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Task Force Co-Chairs

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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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

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Margaret Anadu

Senior Partner, The Vistria Group

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Chelsea Andrews

President and Executive Director, Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC)

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Richard Baron

Co-founder and Chairman, McCormack Baron Salazar

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Tony Bertoldi

CEO, CREA

Laurel Blatchford

Senior Partner and Director, Delivery Associates

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Kenzie Bok

Administrator, Boston Housing Authority

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Laura N. Brunner

President and CEO, The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority (The Port)

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Lourdes M. Castro Ramírez

President and CEO, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles

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Henry Cisneros

Chairman, American Triple I

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Cullum Clark

Director, Bush Institute-SMU Economic Growth Initiative

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Alfonso Costa Jr.

Chief Operating Officer, Falcone Group

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Rachel Diller

Senior Managing Director, Bridge Investment Group

Shaina Doar

Managing Director, Onward Ventures Co

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Frank Fernandez

President and CEO, Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta

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Rebecca Foster

CEO, San Francisco Housing Accelerator Fund

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Ira Goldstein

Senior Advisor, Reinvestment Fund's Policy Solutions Group

Solomon Greene

Executive Director, Land and Communities, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Alecia Hill

Vice President – Housing Preservation Investments, FCP

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Josh Humphries

Senior Advisor to the President, California Community Foundation

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Priya Jayachandran

CEO, National Housing Trust

Drew Maggelet

Director of Housing, Call to Action Foundation

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Ben McAdams

Founder and CEO, Common Ground Institute

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Duke McLarty

Executive Director, Groundwork

Ben Metcalf

Managing Director, Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UCBerkeley and CEO, Terner Labs

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Marisa Novara

Vice President of Community Impact, The Chicago Community Trust

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Steven Paynter

Global Leader of Building Transformation and Adaptive Reuse, Gensler

Ralph Perrey

Executive Director, Tennessee Housing Development Agency

Dennis Shea

Executive Vice President and Chair, J. Ronald Terwilliger Center for Housing Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center

Aaron Thomas

Senior Managing Director, Standard Communities

Scott Thorson

Senior Advisor, Thorson Advisors and National Association of Homebuilders

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Esther Toporovsky

Executive Director, Community Sustainability Partners

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RuthAnne Visnauskas

Commissioner and CEO, 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

Lucas Reeve

Senior Advisor, City of Cleveland

Amanda Rhein

Chief Housing Officer, City of Atlanta

Steve Waldrip

Senior Advisor for Housing Strategy and Innovation, Office of Gov. Cox

Task Force Staff & Advisors

Colin Higgins

Executive Director of the Task Force

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Benjamin Preis, PhD

Senior Advisor to the Task Force

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Mary Ellen Wiederwohl

President and CEO, Accelerator for America

Niall Dammando

Policy and Strategy Advisor

Donovan Dixon

Policy and Strategy Advisor

Sofia Greco-Byrne

Chief of Staff

Chanell Hasty

Senior Manager, Accelerator for America

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A.J. Herrmann

Director of Policy and Program Innovation, Accelerator for America

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Bruce Katz

Founder, New Localism Associates, Senior Advisor

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Anne Bovaird Nevins

Chief of Economic and Community Impact, Accelerator for America

Kaley Pillinger

Policy and Strategy Advisor

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Michael Saadine

Senior Advisor to the Task Force

Mayor's Implementation Committee

Accelerator For America’s Advisory Council Mayors provide regular guidance and partnership to the National Housing Crisis Task Force as it develops and implements its housing policy recommendations and housing-related programming.