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National Advisory Council

NHC’s National Advisory Council (NAC) is where NHC’s thought leaders examine the issues that define current housing policy and explore how we navigate the future. Launched in June 2018, the NAC is chartered to actively support and promote the National Housing Conference and its mission. NAC members represent the full spectrum of NHC’s membership including developers, lenders, national associations, advocacy organizations and public entities. The National Advisory Council will provide high-level guidance to NHC, offering insight into pressing issues in the field and addressing emerging policy and research questions.

Current Members

Pam Patenaude, Granite Housing Strategies
Co-chair

Steve Thomas, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Co-chair

Patty Arvielo, New American Funding

Danielle Arigoni, National Housing Trust,

Christopher Bell, The Conservation Fund

Michael Bodaken, Retired

Akilah Watkins, Center for Community Progress

Rafael Cestero, Community Preservation Corporation

Ted Chandler, AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust

Cindy Chetti, National Multifamily Housing Council

Alfonso Costa, Jr., Falcone Group

Ed Demarco, Housing Policy Council

Susan Dewey, Virginia Housing

Lot Diaz, UnidosUS

Duane Duncan, Enact MI

David M. Dworkin, National Housing Conference

Eileen Fitzgerald, Wells Fargo Foundation

Tatiana Gutierrez, Pretium

Courtney Hodapp, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Robin Hughes, Housing Partnership Network

Hyepin Im, Faith and Community Empowerment

Chrissi Johnson, Alinement Advisors

Lindsay Johnson, U.S. Mortgage Insurers

Hal Keller

Mark Kudlowitz, LISC

Bill Killmer, Mortgage Bankers Association

Angie Garcia Lathrop, Bank of America

Noerena Limón, National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals

Jim Logue, Cinnaire

Jessica Lynch, National Association of Home Builders

Linda Mandolini, Eden Housing, Inc.

Mike Mantle, Morgan Stanley

Anne Segrest McCulloch, Housing Partnership Equity Trust

Ali Solis, Solis Strategic Solutions

Dan Nissenbaum, Low Income Investment Fund

Steve O’Connor, Mortgage Bankers Association

Jackie O’Garrow, Retired

Liz Osborn, Enterprise Community Partners

Ralph Perrey, Tennessee Housing Development Agency

Steve PonTell, National Community Renaissance

Christopher Ptomey, Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Housing

Lisa Rice, National Fair Housing Alliance

Marietta Rodriguez, NeighborWorks America

Sara Rodriguez, past president, NAHREP

Gisele Roget, Overbrook Square Group

Merilyn Rovira

Joanna Shapiro, BNY Mellon

Kristin Siglin, National Community Stabilization Trust

Joe Ventrone

Anthony L. Weekly, Truist

Connie Wright, Wells Fargo

Barry Zigas, Zigas & Associates, LLC

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