of Business program at the University of Santa Clara.
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Vice President Home Ownership, Peoples’ Self-Help Housing Corporation
Jeffrey Gaddy
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, FNPH
Jeffrey Gaddy is a self-help specialist with Florida Non-Profit Housing in Sebring, Florida. Jeffrey has worked for FNPH since 2004. Prior to this, Jeffrey was a partner in Gaddy Construction and Investments and worked several years as an air traffic controller in England, Texas, New Mexico, and Nevada. Jeffrey joined the US Air Force in 1981, where he earned the Air Force Commendation Medal. He played professional football in England and on the Air Force USAFE football team. Jeffrey holds a BS degree in aeronautical science from Embry Riddle University, Oxford, England.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, FNPH
Ruby Gann
Housing Coordinator, Little Dixie CAA
Ruby joined Little Dixie Community Action Agency Homeownership Center as a housing coordinator in February 2007. She facilitates and instructs Little Dixie’s Homebuyer Education program and the online homebuyer education course, eHome. Ruby provides housing counseling which includes financial coaching, credit counseling, foreclosure prevention and reverse mortgage counseling. She is certified as a HUD Housing Counselor, full cycle lending and USDA Rural Development Section 502 direct loans. Prior to Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Ruby worked as a branch office administrator for Edward Jones Financial.
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Housing Coordinator, Little Dixie CAA
Owyne Gardner
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Owyne Gardner is a self-help housing training specialist with Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. (LDCAA). She has 38 years of experience in self-help housing expertise and training of self-help staff. Duties include monitoring grantees, participating in workshops, performing site visits, attending Rural Development quarterly meetings, and other necessary duties.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Randy Griffith
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Randy is a T&MA self-help specialist with Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. (LDCAA). Randy works with the grantees in Louisiana, Missouri, and New Mexico. Before coming to work for LDCAA, Randy worked for USDA Rural Development for 36 years in the state of Missouri. He was the Housing Program Director and managed the single- and multi-family programs and, for a while, the Community Facilities Program. He is a graduate of the University of Missouri with a B.S. in agricultural economics.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Connie Harrington
Finance Director, NCALL
Connie Harrington is the Finance Director and has been with NCALL since June 1993. She serves on the State of Delaware Council on Housing appointed by Governor John Carney. She has a B.S. in business administration with a minor in accounting from Wesley College in Dover, DE.
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Finance Director, NCALL
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RCAC
Russell Huxtable
Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Milford Housing Development Corporation
Russell Huxtable is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Milford Housing Development Corporation (MHDC). He is responsible for program planning, organizing, operations, and staffing. Mr. Huxtable also leads all single-family development-related activities for the agency, and has been responsible for multi-family projects as well. This includes securing and obtaining the funding for both program activities and project development. He is responsible for implementing, managing, and leading the agency’s programs and services, particularly the self-help housing program, the Home Repair Project, ZeMod Delaware, and other programs to address the needs of extremely low- and very-low income families in the journey for affordable housing solutions. Mr. Huxtable is also actively engaged in pursing affordable housing solutions on a local, state, and national policy level. He has past experience on the Sussex County Moderately Priced Housing Working Group and was an appointee to the Delaware Council on Housing. Nationally, Mr. Huxtable serves as steering committee member of the National Rural Self-Help Housing Association, serving as its President from 2009-2017, as well as being a board member on the National Rural Housing Coalition. Russ is also a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.
