Housing Annual Conference 2024 - California | Housing California | 6 March 2024 | Long Beach Convention Center, 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802, USA

2024 Speakers

Genise Choy
Senior Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

Anthony Zeto
Deputy Executive Director, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee

Adrienne Gemheart
Senior Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

Thai-An Ngo
Senior Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

David Dologite, Director of Acquisitions, Merritt Community Capital

Laura Orellana
SVP, Senior Relationship Manager, California Community Reinvestment Corporation

Sherin Bennett
Director, Financial Consulting, California Housing Partnership

Claire Parisa
Director of Acquisitions, Enterprise Community Investments

Diana Downton
Senior Affordable Housing Finance Consultant, Community Economics, Inc.

Tamar Sarkisian
Capital Officer, Capital One, N.A.

Mengxin Zhou
Associate Director, Financial Consulting, California Housing Partnership

Michael Duarte
Chief Real Estate Officer, Fresno Housing Authority

Ben Creed
Senior Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

Lisa Motoyama
Sr. Affordable Housing Finance Consultant, Community Economics, Inc.

Matthew Wickersham
Principal, AMJ Construction Management

Michelle Espinosa Coulter
Senior Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

Denice Wint
Vice President, Real Estate Development, EAH Housing

Robyn Roesner
Area Executive Vice President, Gallagher

William DiCamillo
Partner, Goldfarb & LIpman LLP

Matt Heaton
Attorney, Goldfarb & Lipman LLP

Sara Gibson
Senior Risk Control Consultant, Arthur J. Gallagher

Alex Arellano
Founder, Everybody’s Long Beach

Michael Bohn
Partner, Studio One Eleven

Connor Lock
Deputy Mayor of Housing, City of Long Beach

Andrew Kerr
Measure H Citizen Oversight Advisory Board Member, County of Los Angeles

Meagan Tokunaga Block
Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

Levi Giafaglione
Speaker, Digital Lead, Lived Experience Advisers

Marisol Bello
Executive Director, Housing Narrative Lab

Angela Upshaw
Chief Operating Officer, Insight Housing

Jon McCall
Associate Director of Development, Bridge Housing Corporation

Don Gilmore
Executive Director, Community Housing Development Corporation

Hannah Phalen Tinsley
Fellow, Partnership for the Bay's Future

Joseph Villarreal
Executive Director, Contra Costa County Housing Authority

Tony Ucciferri
Special Assistant to the Executive Director, Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa

Elissa Roy
Board Member, Richmond Land

Alina Harway
Communications Director, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH)

Tommy Newman
Vice President, Public Affairs & Activation, United Way of Greater L.A.

Gisela Salgado
Leadership Development Programs Director, California Coalition for Rural Housing

Ari Beliak
President, CEO, Merritt Community Capital Corporation

Alexandra Dawson
Director, Lending & Investment, LISC Los Angeles

Cedric Bobo
CEO, Co-Founder, Project Destined

Robin Hughes
President, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Partnership Network

Lila Gitesatani
Staff Attorney, National Housing Law Project

Katie McKeon
Attorney, Western Center on Law & Poverty

Georgette Gómez
Community Development and Policy Officer, Casa Familiar

Leo Goldberg
Co-Director for Policy and Capacity Building, California Community Land Trust Network

Mayor Farrah N. Khan
Mayor, City of Irvine

Wallace Cleaves
President, Co-founder, Tongva Taraxat Paxaavxa Conservancy

Connor Lock
Deputy Mayor of Housing, City of Long Beach

Helene Schneider
Senior Regional Advisor, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

Kerry Abbott
Countywide Initiative Coordinator, Homelessness, Alameda County Health Care Services Agency

Glenn Tsang
Policy Advisor for Homelessness and Housing, California Department of Health Care Services

Michelle Espinosa Coulter
Senior Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

Irene Choi
Senior Vice President, Acquisitions, Red Stone Equity Partners

Eri Kameyama
Vice President, Chase - Community Development Banking

Chuck Sinkey
Vice President - Affordable Housing Business Development, US Bancorp Impact Finance

Eric Leimbach
Director, Wells Fargo

David Eisenman
Senior Acquisitions Manager, Merritt Community Capital

Julie DeRose
LMFT, Chief Program Officer, Housing, The People Concern

Rebecca Louie
President, CEO, Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation

Leepi Shimkhada
Deputy Director, Housing for Health, LA County Health

Kristen Clements
Division Manager, City of San Jose Housing Department

Anna Cash
Housing Policy & Programs Coordinator, City of Berkeley

Victor Vasquez
Co-Executive Director, SOMOS Mayfair

Regina Celestin Williams
Executive Director, SV@Home

Dhakshike Wickrema
Deputy Secretary, California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency

Helene Schneider
Senior Regional Advisor, U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness

Maxie Pulliam
Federal Team Lead for the State of California, All INside Initiative, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Keith Harris
Senior Executive Homelessness Agent, Greater Los Angeles, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

Blanca de la Cruz
Sustainable Housing Program Director, California Housing Partnership

Sneha Ayyagari
Clean Energy Initiative Program Manager, The Greenlining Institute

Jesse Ozanian
Senior Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

Peter Lawrence
Director, Public Policy & Government Relations, Novogradac

Allison Allbee
Co-Founder, Ground Works Consulting

Matt Schwartz
President, CEO, California Housing Partnership

Francisco Dueñas
Executive Director, Housing Now!

Chione Lucina Munoz Flegal,
Executive Director, Housing California

Tommy Newman
Vice President, Public Affairs, Activation, United Way of Greater L.A.

Cristian Ahumada
Executive Director, CEO, Holos Communities

Paul Cummings
SVP, Director of Originations, National Affordable Housing Trust

Pam Berkowitz
Vice President, Market Director - Western Region, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)

Alexis Butler
Director, RACE Initiative, Corporation for Supportive Housing

Christine Anderson
Senior Real Estate Analyst, Mercy Housing

Veronica Z. Garcia
Chief Real Estate Development Officer, People's Self-Help Housing (PSHH)

Adrienne Gemheart
Senior Housing Finance Consultant, California Housing Partnership

Mario Ceballos
Community Health Manager, Kaiser Permanente

Iris Lehatto
Assistant Director of Social Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center

Elisa Carino
Staff Attorney, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles
· Kyron Pierce, Health Equity Project Coordinator, HealthBegins

Kenny Rodgers
Deputy Market Director-Coachella Valley, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)

Omar Carrillo Tinajero
Director of Programs, Center for Community Investment

Michael Walsh
Assistant Director, Riverside County Housing and Workforce Solutions

Suzanne Anarde-Devenport, Chief Executive Officer, Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC)

Heather Vaikona
President, CEO, Lift to Rise

Veronica Marquez
Communications Manager, All Home

Ashley Banta
Executive Director, Opportunity House

La'Toya Cooper
Community Engagement Associate, Lens Co

Yesenia Jameson
Senior Content Manager, Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH)

Sarah Saadian
Senior Vice President, National Low Income Housing Coalition

Robin Hughes
President, Chief Executive Officer, Housing Partnership Network

Peter Lawrence
Director, Public Policy & Government Relations, Novogradac

Ann Oliva
Chief Executive Officer, National Alliance to End Homelessness

Zella Knight
Resident Leader, RUN LA

Sophia Rice
Los Angeles Director of Housing Services, Brilliant Corners

Chris Contreras
Chief Operating Officer, Brilliant Corners

Esmeralda López
California State Director, Policy & Advocacy, UnidosUS

Tom Collishaw
President, CEO, Self-Help Enterprises

Carol J. Ornelas
President, CEO, Visionary Home Builders of California (VHB)

Kalin Scott
CEO, Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of the Inland Empire

Philip Burns
Principal, The Arroyo Group

Jill Shook
Making Housing and Community Happen, Dr. Jill Suzanne Shook

Hugh Martinez
Vice President of Development, WPH Holdings, LLC/GHK Properties, LLC

Shola Olatoye
Chief Operating Officer, Eden Housing, Inc.

Sarah Hill
Director, Low Income Programs, Association for Energy Affordability (AEA)

Andrew Dawson
Policy Advocacy Manager, California Housing Partnership

Erin Reschke
Architect, Mogavero Architects

Shola Olatoye
Chief Operating Officer, Eden Housing, Inc.

Sarah Hill
Director, Low Income Programs, Association for Energy Affordability (AEA)

Andrew Dawson
Policy Advocacy Manager, California Housing Partnership

Erin Reschke
Architect, Mogavero Architects

Geoffrey Ross
Director, HORNE

Morvarid Naghshineh
ARPA Evaluation Officer, San Bernardino County

David Chen
Senior Project Manager, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation

Hanna Azemati
Deputy Director, California Department of Social Services, Housing and Homelessness Division

Norman Ornelas Jr.,
Ph.D. Candidate, Pennsylvania State University​

Francisco Dueñas
Executive Director, Housing Now!

