Our Leadership
The National Rural Housing Coalition’s Board of Directors is comprised of rural housing experts and community leaders from across the nation.
2026 Executive Committee
Mary Ann Ybarra, President – Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, Indio, CA,
Tom Collishaw, 1st Vice President, Self-Help Enterprises, Visalia, CA
Jill Lordan, 2nd Vice President, Neighborgood Partners, Dover, DE
Steven Brown, Treasurer Florida Non-Profit Housing, Sebring, FL
Seana O’Shaughnessy, Secretary,Community Housing Improvement Program, Chico, CA
Brad Bishop, Officer Self-Help Homes, Provo, UT
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
Peter Carey, Visalia, CA
Robin Danner, Homestead Housing Authority, Anahola, HI
James Dunn, Tunica County Community Development, Indianola, MS
Dave Ferrier,Rural Community Assistance Corporation, Chico, CA
Eileen Fitzgerald, Thrusight, Washington, DC
Owyne Gardner, LIFT Community Action Agency, Hugo, OK
Betsy McGovern-Garcia, Self-Help Enterprises, Visalia, CA
Rose Garcia, Tierra del Sol Housing Corporation, Anthony, NM
Elizabeth Glidden, Minnesota Housing Partnership, St. Paul, MN
Kim Herman, Seattle, WA
Jonathan Harwitz, Housing Assistance Council, Washington, DC
Russel Huxtable, Lewes, DE
Lisa Fleming-Ives, The Genesis Fund, Brunswick, ME
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
Emily Nosse-Leirer, Enterprise Community Partners , Washington, DC
Tom Manning-Beavin, Housing Assistance Council
Natalie Maxwell, National Housing Law Project, Ocala, FL
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
Earl Pfeiffer, Cotopaxi, CO
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
Alicia Sebastian, California Coalition for Rural Housing, Sacramento, 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
Paul Towsley, PathStone, Rochester, NY
Robin Wolff, Housing Assistance Council