Name: Greater D.C. Affordable Housing Summit
Start: 2021-08-25T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-08-25T11:30:00-04:00
Location: Marriott Marquis

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Speakers and Panels

Keynote: Prioritizing Affordability and Community Development

Behind Amazon's $2B Affordable Housing Initiative

Catherine Buell

As Head of Community Development, Catherine Buell is responsible for long-term and innovative programs that address civic priorities in the communities where Amazon employees live and work. Catherine helped launch and oversees Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund, a more than $2 billion commitment to preserve and create over 20,000 affordable housing units in Washington State’s Puget Sound region; Arlington, Virginia; and Nashville, Tennessee—three communities where the company has or expects to have at least 5,000 employees each in the coming years. Amazon’s Housing Equity Fund will help preserve existing housing and help create inclusive housing developments through below-market loans and grants to housing partners, traditional and non-traditional public agencies, and minority-led organizations. Catherine previously served as the President and CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority (d/b/a “Atlanta Housing” or “AH”) where she led the agency’s strategic, financial and operational efforts by providing housing to more than 23,000 of Atlanta’s low-and extremely low-income households. While at Atlanta Housing, Catherine led the development of the agency’s five year plan, called “Vision 2022” (Live, Work, Thrive), aimed at increasing the number of households served, increasing investments in family self- sufficiency efforts and agency fiscal responsibility. During her tenure, she advanced major real estate efforts including partnerships with the Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. to develop affordable housing near the popular BeltLine and also work with Invest Atlanta to purchase the 19-acre Civic Center site in downtown Atlanta. She also served as Vice President of Policy and Programs for the Greater Washington Partnership, a first-of-its-kind civic alliance of CEOs in the Washington D.C. region, where she focused on a range of issues include regional housing policy issues. Prior to her time in Atlanta, Catherine served as the executive director of St. Elizabeth’s East, one of the District of Columbia’s largest mixed-use redevelopment projects. As a result of her tenure, St. Elizabeths East became home to the District’s Entertainment and Sports Arena which hosts the Washington Mystic’s performance arena and Wizards practice facility, the Residences at St. Elizabeths (a mixed- income multi-family housing development), the R.I.S.E. Demonstration Center and Gateway D.C. Ms. Buell also served as the Chair of the Washington D.C. Historic Preservation Review Board and earned a number of awards for her revitalization efforts – the Built by Women DC Award and Historic Preservation Review Board Chair’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation among them. Catherine also serves on a number of boards, including Venture Philanthropy Partners, Community of Hope (DC), Greater Greater Washington and the Anacostia Coordinating Council. She started her career as an attorney with Patton Boggs LLP where she counseled institutional investors on real estate assets and private equity funds in the United States, South America, and Europe. She is a cum laude graduate of Spelman College and the Georgetown University Law Center.

Amazon

Head of Community Development

Leading Amazon's $2B Affordable Housing Initiative

Catherine Buell

Head of Community Development, Amazon

Katie Cristol

Arlington County Board Vice-Chair Katie Cristol is a community advocate and public policy professional. She was elected to the Board in November 2015. Katie is the Co- Chair of Arlington’s Project PEACE, an interagency collaboration to address domestic and sexual violence in our community. Ms. Cristol served as Chair of the County Board in 2018. Regionally, Ms. Cristol represents Arlington as the Chair of the Northern Virginia Transportation Commission, Chair of the Virginia Municipal League Urban Section, and as Past Chair of the Operations Board of The Virginia Railway Express. Ms. Cristol also represents Arlington on the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority. Ms. Cristol has been an advocate for women’s issues, including reproductive health, political representation, and support for survivors of sexual assault, for over a decade. She was appointed to the Arlington Commission on the Status of Women by the County Board in 2012 and supported the Commission’s efforts to garner attention for critical issues such as women’s professional advancement and childcare affordability and to recognize the achievements of women in the community. She is a volunteer member of the Randolph Elementary School community. A reading buddy since 2011, she was appointed by the School Board and the Randolph PTA to serve as the school’s liaison to the Arlington Public Schools Advisory Council on Instruction. Ms. Cristol is an education policy advisor, partnering with districts, states, and nonprofits across the U.S. on strategic planning, resource allocation, and community engagement. She holds a public policy master’s degree from Princeton University, a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, and is a 2012 graduate of Arlington Neighborhood College. She and her husband, Steve, and their son Cary, live off Columbia Pike, one of the most diverse corridors both in the County and the metropolitan region. Social Media Follow on Facebook @katiecristolforarlington and Twitter @kcristol