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Vice President/Chief Operating Officer, Milford Housing Development Corporation
Barney Ingram
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Barney has worked as a self-help specialist with Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. (LDCAA) since November of 2014. Before joining LDCAA, he worked for USDA Rural Development for 30 years and retired in July of 2011. Prior to his retirement, he worked several programs with USDA Rural Development which included working with grantees and LDCAA in the self-help housing program for more than 12 years. He also has worked with volunteer groups for more than 20 years in several different phases of construction. He has a bachelor of science degree in animal science from Mississippi State University.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Nancy Jacobsen
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, RCAC
Nancy Jacobsen draws upon her experience as a self-help project manager to provide technical and management expertise to self-help grantees. In her 19 years working with the program, she has assisted grantees in construction management, team building and the many aspects of developing and managing a self-help program. She is considered RCAC’s Self Help Automated Reporting Evaluation System (SHARES) expert and provides the training and support to the entire region. Nancy is a certified practicing mediator that enjoys training in conflict resolution, leadership and RCAC’s internal “Train the Trainer” program. Her passion is helping self-help organizations be successful in bringing affordable, safe homeownership and rehab opportunities to their clients.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, RCAC
Jeff Jordan
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, RCAC
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, RCAC
Dick Kempke
Homeownership Options Manager, RCAC
Dick Kempke is the Homeownership Options Manager for Rural Communities Assistance Corporation (RCAC). In this role he manages RCAC’s self-help technical and management assistance staff and program for 50 self-help organizations, and also participates at times in development and planning activities for single-family housing projects that RCAC is involved in. Dick is a licensed general contractor and has over 40 years of experience in developing and building subdivisions and homes, 17 of those years as a self-help program manager and project manager.
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Homeownership Options Manager, RCAC
Frank Lain
Rehab Program Manager, Self Help Home Improvement
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Rehab Program Manager, Self Help Home Improvement
Jill E. Lordan
Self-Help Housing Director, NCALL
Jill E. Lordan has been with NCALL Research since 1994 as a self-help housing specialist and self-help housing consultant, before becoming the Self-Help Housing Director in 2014. Prior to working with NCALL, she was the marketing director for a retirement community in Baltimore, MD. Jill has a B.A. in communications from Shepherd University in West Virginia and has had a Delaware Realtor’s license.
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Self-Help Housing Director, NCALL
Dawn McDaniel
Human Resources Director, Little Dixie CAA
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Human Resources Director, Little Dixie CAA
Selvin McGahee
Executive Director - Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc.
Selvin is the Executive Director of Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc. (FNPH). He joined FNPH in 1980 to work with organizations developing rental housing for farm workers. In 1983 he became the Self-Help Program Director and was responsible for planning and implementing the Technical/Management Assistance & Training contract for the southeastern United States.
He was named FNPH’s Executive Director in January 1998. Selvin serves as a board member and member of the Executive Committee of the National Rural Housing Coalition, a member of the Housing Assistance Council’s SHOP Advisory Committee, the Highlands County Affordable Housing Task Force, a Skip Jason Award winner, and he represents FNPH as a member of the Farmworker Housing Directors Association.
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Executive Director - Florida Non-Profit Housing, Inc.
Ulla Moore
Finance Assistant, NCALL Research
Ulla Moore has been employed with NCALL since January 1993. She worked as a self-help specialist for 22 years and continued her employment with NCALL as a finance assistant for the last 5 years. She has a B.S. degree in business administration from Wilmington University and A.S. degree in accounting from Delaware Technical College.
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Finance Assistant, NCALL Research
Joe Myer
Self-Help Housing Contractor, NCALL
Joe Myer is a former Executive Director of NCALL, having served 37 years and retiring in 2018. He now consults with NCALL’s self-help housing team. Joe has a B.S. in business and an M.B.A. Working in the Mississippi Delta 1972-1976 with Freedom Village and Delta Housing, he learned rural housing, community development, and self-help housing. In 1976, Joe helped found NCALL and became its Executive in 1981, leading decades of growth. Joe serves on the boards of the National Rural Housing Coalition and Housing Alliance Delaware.
