Who We Are

Task Force Co-Chairs

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Mayor Justin M. Bibb

Mayor of Cleveland
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Governor Spencer Cox

Governor of Utah
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Mayor Andre Dickens

Mayor of Atlanta
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Susan Thomas

President, Fifth Third Community Development Corporation

Task Force Members

The Task Force includes leading practitioners from public, private, and civic sectors, implementing innovative solutions to address America’s housing crisis.

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Margaret Anadu

Senior Partner at The Vistria Group
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Chelsea Andrews

President and Executive Director of the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC)
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Richard Baron

Co-founder and Chairman of McCormack Baron Salazar
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Tony Bertoldi

Co-President of CREA
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Kenzie Bok

Administrator, Boston Housing Authority
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Laura N. Brunner

President and Chief Executive Officer of The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority (The Port)
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Lourdes M. Castro Ramírez

Chief Housing and Homelessness Officer for Los Angeles City Mayor Bass
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Henry Cisneros

Chairman, American Triple I
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Cullum Clark

Director of the Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative and Adjunct Economics Professor at SMU
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Alfonso Costa Jr.

Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Falcone Group
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Rachel Diller

Senior Managing Director at Bridge Investment Group
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Frank Fernandez

President and CEO, Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta
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Rebecca Foster

CEO of the San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund
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Ira Goldstein

Senior Advisor, Policy Solutions Group at Reinvestment Fund
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Jennifer Ho

Commissioner of Minnesota Housing
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Priya Jayachandran

CEO, National Housing Trust
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Ben McAdams

Founder and CEO of the Common Ground Institute
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Duke McLarty

Executive Director of Groundwork
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Marisa Novara

Vice President of Community Impact for The Chicago Community Trust
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Pam Patenaude

Former United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
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Steven Paynter

Global Leader of Building Transformation and Adaptive Reuse at Gensler
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Esther Toporovsky

Executive Director of Community Sustainability Partners
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RuthAnne Visnauskas

Commissioner and CEO of New York State Homes and Community Renewal
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Senator Scott Wiener

Represents San Francisco and northern San Mateo County in the California State Senate

Task Force Ex Officio Members

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Emily Collins

Senior Advisor for Major Projects, City of Cleveland
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Josh Humphries

Senior Advisor to the Mayor for Housing, City of Atlanta
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Steve Waldrip

Senior Advisor for Housing Strategy and Innovation to Governor Cox

Task Force Staff & Advisors

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Benjamin Preis, PhD

Director of the Task Force and Senior Research Fellow, Nowak Metro Finance Lab
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Bruce Katz

Co-Founder and Inaugural Director, Nowak Metro Finance Lab
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Mary Ellen Wiederwohl

President and CEO, AFA
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Emily Desmond

Special Projects Manager, Nowak Metro Finance Lab
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A.J. Herrmann

Director of Policy and Program Innovation, AFA
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Anne Bovaird Nevins

Director of Economic Development, AFA
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Michael Saadine

Senior Advisor, Nowak Metro Finance Lab
Mary Tredway

Mary Tredway

Project Manager, Nowak Metro Finance Lab

Mayor's Implementation Committee

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Mayor Quinton Lucas (Co‑Chair)

Mayor of Kansas City
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Mayor Jane Castor

Mayor of Tampa
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Mayor Paige Cognetti

Mayor of Scranton
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Mayor John Giles

Mayor of Mesa
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Mayor Todd Gloria

Mayor of San Diego
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Mayor Quentin Hart

Mayor of Waterloo
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Mayor David Holt

Mayor of Oklahoma City
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Mayor Tishaura O. Jones

Mayor of St. Louis
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Mayor Tim Kelly

Mayor of Chattanooga
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Mayor Ron Nirenberg

Mayor of San Antonio
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Mayor Mattie Parker

Mayor of Fort Worth
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Mayor Andy Schor

Mayor of Lansing
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Mayor Victoria Woodards

Mayor of Tacoma
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Mayor Randall Woodfin

Mayor of Birmingham