Arlington County Board

Vice-Chair

Moderator

Katie Cristol

Vice-Chair, Arlington County Board

Easing into the New Norm

From Lifting Moratoriums to New Incentives from Local Government, how Public and Private are Working to Keep Affordable Development Going

Kevin Bush

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs, HUD

Polly Donaldson

Polly Donaldson has served as the Director of the DC Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) since January 2, 2015. As Director, she oversees 180+ employees, 14 program areas and manages an operating budget of over $250 million to preserve and produce rental and homeownership opportunities for District residents while leading the charge of revitalizing underserved neighborhoods. The Director is well-known in DC affordable housing circles and has had great influence throughout the city. Her nonprofit career spans over 27 years, with senior management experience in homelessness, affordable housing and international community development. Prior to joining DHCD, Donaldson served as the Executive Director of the Transitional Housing Corporation (THC) for over 10 years and THC Affordable Housing, Inc., since its founding in June 2005. Under Donaldson’s leadership, THC was on the front lines addressing the city’s housing crunch, working with churches, charities and other nonprofit groups to produce and support affordable units for the formerly homeless. Donaldson served on the DC Interagency Council on Homelessness in 2009 and was re-appointed in 2013. She is the former board president of the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development, an umbrella group of affordable housing developers. In 2012, she also served on the Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force assembled by former Mayor Gray. In 2014, Mayor-elect Muriel Bowser named Donaldson as the co-chair of the Transition Team’s Affordable Housing Committee. Donaldson served as the chair of Mayor Bowser’s Affordable Housing Preservation Strike Force. Donaldson has lived in the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood in Ward 1 for over 24 years. In the late 1990s, she was elected and served as the chair of the Mt. Pleasant Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) 1-E. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in social and behavioral science from The Johns Hopkins University.

D.C. Department of Housing & Community Development

Director

Polly Donaldson

Director, D.C. Department of Housing & Community Development

Brian McLaughlin

Brian McLaughlin is CEO of Enterprise Community Development, Inc and President of Enterprise Community investment’s Communities Division. Brian is charged with leading the overall strategic direction of both organizations, as well as Enterprise Residential – the company’s property management company. ECD is an owner, operator and developer of housing and with almost 13,000 units serving more than 20,000 residents the company stands among the country’s 10 largest nonprofit affordable housing providers. Brian oversees a team serving the Mid-Atlantic region with expertise in community planning, land development, design, construction, asset management, property management and resident services. Brian has 24 years of diverse experience managing real estate business lines across the nonprofit, public and for-profit sectors. He began his career working in the nonprofit community development field in Boston and later in York, Pennsylvania. His real estate work spans development of market rate, workforce, historic tax credit and LIHTC supported housing. Brian has also served as assistant secretary of Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Development where he led the state’s largest and primary division of government responsible for neighborhood revitalization programs and investments. In addition, Brian has held various positions at Fannie Mae over the span of a decade in roles ranging from multifamily underwriting, to leading the company’s short sale product line, to directing the executive office as special assistant to the company’s president and CEO. He is also the founding CEO of Lantian Development, a Maryland-based private equity, real estate investment and development company. In that role Brian led evaluation, underwriting and negotiations for more than $1.2B in prospective investments ultimately closing seven transactions within 18 months creating a 1.4 million square foot portfolio across 403 acres in the Washington, DC metropolitan region. An honors graduate of Duke University, Brian also holds a master’s degree in City Planning from MIT and a master’s degree in Economics from American University.

Enterprise Community Development

President

Brian McLaughlin

President, Enterprise Community Development

Robert Goldman

President, Montgomery Housing Partnership

Moderator

Winell Belfonte

Partner, CohnReznick

DMV Affordability Development Pipeline

The Who, What, Where, When, and How of Affordable Housing in the District and Beyond

Brett Meringoff

Managing Partner, Development, Fairstead

Corey Powell

EDUCATION AND AWARDS • B.S. Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park • Master of Architecture / Urban Design Concentration, University of Maryland, College Park • LEED Accredited Professional • Bisnow’s “35 Under 35: Washington’s Rising Stars of Commercial Real Estate” in 2011 • Young Leaders in Affordable Housing by Affordable Housing Finance in 2013 PROFILE Mr. Powell has over eleven (11) years of experience overseeing the full life-cycle of the preservation and development of affordable and mixed-income communities – both homeownership and rental – for families and seniors. His responsibilities include structuring multi-layered financing, coordinating design and construction, managing the entitlement and public approval processes, overseeing marketing, leasing and sales, and oversight of the preparation and implementation of operating budgets. Prior to joining Dantes Partners, Mr. Powell was a senior development manager for the development arm of a national organization whose mission was to increase the supply of high-quality, sustainable housing and communities for people from all walks of life. During that time, Mr. Powell completed developments in the District of Columbia as well as multiple jurisdictions in Maryland. Mr. Powell has served as a guest speaker for the University of Maryland’s and Howard University’s architecture programs; numerous industry-focused panels including ULI, HAND and MAHC; serves as the chairman of the Board of Directors of AAREP DC; and serves as a gubernatorial appointee on the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development’s Housing Finance Review Committee. PROJECT EXPERIENCE • Phyllis Wheatley YWCA, Washington, DC • 770 C Street, Washington, DC • West End (Square 50), Washington, DC • Girard Street Apartments, Washington, DC • Capitol Vista, Washington, DC • Fortitude at Delta Towers, Washington, DC

