NCSHA Annual Conference & Showplace 2019 | National Council of State Housing Agencies | 19 October 2019 | Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton St, Boston, MA 02199, USA

NCSHA’s Annual Conference & Showplace is the premier gathering of state Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) and NCSHA affiliate members. It is the main networking event of the year for HFAs and the partners who work with them to increase housing opportunities through the financing, development, and preservation of affordable housing. Take advantage of the unparalleled professional development in ten program focus areas, including communications, finance, governance, homeownership, human relations, information technology, legal, management innovation, rental and special needs housing. Applaud the best work of all HFAs and congratulate the winners at Monday’s Celebratory Opening Plenary Breakfast.

Join your colleagues and friends from across the country to network and have some fun at the President’s Reception.

2019 Speakers

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Tia Boatman Patterson
Executive Director | California Housing Finance Agency and Chair | NCSHA Board of Directors

Thomas P. Bossert
Chief Strategy Officer | Trinity Cyber

G. Christopher Nunn
Commissioner | Georgia Department of Community Affairs/Georgia Housing and Finance Authority

Pamela Patenaude
Senior Advisor | IEM

Mark Calabria
Director | Federal Housing Finance Agency

Dr. Joseph Coughlin
Director, AgeLab | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Charlie Baker
Governor | Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Lyndia Downie
President & Executive Director | Pine Street Inn

SPEAKERS:

Lydia Aguirre
Director of Human Resources for both Idaho Housing and Finance Association

Whitney Airgood-Obrycki
Senior Research Analyst at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University

Nick Akerman
Partner in Dorsey’s New York Office

Patricia Amend
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency

Mike Awadis
HilltopSecurities

Vicki Bauer
Homeownership Program Manager

Kelly Becker
IT Director for Colorado Housing and Finance Authority

Scot Berkey
Chief Information Officer at the Illinois Housing Development Authority

Alok Bhargava
Chief Operating Officer and Head of Product, Cambridge Blockchain

Greg Blake
Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Vice President of Administration for Idaho Housing and Finance Administration

Tia Boatman Patterson
General counsel at the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency

JD Bondurant
Director of Tax Credit Programs for the Virginia Housing Development Authority

Lisa Bowman
Director of Marketing and Communications, NCSHA

Katie Brennan
Chief of Staff, New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

Bruce Brensdal
BSBA in Accounting from Eastern Montana College

Thomas Bryan
Chief Financial Officer Thomas Bryan leads the Finance, Accounting, and Information Technology

Jonathan Cabral
Interim-Director of the Planning, Research & Evaluation Department at the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority

Myra Carmona
Human Resources

Samphas Chhea
Senior Vice President in the Public Finance Housing and Real Estate Group at Jefferies

Dean Christon
Executive Director of New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority

Julie Cody
Director of Affordable Rental Housing

Maura Collins
Executive Director of the Vermont Housing Finance Agency

Delbert Collins
IT Industry securing and developing systems for the US Dept.

Emily Cooper
Chief Housing Officer at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs

Fred Copeman
Executive Vice-President, Advocacy & New Business for Boston Financial Investment Management

Jill Cromartie
Division Director for Housing Finance & Development

Tonya Curry
Deputy Executive Director, Georgia Housing and Finance Authority

David Davenport
Low Income Housing Tax Credit

Jon Davidson
Managing Director of Corporate Planning and Accountability

Frank Dickson
DHCD’s

Jim Durham
Vice President of Commercial Banking Operations and Administration for Fifth Third Bank

Susan Eliason
Director of Housing Development for the Delaware State Housing Authority

Brady Ellis
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University or Phoenix

Eric Enderlin
President of the New York City Housing Development Corporation

Katie Fallon
Director of Housing Policy at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency

Vicki Farden
Supportive Housing Policy Specialist at Minnesota Housing

Glenn Gallo

Monica Galuski
Director of Bond Finance and Chief Investment Officer for the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Eric Gedstad
Director of Marketing for MassHousing (The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency)