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Self-Help Housing Contractor, NCALL
Bryce Nash
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Bryce joined Little Dixie Community Action Agency (LDCAA) as a T&MA self-help housing specialist in March of 2015. Prior to joining LDCAA, Bryce worked in the banking and lending industry for 21 years and specifically in mortgage lending for the last 9 years. As a T&MA self-help housing specialist, his duties include monitoring grantees’ progress, performing site visits, providing training to grantees and working with Rural Development to ensure the success of the program with the self-help grantees.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Dr. Sharese C. Paylor
Director of Civil Rights, USDA Rural Development
Dr. Sharese C. Paylor serves Rural Development as the Director of Civil Rights and has responsibility and oversight of Rural Development's nationwide civil rights programs and employee engagement/development. Dr. Paylor is an accomplished and celebrated executive with more than 25 years in state and federal government public policy. Prior to serving as the Acting Director, Dr. Paylor served as the Program Compliance Branch Chief for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development-Civil Rights. Prior to that, Dr. Paylor was a Senior Equal Opportunity Specialist with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Before working at HUD, she was the Supervisor for the State of Delaware Division of Human Relations. Dr. Paylor received a certificate of Mastery for successfully completing the Democratic Society Leadership Program from Federal Executive Institute in Charlottesville, VA. Dr. Paylor also received a Federal Fair Housing Investigator certification from HUD, National Fair Housing Training Academy, in Washington D.C. Dr. Paylor monitors compliance reviews in accordance with Title VII/Title VI Civil Rights Law, ADA, Section 501/504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and a host of other civil rights laws, regulations, and executive orders. Dr. Paylor was a certified Real Estate Fair Housing Law Instructor for the Delaware Real Estate Commission. She serves as a trainer, facilitator and a motivational speaker. Dr. Paylor graduated with distinguished honors from Wilmington University, with two Master of Science degrees in Public Administration and Human Resource Management. Dr. Paylor received her Doctor of Education Innovation and Leadership Degree from Wilmington University. Dr. Paylor also serves on several other professional/community boards. Sharese has been committed to equal rights of all people and will continue to do so.
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Director of Civil Rights, USDA Rural Development
Jeremy Phelps
Construction Supervisor, Self-Help Homes
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Construction Supervisor, Self-Help Homes
Carla Potts
Deputy Director for Housing Development, Northeast Community Action Corporation
Carla Potts is the Deputy Director for Housing Development for North East Community Action Corporation (NECAC) located in Bowling Green, MO. Carla has been with the agency for over 40 years. Carla has management and oversight of all housing development with a portfolio of over 13,000 units developed and owned by the agency, with over 800 of those managed by the agency. Carla also has management and oversight of weatherization, home rehabilitation, self-help housing, homeownership counseling, and down-payment assistance programs. Carla is also in charge of developing new initiatives including Healthy Homes, 502 Homeowner Loan Processing for USDA Rural Development and Aspire Partnership (Prison Homes) program. Carla is a Certified Community Action Professional and holds an undergraduate degree in history/political science and anthropology/sociology from Webster University in St. Louis.
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Deputy Director for Housing Development, Northeast Community Action Corporation
Pam Price
Program Analyst, Little Dixie CAA
Pam is the program analyst for Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. T&MA Contractor Program and has worked with Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. for 10 years. She assists in the planning, reporting of work to be performed and monitors for adherence to program regulations. Pam also works with all Region II grantees guiding them through the self-help housing application process.
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Program Analyst, Little Dixie CAA
Jill Quezada
Homeownership Program Director, CHIP
Jill has been working in the affordable housing field for nearly 25 years, primarily working with Community Housing Improvement Program, Inc. (CHIP), a non-profit affordable housing agency based in Chico, California, and serving seven Northern California counties. She has several years of experience working as a loan packager for the mutual self-help housing program in both urban and rural areas, helping families overcome obstacles to eligibility, often involving credit repair and debt reduction. For two years she managed CHIP’s Housing and Credit Counseling program, which primarily focused on preparing people for homeownership through financial education and responsible budgeting. She currently directs CHIP’s homeownership program, which includes management of site acquisition and development and the mutual self-help housing program.
