Executive Committee


Chair - Daniel A. Nissenbaum

Kelly

Dan Nissenbaum is the Chief Operating Officer of the Urban Investment Group, a division of Goldman Sachs Bank USA, with responsibility for overseeing Production, Portfolio Management and Operations/Finance.


Vice Chair - John L. Kelly

John L. Kelly

John L. Kelly is a Partner with Nixon Peabody LLP in the affordable housing group of the firm’s real estate department, and serves as the co-chair of the New York Housing Conference. He is also former president of the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association.


NHC Interim President and CEO - Jeanne K. Engel

Jeanne K. Engel

Jeanne K. Engel began serving as Interim President and CEO of the National Housing Conference in October, 2011. She is a Washington-based consultant providing services in the areas of housing, energy and community development.  Jeanne’s clients include government agencies, private financial institutions, the William J. Clinton Foundation and non-profit organizations.  Her public-sector experience includes appointments as the General Deputy Assistant Secretary of HUD’s Office of Housing/FHA and Deputy Comptroller for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as well as serving in senior level positions at the state (HFA) and local levels. Internationally, Ms. Engel assisted financial institutions and housing organizations in Scotland, Poland, Romania, Uganda, Botswana, South Africa, Morocco and Egypt.


Chair of the Finance and Audit Committee - Ted S. Chandler

Ted Chandler

Ted Chandler is a founding board member and director emeritus of the California Housing Consortium, a regional affiliate of the National Housing Conference. Mr. Chandler currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer of the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust.


Chair of the Membership and Cultivation Committee - Anne McCulloch

Anne McCulloch

Anne Segrest McCulloch is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Fannie Mae's Multifamily Mortgage Business.  She previously served in government with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Resolution Trust Corporation and was a lawyer in private practice representing advocacy groups, labor unions, and nonprofits on mission and organizational matters. 


Chair of the Public Strategies Committee - David Jeffers
Executive Vice President
The Council of Federal Home Loan Banks


Co-Chair of the Policy Committee - Paul Norris Weech
Executive Vice President for Policy and Member Engagement
Housing Partnership Network  


Secretary - Shekar Narasimhan

Shekar Narasimhan

Shekar Narasimham is a Managing Partner for Beekman Advisors, Inc. and CEO of Beekman Helix India Partners, a real estate merchant bank. Previously, he was managing director for agency and funds management at Prudential Mortgage Capital Company. Prior to that, he was chairman & CEO of The WMF Group, Ltd., a publicly traded commercial mortgage financial services company which was acquired by Prudential in 2000.


Immediate Past Chairman - G. Allan Kingston

Kingston

G. Allan Kingston is Vice Chairman of National Community Renaissance, a nonprofit organization providing affordable housing and services to families and seniors. Mr. Kingston also is the immediate past chair of the National Housing Conference.


Regional Affiliate Representative (NY) - Carol Lamberg

lamberg

Carol Lamberg has been the Executive Director of the Settlement Housing Fund Inc. (SHF) in New York since 1983 and staff director of the New York Housing Conference since 1976.


Regional Affiliate Representative (CA) - Linda Mandolini

Linda Mandolini

Linda Mandolini has served Eden Housing as a Project Developer, as Director of Real Estate Development, and since 2001, as executive director. She oversees all the affordable housing production, resident support services and property management components of the organization, and their combined annual operating budget of $40 million. 


Chairman of the Center for Housing Policy - John K. McIlwain

John McIlwain

John K. McIlwain is a Senior Resident Fellow at the Urban Land Institute and holds the ULI/J. Ronald Terwilliger Chair for Housing. Prior to joining ULI, Mr. McIlwain served as senior managing director of the American Communities Fund for Fannie Mae, and was president and CEO of the Fannie Mae Foundation.


Director for the Center for Housing Policy - Jeffrey Lubell

Jeffrey Lubell

Jeffrey Lubell became Executive Director of the Center for Housing Policy in 2006 and is a recognized expert in housing and community development policy. Prior to becoming head of the Center, Lubell worked as an independent consultant specializing in analyzing and developing recommendations for strengthening national, state and local housing and community development policy. 

Members


 Elizabeth Blake

Senior Vice President of Advocacy, Government Affairs & General Counsel
Habitat for Humanity International

Michael Bodaken
President
National Housing Trust and of the National Housing Trust/Enterprise Preservation Corporation

Barbara Burnham 
Vice President, Federal Policy
Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Corey Carlisle
Director of Federal Policy and Government Affairs
Low Income Investment Fund

Kent Colton
President
The Colton Housing Group

Leslye Corsiglia
Director of Housing
City of San Jose

Sheila Crowley
President
National Low Income Housing Coalition 

Eileen Fitzgerald
Chief Executive Officer
NeighborWorks® America

Renée Lewis Glover
President and CEO
Atlanta Housing Authority 

Kimberly Jackson
Executive Director
Wells Fargo Housing Foundation

John O'Callaghan
President and CEO
Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership

Steve O'Connor
Senior Vice President, Public Policy and Industry Relations
Mortgage Bankers Association

Christine M.J. Oliver
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Dwellings Association

J. Michael Pitchford
President and CEO
Community Preservation and Development Corporation

Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.
Executive Director
National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials

Nan Roman
President and CEO
National Alliance to End Homelessness

Ann Schnare
Principal
AB Schnare Associates 

Dianne Spaulding
Executive Director
Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California

Monica Hilton Sussman
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP

Barbara J. Thompson
Executive Director
National Council of State Housing Agencies

Brian K. Tracey
Senior Vice President
Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Joe Ventrone
Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Real Estate Services
National Association of REALTORS® 

Paul Norris Weech
Executive Vice President for Policy and Member Engagement
Housing Partnership Network 

Barry Zigas
Principal
Zigas & Associates, LLC