Dantes Partners

COO

Corey Powell

COO, Dantes Partners

Carmen Romero

President and CEO, True Ground Housing Partners

Michaela Cancel

VP, Neighborhood Development Company

Stephen Wilson

President, SCG Development

John Gilmore

Senior Vice President and Managing Director John Gilmore brings more than a decade of commercial real estate experience to Walker & Dunlop’s Multifamily Finance Group. Mr. Gilmore is focused on the affordable multifamily space and has extensive experience sourcing loans for execution through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Mr. Gilmore is also highly experienced in complex deal structures including structured credit facilities, tax-exempt bonds, and federal and state tax credits. Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Mr. Gilmore was a Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager in the Community Development and Investment group within KeyBank Real Estate Capital. While at KeyBank, he was a member of the management team tasked with expanding the bank’s affordable housing activity to all 50 states. He originated almost $1 billion of new mortgage debt in this position. Mr. Gilmore served many additional functions throughout his career at KeyBank, including working in the bank’s Income Property Group, Asset Recovery Group, and Private Equity Group. Mr. Gilmore began his career in the commercial real estate industry at Hartford Mezzanine Investors, LLC, where he was responsible for structuring real estate investment transactions for various levels of the capital structure with a primary focus on mezzanine positions. Mr. Gilmore attended Morehouse College where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in finance and a minor in economics with cum laude honors. Beyond the company, he is active in industry associations and is a member of the MBA’s Affordable Rental Housing Advisory Council as well as the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Affordable & Workforce Housing Product Council. Mr. Gilmore also serves on the board of Bridge Street Development Corporation and the steering committee of the Real Estate Associates Program.

Walker & Dunlop

SVP and Managing Director

John Gilmore

SVP and Managing Director, Walker & Dunlop

Moderator

Chris Marshall

Senior Development Associate, The NRP Group

Opening Remarks

Joe LeMense

Managing Director, United Bank

Why This Matters

What You'll Learn:

How has COVID-19 impacted the Mayor's pipeline for additional housing, and what incentives have been given by public officials to continue building additional housing?
As mixed-income comes into the fray, how are developers and public officials making decisions as to how much is market-rate, and how much is affordable?
Where is new affordable housing being built in the District and beyond? How are developers de-stigmatizing the nature of affordable housing in places like Alexandria, Bethesda, etc?
Easing out of eviction moratoriums: How are developers and landlords making the decisions of when to ask residents for rent?
Repurposing or building new: The pros and cons of redeveloping for affordability

How You'll Do More Business: Affordable Housing, and the housing crisis, impacts each and every city in the United States and developers, community organizers, and politicians must work together to ensure that housing is available to all residents. But while these are easy statements to make - they are harder to execute. Where to build, and how to finance the projects? Where do residents in need of affordable housing want to live so they can be close to loved ones, or job opportunities? And how can we provide housing that will help take on the region's growing homelessness crisis? Learn where to invest in much-needed affordable housing throughout the DMV.

Who You'll Meet: The region's top affordable housing owners and developers, investors and advocates.

What Does Your Ticket Get You: Bisnow events bring together the biggest power players in the industry to identify opportunities, build your network and expand your business. With the largest audience of commercial real estate professionals in the world, no one knows how to help your business more than us.

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Venue

Marriott Marquis
901 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Ballroom and Floor: M4 level

Parking Information:

$35 per car, Valet parking onsite only
Self1011 10th St NW

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Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 9:00 AM	Registration, Networking, & Breakfast
9:00 AM 9:45 AM	Easing into the New Norm From Lifting Moratoriums to New Incentives from Local Government, how Public and Private are Working to Keep Affordable Development Going
9:45 AM 10:30 AM	DMV Affordability Development Pipeline The Who, What, Where, When, and How of Affordable Housing in the District and Beyond
10:30 AM 11:00 AM	Keynote: Prioritizing Affordability and Community Development Behind Amazon's $2B Affordable Housing Initiative
11:00 AM 11:30 AM	More Networking!