Marlena Gibson
Director of Policy & Planning at the Delaware State Housing Authority

Elizabeth Glynn
CEO of Travois

Jaime G. Gomez
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer for the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA)

Laszlo Gonc
Forbes Technology Council, PEER150

Bryan Grady
Chief Research Officer at the South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority

Michael Greenbaum
Chief Operating Officer for Safeguard

Lindsay Hall
Chief Operations Officer of Single Family Programs

Eloise Harnett
Director at Group Gordon, a corporate and public affairs PR firm

Jack Hawkins
Finance and Marketing from the University of Idaho

Michael Hawkins
Managing Director of Community Outreach for the Virginia Housing Development Authority

Brenda Hayden
Assistant Director of Homeownership

Jeremy Heidt
Director of Industry and Governmental Affairs

Connie Helmlinger
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency

Chris Henderson
Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority

Jennifer Henderson
North Dakota Housing Finance Agency

Kim Herman
Executive Director of the Washington State Housing Finance Commission

Isidoro Hernandez
Deputy Director of Programs. He oversees the Housing Development, Asset Management, Community Development and Policy and Planning departments at MFA

Gina Hickman
Deputy Director of Finance and Administration, New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority

Jennifer Ho
Executive Director of Hearth Connection

Bonnie Hochman Rothell
Chair of the Litigation Practice at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Michael Holliday
Accounting and Finance Experience in the Public and Private Sectors

Ping Hsieh
Vice President – Senior Credit Officer in Moody’s Public Finance Housing & State Revolving Funds team

Ashley Jared-Salow
Member of the Agency\’s Senior Management Team

Sonia Joyner
Director of Home Ownership Programs

Chuck Karimbakas
Chief Financial Officer, Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency

Timothy Kenny
Executive Director of the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority

Kasey Kier
Assistant Commissioner at Minnesota Housing

Ryan Kim
Senior Product Marketing Manager at ProLink Solutions

Paul Kimball
Rural Development, and Low Income Housing Tax Credit

C. Kelly Kroll
Counsel in the Government Contracts group at Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP

Ashish Kumar
Chief Information Officer, for California Housing Finance Agency

Christopher Larson
Application Development Manager at Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

Mark Lauseng
Executive Director of the South Dakota Housing Development Authority

Jonathan Lawless
Fannie Mae’s Product Development and Affordable Housing Vice President

Annie Lee
Vice President in the J.P. Morgan Public Finance Department

Nicole LiBaire
Executive Director of the Louisiana Housing Authority

Denise Lord
Senior Director of Communications and Planning for MaineHousing

Nicole Lucas
Tennessee Housing Development Agency

George Maestas
Development Loan Manager for New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority

Kevin Martone
Executive Director for the Technical Assistance Collaborative in Boston

Christina Maryland
Communications Director Managing All District Marketing, PR, and Branding

Terence McCourt
Managing Shareholder of the Boston office and Chairman of its Labor & Employment Practice

Yolanda McCutchen
Director of Public Relations at the DC Housing Finance Agency

Marion McFadden
Vice President of Public Policy at Enterprise

Josh McKinney
Educator and Counselor

Andy McMahon
Vice President of Health and Human Services Policy at UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Tracy McMillan
Managing Partner of HCGA Consulting Partners, LLC

Arjun Mendhi
CEO of MTonomy

Wes Miller
Co-founding Finigree

M. Elena Miranda
Executive in the U.S. Housing Technology Industry

Ben Mokry
Research and Development Division of Mississippi Home Corporation

Kassidy Moore
Business Development and Marketing Manager at Wyoming Community Development Authority

Christine H. Moran
Managing Director of Multifamily Financing at the Illinois Housing Development Authority

Ryan Moser
Pennsylvania State University

Stephanie Moulton
Associate Professor in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs at the Ohio State University

