Chairman of the Board of Directors : 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. Before joining Fannie Mae, he was a partner in the law firm of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy. He served as executive assistant to the assistant secretary for housing at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and began his career at the Maine State Housing Authority. Mr. McIlwain has a Bachelor's degree from Princeton University and a JD from New York University.

Executive Director : 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. From 2000 to 2003, he served as director of the policy development division of the Office of Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He also worked from 1998 to 2000 as a housing policy analyst for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonprofit organization that is one of the leading independent authorities on programs affecting low-income families. Lubell is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard College.

Secretary : Christine M.J. Oliver is the president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Dwellings Association (CDA), the oldest not-for-profit housing development corporation in Chicago. Prior to joining CDA in 1991, Ms. Oliver served as the director of development and special housing programs for the Chicago Housing Authority. From 1983 to 1989, she held several senior level policy positions with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC. From 1993 to 1998, Ms. Oliver served as the first woman chair of the National Housing Conference, and from 1998 to 2003 she served as regional vice president. In 1996, the Low Income Housing Coalition honored Ms. Oliver for her leadership in affordable housing. Ms. Oliver is a member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Housing Policy. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Enterprise Mortgage Investment Corporation, and she serves on the Board of the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities.

Immediate Past Chair : Ann B. Schnare is an independent economic consultant specializing in housing finance, housing policy and real estate markets. Between 1996 and 1999, she was senior vice president of corporate relations at Freddie Mac, where she served on the company's operating committee and was responsible for industry relations, issues management, corporate communications and philanthropic giving. Between 1993 and 1996, she was Freddie Mac's vice president of housing economics and financial research. Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Dr. Schnare was senior vice president of ICF Incorporated. She served as director of the Urban Land Institute's Center for Public Finance and Housing from 1983 to 1987. Dr. Schnare holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and an AB in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis.

Maureen Friar became president and CEO of NHC in February 2010. A recognized and respected industry expert, Ms. Friar has more than 25 years of extensive experience in housing advocacy, policy analysis, fundraising and non-profit management. As executive director for 14 years, she grew the Supportive Housing Network of New York from an ad hoc coalition into a vibrant and effective statewide advocacy association representing 34,000 units of affordable rental housing linked to services for homeless and special needs populations. Prior to joining NHC, Ms. Friar served as a marketing consultant to the National Equity Fund, the largest nonprofit investor in federal low-income housing tax credits, and as a fundraising and management consultant to Community Access, a New York nonprofit agency that provides supportive housing, employment training and advocacy for persons with psychiatric disabilities. Her many achievements were recognized by the New York State Association for Affordable Housing, which honored her with the 2006 Advocate of the Year Award for Excellence. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University, a Master’s degree from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, and was a Charles H. Revson Fellow on the Future of the City of New York at Columbia University.

Richard K. Green is the director of the Lusk Center for Real Estate at the University of Southern California. In addition to holding the Lusk chair, he is also a professor in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development and the Marshall School of Business. Prior to this, Green served as the Oliver Carr chair of Real Estate Finance and a professor of Finance at The George Washington University in Washington, DC. He was also associate dean for Graduate Studies and director of the Center for Real Estate and Urban Studies at GWU. For many years, Dr. Green was a professor of Business and Wangard Faculty Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also was chair of the Department of Urban Economics and Real Estate at that institution. Dr. Green has published papers on housing, commercial real estate, international real estate, urban economics, and tax policy. His recent book with Stephen Malpezzi, A Primer on US Housing Markets and Housing Policy, is the first of its kind and is used at universities throughout the United States. Dr. Green was appointed to various commissions by the Mayor of Madison and the Governor of Wisconsin, and has served as an advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, the District of Columbia and the New York City Housing Authority. He has consulted for, among others, the World Bank, the Eastern European Real Property Foundation, the National Association of REALTORS©, the Mortgage Bankers Association, Ernst and Young, Runzheimer International, and Deloitte and Touche. Dr. Green has a Ph.D. in economics from Wisconsin and an AB in that subject from Harvard.

John L. Kelly is a partner with Nixon Peabody LLP in the real estate department, and serves as the co-chair of the New York Housing Conference as well as president of the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association. Mr. Kelly serves on New York City Mayor Bloomberg's Neighborhood Investment Advisory Panel. He started his legal career as an attorney with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Kelly has extensive experience representing both for-profit and nonprofit developers, owners and operators in complex real estate transactions. He has developed specific expertise in federal, state and local housing programs. He has a Bachelor's degree from Ithaca College and a JD with honors from University of Connecticut School of Law.

Mark A. Willis is a visiting scholar with the Ford Foundation, a resource for innovative people and institutions around the world, which was founded to advance human welfare. Mr. Willis previously served as executive vice president of JPMorgan Chase Bank and head of the Community Development Group. He also chairs the JPMorgan Chase Community Development Corporation, is on the Board of Trustees of the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, co-chairs the steering committee of the corporate Supplier Diversity Program and is a member of the retail bank’s Diversity Council. Before joining JPMorgan Chase & Co in 1989, Mr. Willis was Deputy Commissioner for Development of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Presently, Mr. Willis is Chairman of the New York Community Investment Company and is Co-Chair of Living Cities: The National Community Development Initiative. He also chairs the Consumer Bankers Association Community Reinvestment Committee and is a member of the Bankers/Community Collaborative Council of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. He serves on the boards of the National Equity Fund (Executive Committee), the Social Compact and the Community Preservation Corporation, and chairs the Advisory Board of the Community Development Research Center. Mr. Willis has a B.A. degree in economics from Yale University, a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School, and a Ph.D. from Yale University.