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2024 Housing Visionary Awards Gala

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm EDT

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NHC’s Annual Housing Visionary Awards Gala recognizes some of our most dedicated colleagues who are making a difference. The 2024 recipients of NHC’s Housing Visionary Award were the Congressional Leaders of Affordable Housing Tax Policy, Tia Boatman Patterson, President and CEO of the California Community Reinvestment Corporation. NHC presented Joe Ventrone with the Carl A.S. Coan, Sr., Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service. Tia, Joe, and the Congressional Leaders are distinguished leaders in housing and community development whose work has helped move our nation toward NHC’s goal of quality, affordable housing for all.

Housing Visionary Award Honorees

Congressional Leaders of Affordable Housing Tax Policy

The Congressional Leaders of Affordable Housing Tax Policy is a bipartisan group of congressional leaders who are working to address the shortage of affordable housing in this country by advancing legislation, such as the Neighborhood Homes Investment Act and the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act, which will facilitate the construction of more homes and neighborhood revitalization. The group includes Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), Sen. Todd Young (R-IN), Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL), and former Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY).

Tia Boatman Patterson, President and CEO, California Community Reinvestment Corporation

With years of executive leadership experience in both the public and private sectors, Tia Boatman Patterson is the President and CEO of the California Community Reinvestment Corporation. She previously served as the Associate Director of Housing, Treasury, & Commerce in the Executive Office of the President’s Office of Management & Budget. From 2014 to 2021, she served as the Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency where she brought about positive organizational change and significantly grew loan production. She simultaneously served as Governor Gavin Newsom’s Senior Advisor for housing from 2019 to 2020. From 2015 to 2021 she was a director on the National Council of State Housing Agencies Board, serving as Board Chair from 2018 to 2020.

Ms. Patterson was general counsel for the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency from 2009 to 2014. She is recognized nationally and in the state of California as a policy expert in affordable housing, community development, small business and economic development having served as a special assistant to four Speakers of the California State Assembly. Patterson received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from San Diego State University, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in the state of California and the District of Columbia.

Carl A.S. Coan, Sr., Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service

Joseph M. Ventrone, former Vice President of Federal Policy and Industry Relations, National Association of REALTORS®

Joseph M. Ventrone’s expertise in housing issues spans over 50 years and includes stints in the private sector, top federal agencies, and on Capitol Hill during both the Democratic and Republican administrations. As the former Vice President of Federal Policy and Industry Relations at the National Association of REALTORS® for the last two decades, Joe believes firmly that home is where the heart is and he has dedicated his career to housing policy and related financial and property issues. No one knows housing policy like Joe, with his vast and diverse experiences working for and with HUD, housing policy on behalf of the White House, the Federal Housing Finance Board, and the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services. He currently serves as consultant to the Chief Advocacy Officer at NAR.

Prior to joining the NAR in 2003, Mr. Ventrone was a Senior Policy Advisor at the Federal Housing Finance Board and served as a key member of the Bush/Cheney Transition Team at HUD. He then served as a Special Advisor to Secretary Mel Martinez, focusing on housing policy and congressional relations.

In Congress, Mr. Ventrone shepherded some of the most significant federal housing, mortgage finance, and urban affairs legislation to pass Congress including the American Home Ownership and Economic Opportunity Act of 2000 and The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act. He joined the United States House of Representatives as a professional staff member in 1983. In 1988, he became minority deputy staff director for housing and two years later, he was named deputy staff director. In 1995, he became deputy staff director for the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services (now the Committee on Financial Services).

A native of Providence, Rhode Island, Mr. Ventrone graduated from Curry College with a B.A. degree in 1971. He earned his master’s degree in Public Administration (Urban Affairs) from American University in 1973. He has been happily married to Jeanne Broyhill for 33 years and they reside in Arlington, Virginia.