Stephanie Naquin
Director of Multifamily Compliance With the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs

Na'Tisha Nelson Natt
Director of Public Affairs, Na’Tisha Natt

Kathryn Newton
Director of Loan Servicing

Josh Nguyen
Communications Specialist

Ashley Oliver
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

Debbie Olson
Executive Director of the DuPage Homeownership Center

Gloria Paradise
Director, Federal Housing Grant Programs

Will Parry-Hill
Manager of Government and Industry Relations for the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency

John Patterson
Director of Planning, Research & Evaluation at the Minnesota Housing

Stephan Payson
MassHousing

Tony Peleska
Chief Information Officer at Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

Cynthia Peraza
Director of Single Family Special Programs

Lorraine Polak
Director of Rental Housing Development for the South Dakota Housing Development Authority

Jeffrey Previdi
GASB

Erin Quinn
Director of HFA Engagement

Matt Rayburn
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Real Estate Development Officer for the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority

Anthony Richardson
Executive Vice President for Development at the New York City Housing Development Corporation

Garth B. Rieman
Director of Housing Advocacy and Strategic Initiatives

Jeremy Robinson-Leon
Leads Client Services and Firm Operations for Group Gordon

Ryan Rodrigue
Principal of Wolf & Company, P.C. and serves as Director of the firm\’s IT Assurance Services Group

Neal Rogers
Director of Compliance and Asset Management at VHDA

Carl Rotella
Director of Information Technology at Rhode Island Housing

Jonathan Sakanai
Senior Business Analyst/Project Manager for the Business Intelligence team at the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority

Danielle Samalin
HousingWire Magazine

Jennifer Schwartz
Director of Tax and Housing Advocacy

Laura Shea
Chief of Programs at the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

Dottie Sheppick
Founding Partner of Specialty Mortgage Product Solutions, LLC

Patrick Sheridan
Executive Vice President for Housing with the Volunteers of America

Jacob Sipe
Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority

Gene Slater
Chairman, CSG Advisors

Diane Smith
Interim Executive Director at the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority

Lee Ann Smith
Director of Single Family Homeownership Programs

Liz Smith
Manager of Multifamily Program Compliance at the Colorado Housing Finance Authority

Wendy Smith
Deputy Executive Director of Housing Programs for Kentucky Housing Corporation

Christi Staples
New England Director at CSH

Debra Stephenson
Senior Controller at Washington State Housing Finance Commission

James Stretz
New Mexico MFA

Hazim Taib
Connecticut Housing Finance Authority

James Tassos
Deputy Director of Tax Policy and Strategic Initiatives at the National Council of State Housing Agencies

Jonathan Terbush
Certified Information Systems Security

Tracy Thurston
Managing Director, Multifamily Programs and Asset Management

Phil Tocci
New England Regional Manager of Academy Mortgage Corporation

Jesse K. Vazzano
National Director of Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing

James Vivio
Kentucky Housing Corporation

Mia Watson
Research & Communications Coordinator at Vermont Housing Finance Agency

Don Watt
Director of Community Programs Division and the Acting Director of the Multifamily Programs Division

Melanie Weathers
Senior Financial Administrator at Florida Housing Finance Corporation

Mark Wiesendanger
Director of Development for the Maine State Housing Authority

Stockton Williams
Executive Director

Cheryl Winter
CSH consultant

S. Kyleen Welling
Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority

Taran Wolford
Human Resources Generalist

Caleb Yant
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Oregon Housing and Community Services

James Yates
US Department of Veterans Affairs

Janel A. Young
Chief Strategist and skilled Policy Advisor

Tonya Young
MSHDA

Greg Zagorski
NCSHA

2019 Sponsors

• MGIC
• ProLink
• USBank
• Allita 360
• CSG Advisors
• Freddie Mac
• MetaSource
• Raymond James
• Fannie mae
• eHome America
• Essent