Our Leadership
The National Rural Housing Coalition’s Board of Directors is comprised of rural housing experts and community leaders from across the nation.
2024 Executive Committee
Brad Bishop, President – Self-Help Homes, Provo, UT
Mary Ann Ybarra, 1st Vice President – Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, Indio, CA,
Tom Collishaw, 2nd Vice President, Self-Help Enterprises, Visalia, CA
Jill Lordan, Treasurer, Neighborgood Partners, Dover, DE
Seana O’Shaughnessy, Secretary,Community Housing Improvement Program, Chico, CA
Laura Buxbaum, Officer – CEI, Brunswick, ME,
Andy Saavedra, Officer – Bowie, MD
Robert Rapoza, Executive Secretary,Rapoza Associates ,Washington DC
Board of Directors
Suzanne Anarde–Devenport, Rural Community Assistance Corp, West Sacramento, CA
Rosie Andalon, Casa of Oregon, Sherwood, OR
Lee Beaulac, Beaulac Associates, Naples, NY
Michael Borges, Rural Housing Coalition of New York, Albany, NY
Stephen Brown, Florida Non-Profit Housing, Sebring, FL
Peter Carey, Visalia, CA
Michael Carroll, Rural Community Assistance Corp, West Sacramento, CA
Robin Danner, Homestead Housing Authority, Anahola, HI
Jeanette Duncan, San Luis Obispo, CA
James Dunn, Tunica County Community Development, Indianola, MS
Colleen Dushkin, Alaskan Association of Housing Authorities, Anchorage, AK
Will Eckstein, Harmony Housing Affordable Development, Raleigh, NC
Dave Ferrier, Community Housing Improvement Program, Chico, CA
Eileen Fitzgerald, Thrusight, Washington, DC
Liza Flemings-Ives, The Genesis Fund,Brunswick, ME
E.G. Fowler, Jr., NW Regional Housing Authority, Boone, NC
Owyne Gardner, LIFT Community Action Agency, Hugo, OK
Rose Garcia, Tierra del Sol Housing Corporation, Anthony, NM
Neal Gibson, Northwest Regional Housing Authority, Anthony, NM
Kim Herman, Seattle, WA
Jonathan Harwitz, Housing Assistance Council, Washington, DC
Russel Huxtable, Lewes, DE
David L. Jackson, Delta Housing Development vCorporation, Indianola, MS
Audrey Johnston, Habitat for Humanity International , Washington, DC
Stan Keasling, Sacramento, CA
Sarah Kackar, NeighborWorks America, Washington, DC
Patricia Kelleher, Neighborgood Partners, Dover, DE,
Bryan Ketcham, Catholic Charities Housing Services, Yakima WA
Jim King, Fahe, Berea, KY
Mark Kudlowitz, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Washington, DC
David Lipsetz, Housing Assistance Council, Washington, DC
Diana Lopez, Guadelupe Economic Services Corp, Lubbock, TX
Tom Manning-Beavin, Frontier Housing, Morehead, KY
Anne Mavity, Minnesota Housing Partnership, St. Paul, MN
Natalie Maxwell, National Housing Law Project, Ocala, FL
Betsy McGovern-Garcia, Self-Help Enterprises, Visalia, CA
Norm McLoughlin, McLoughlin & Associates, Gig Harbor, WA
Scott McReynolds, Housing Development Alliance, Hazard, KY
Laura Meadows, Fahe, Berea, KY
Nick Mitchell-Bennett, CDC of Brownsville, Brownsville, TX
Marty Miller, Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing, Yakima, WA
Erica Mills, Neighborworks Umpqua, Roseburg, OR
David Moore, Milford Housing Development Corporation, Milford, DE
Joe Myer, Dover, DE
Roger Nadrchal, NeighborWorks Northeast Nebraska, Norfolk, NE
John Niederman, Huntington, IN
Emily Nosse-Leirer, Enterprise Community Partners , Washington, DC
Earl Pfeiffer, Cotopaxi, CO
Laura Pounders, AFGE Local, 13354, Ada, OK
Anne Price, People’s Self-Help Housing Inc, Vanceburg, KY
Beth Pusha, SERCAP, Roanoke, VA
Lee Reno, Washington, DC
Jacob Rogers, Southeast Nonprofit Housing, Raleigh, NC
Pedro Rodriguez, Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, Indio, CA
Blair Sebastian, New York State Rural Advocates, Blue Mt. Lake, NY
Claudia Shay, Self-Help Housing Corp. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Greg Sparks, Davis, CA
Karen Speakman, Neighborgood Partners, Dover, DE
Vickey Stratton, Housing Assistance Council, Washington DC
Leslie Strauss, Housing Assistance Council, Washington, DC
Ken Trigueiro, People’s Self-Help Housing, San Luis Obispo, CA
Kathleen Tyler, Austin, TX
Rob Wiener, California Coalition for Rural Housing, Sacramento, CA
John Wiltse, PathStone, Rochester, NY
Robin Wolff, Enterprise Community, Denver, CO