Josh Dubensky
Housing Policy Advocate, SAGE

Mark Horvath
Founder, Invisible People

Christina Ostmeyer
Narrative Strategist, Funders for Housing and Opportunity

Barbara Osborn
Director of the Housing & Homelessness Communications Collaborative, United Way of Greater Los Angeles

Jovana Morales-Tilgren
Policy Coordinator, Housing, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability

Rob Avruch
Senior Program Officer, Housing Affordability, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

Mari Castaldi
Director of State Housing Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Sharon Rapport
Director, California State Policy, Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH)

Jonathan Russell
Director, Alameda County Office of Homeless Care and Coordination

Christopher Nikhil Bowen
Policy Director, LA Family Housing

Zella Knight
Resident Leader, RUN LA

Monte A. Jones
President, CEO, Logan Heights Community Development Corporation

Victor Ramirez
SVP, CRA,Fair & Responsible Banking, Beneficial State Bank

Al Ujimori
Affordable Housing Finance Consultant, Community Economics, Inc.

Doni Tadesse
Southern California Organizer, Rise Economy

David Zisser
Assistant Deputy Director, Local Government Relations, Accountability, California Department of Housing and Community Development

Cesar Covarrubias
Executive Director, The Kennedy Commission

Alex Fisch
Special Assistant Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General

Lourdes Castro Ramírez
Chief of Housing and Homelessness Solutions, City of Los Angeles

Iliana Chevez
Director of Tribal Programs, California Coalition for Rural Housing

Liz Hernandez
Associate Tribal Housing Technical Assistance Program Manager, California Coalition for Rural Housing

AnnaLee Trujillo
Executive Director, Pala Housing Resource Center

David Mogavero
Senior Partner, Mogavero Architects

Madeline Howard
Senior Attorney, Western Center on Law & Poverty

Greg Bonett
Senior Staff Attorney, Public Counsel

Janine Nkosi
Director of Housing Justice Initiatives, Faith in the Valley

Rasheedah Phillips
Director of Housing, PolicyLink

Janine Nkosi
Director of Housing Justice Initiatives, Faith in the Valley

Shaheed Nkosi
Cofounder, Radical Possibilities CoLab

Alexandra Alvarado
Community Organizer , Faith in the Valley

Marc' Bady
Chief Empowerment Officer, Fresno Housing

Monserrath Sanchez
Community Organizer, Faith in the Valley

Connor Lock
Deputy Mayor of Housing, City of Long Beach

Brittany Harris, Intake Supervisor, Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach

Paul Duncan
Homeless Services Bureau Manager, City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services

Anna Topolewski
Acting Bureau Manager, Housing Authority of the City of Long Beach

Mari Castaldi
Director of State Housing Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Tyler Fong
Senior Director of Program Initiatives, Brilliant Corners

Vanessa Spinazola
Criminal Legal System Initiative Strategy Lead, Homebase

Frankie D. Perkins
Policy Analyst, Homebase

Lisa Marie Riley
MC LEAB, MC-LEAB

Kath Rogers
Staff Attorney, ACLU of Southern California

Jonathan Russell
Director, Alameda County Office of Homeless Care and Coordination

Kris Kuntz
Program Director, Housing and Homeless Strategy, Anthem Blue Cross

Sasha Kergan
Deputy Secretary of Housing, California Business Consumer Services and Housing Agency

Glenn Tsang
Policy Advisor for Homelessness and Housing, California Department of Health Care Services

Betsy McGovern-Garcia
Vice President, Self-Help Enterprises

Lillian Lew-Hailer
Vice President, Mercy Housing

Roshe Malakuti, Senior Vice President, Resident Services, Abode Communities

Carolina Reid
Faculty Research Advisor, Terner Center for Housing Innovation

Shola Olatoye
Chief Operating Officer, Eden Housing, Inc.

Saki Bailey, Executive Director, San Francisco Community Land Trust

Emily Duma
Program Strategist - Community Ownership for Community Power Fund, Common Counsel Foundation

Elizabeth Wampler
Deputy Director, LISC Bay Area

Heather Vaikona
President, CEO, Lift to Rise

Anne Riggs AIA,
CASp, Associate/Inclusive Design Lead, David Baker Architects

Fiona Ruddy
Senior Project Manager, Mercy Housing California

Pedram Farashbandi AIA
Principal, David Baker Architects

Fatimah Aure
Director of Field Building & Capacity, The Kelsey

2024 Sponsors

TITLE
• JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Merritt Community Capital Corporation
• US Bank

PLATINUM
• Wells Fargo

GOLD
• CMFA
• Community Economics
• First Citizens Bank

SILVER
• Housing And Community Development California