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Homeownership Program Director, CHIP
Becky Reynolds
Executive Director, Little Dixie CAA
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Executive Director, Little Dixie CAA
Tara Rogers
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, FNPH
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, FNPH
Charles Rust
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Charles Joined Little Dixie Community Action Agency (LDCAA) as a T&MA self-help specialist in June of 2006. Before joining the LDCAA T&MA Contractor staff, Charles worked in sales and marketing for 13 years. As a T&MA self-help specialist, his duties include monitoring grantee's progress, performing site visits, providing training to grantees and working with Rural Development to ensure the success of self-help grantees.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Robyn Roesner
Risk Management Specialist
Robyn Roesner, JD, CPCU, AAI, CRIS, has more than 17 years’ insurance industry experience, specializing in construction, property, and nonprofit risk management for both home ownership and managed asset projects and portfolios. She represents many nonprofit organizations, particularly in the affordable housing and development niche, and Robyn leads Gallagher’s affordable housing segment within Gallagher’s nonprofit practice. Robyn has engineered unique risk analysis for a variety of organizations. Her skills are enriched by extensive volunteer and leadership experience, and she frequently lectures for local and regional housing organizations about insurance best practices.
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Angela Sisco
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, RCAC
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, RCAC
Rosanna Soto
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Rosanna Soto joined Little Dixie Community Action Agency in 2001 as a group coordinator and became a self-help specialist in 2003. Prime duties are providing technical assistance to non-profit organizations for the Section 523 mutual self-help housing program. Prior to joining LDCAA, she worked for Choctaw County Youth Services, helping underprivileged children. She is bilingual, speaks and writes Spanish fluently.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Jason Stillwell
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Jason is a self-help training specialist with Little Dixie Community Action Agency in Hugo, Oklahoma. He joined LDCAA in 2010, having worked previously as an insurance claims adjuster and servicing agent. Jason earned a bachelor's degree in technology from Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, Little Dixie CAA
Bruce Taylor
Self-Help Construction Superintendent, Milford Housing Development Corporation
Bruce has been working with Milford Housing Development Corporation since 2011. He was hired as a self-help construction supervisor. In 2016 he was promoted to self-help construction superintendent. He has over 40 years’ experience in the construction field. He came from a general contracting background, having owned his own business. Bruce leads the other MHDC self-help construction supervisors and provides overall direction to construction related activities in the self-help program. He is not related to Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor.
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Self-Help Construction Superintendent, Milford Housing Development Corporation
Josh Walker
Self-Help Homes
Josh's next big goal is to invent a force field that protects self-help projects from bad weather, porch pirates, conflict and too much government red tape. For the past 15 years at Self-Help Homes, he has consistently found ways to innovate and improve program processes and systems. His formal education includes a bachelor degree in construction management and a master's degree in public administration. In his spare time, you will likely find Josh training for a triathlon with his beautiful wife or teasing one of his five children.
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Self-Help Homes
Michele Weaver
T&MA Self-Help Specialist, RCAC
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T&MA Self-Help Specialist, RCAC
Kyle White
T&MA Program Director, Little Dixie CAA
Kyle White is the Program Director for Little Dixie Community Action Agency, Inc. (LDCAA) T&MA Contract. Kyle has worked for LDCAA for 14 years in the T&MA Contract department. Prior to working for LDCAA, Kyle was an assistant vice-president, internal auditor, and compliance administration for 5 years at a local bank.
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T&MA Program Director, Little Dixie CAA
Dana Whitehouse
Housing Programs Director
Dana is the Housing Programs Director for Inter-Lakes Community Action Partnership, of Madison, South Dakota. Dana started with the agency in 2003. She has managed the self-help housing rehabilitation program since 2004 when ICAP received one of the country’s first pilot program grants. It has been a successful and well-received program in ICAP’s fourteen county service area. They are currently working on their eighth grant and have completed 158 self-help rehab projects. Dana also manages the mutual self-help housing program. ICAP has been a grantee since 1997 and is working on their eighth grant. In her time at ICAP, Dana has assisted 62 families in becoming homeowners. Dana is a certified 502 loan packager for Rural Development. ICAP’s service area includes fourteen counties in eastern South Dakota.
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