Muriel Bowser serves as Washington, DC’s seventh elected Mayor. Sworn in on January 2, 2015, she pledged to bring a fresh start to the District of Columbia, create pathways to the middle class for residents, and foster a culture of inclusion, transparency and action.

Mayor Bowser expanded opportunity across all 8 Wards of DC by strengthening job training programs, and by attracting and retaining jobs in the District. As of the first quarter of 2016, there are burgeoning projects across the city that will eventually deliver 32,000 new jobs. Washington, DC is the economic engine of the metropolitan region, and has one of the strongest local economies in the country.

Mayor Bowser is committed to producing, protecting and preserving affordable housing. In her first budget, she devoted an historic $100 million to the Housing Production Trust Fund, putting an unprecedented number of affordable housing units into the pipeline. She also made historic investments in education to accelerate the pace of education reform. DC has the fastest improving urban school district in the nation.

The Mayor is committed to making sure every Washingtonian gets a fair shot, including its most vulnerable residents. When she came into office, she pledged to end homelessness. She has taken bold moves to deliver on that commitment, including releasing a plan to replace the city’s largest family shelter with small, dignified family housing.

In everything she does, the Mayor puts District residents first, and ensures that the city’s priorities match the peoples’ priorities. She holds community engagement forums to solicit public input prior to finalizing her fiscal year budget. She is creating a more transparent and open government through a cutting edge open data policy. She championed the successful launch of one of the largest, most transparent body worn camera programs in the nation, to enhance trust between the community and DC’s metropolitan police department. And she launched an inclusive technology program to support startups and entrepreneurs offering products and services to underserved communities.

Prior to her time as Mayor, Bowser served as the Ward 4 councilmember of the DC Council – first elected in a special election in 2007, and re-elected in 2008 and 2012. As a Councilmember, Bowser served as the Chairwoman of the Committee on Economic Development which created more than 5,000 units of affordable housing, passed legislation to build a new soccer stadium and secured from the federal government the best portion of the Walter Reed campus for DC. Bowser led her colleagues to pass comprehensive ethics reform and increased transparency in government contracting.

Bowser also served as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in the Riggs Park neighborhood. A native Washingtonian, Bowser earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Chatham University and a Master’s degree in Public Policy from American University.

Vicki Davis is responsible for managing the acquisition, planning, design, and

implementation of all Urban Atlantic projects, and asset management of properties that

the company owns and its Mid-City Community CDE investment portfolio. With over 28

years of experience in real estate development, she formerly served as Deputy Director

of the Maryland Housing Fund and Maryland DHCD -Division of Credit Assurance. Her

experience also includes portfolio management for MNC Financial-South Charles Realty

and multifamily development for Trammell Crow Residential.

As President of Urban Atlantic Development, Ms. Davis has managed development of

over $2 billion in real estate projects and asset managed over $4 billion in real estate

investments. She has developed over 6,000 multifamily residential units and 600,000

commercial square feet for Urban Atlantic, including eight HOPE VI mixed-finance public

housing redevelopment projects, as well as transit-oriented mixed-use projects.

Ms. Davis holds a MBA in Finance from American University, an MS in Engineering &

Construction Management from University of Texas, and a BS in Civil Engineering from

the University of Maryland. She taught for 12 years in the Johns Hopkins Real Estate

MBA program and is a LEED AP.

Mr. Washington has over 20 years of experience in urban real estate development, construction and management. Mr. Washington founded NDC in 1999 and served as President from 1999-2005. From 2005 until early 2007, Mr. Washington took a leave of absence from NDC to serve as the President and CEO of the Anacostia Waterfront Corporation (AWC), the entity charged with leading a $10 billion, 20 year initiative to revitalize Washington, DC’s Anacostia Waterfront and surrounding communities. Mr. Washington grew up in the city’s Anacostia neighborhood and is a lifelong resident of DC.

Adrian has a B.S. in Economics and Political Science from Stanford University and an MBA from Harvard University.

Greg Fitchitt joined The Howard Hughes Corporation (HHC) as Vice President, Development in 2013. In 2014 Greg relocated to Maryland to focus on the development of Downtown Columbia, a 14 million square foot mixed use development plan to transform the suburban town center of the acclaimed master planned community into a 21st century urban village. Most recently Greg led the efforts over the past 2 years resulting in the Howard County Council’s approval in November 2016 of a $90 million TIF for public infrastructure and a comprehensive plan for affordable housing in

Downtown Columbia. Before joining HHC, Greg completed nine shopping center redevelopments as a developer for Westfield on the west coast, including leading the development efforts for Westfield UTC in La Jolla, CA, obtaining entitlements for a $1.0 billion LEED Gold mixed-use revitalization, and completing the $180 million first phase in 2012. Together the Westfield projects completed under Greg’s direction represented

over $530 million in investment. Greg holds a BA in Philosophy from Pomona College and an MBA from UCLA. In addition to his professional activities, Greg served for ten years on the boards of non-profit affordable housing developers in California. He currently serves as president of the

Downtown Columbia Partnership and on the Howard County Chamber of Commerce board. Greg lives in Ellicott City with his wife Cristiane and their two young children.

Michael oversees the acquisition, management, and capitalization of MidCity’s portfolio, which features over 9,000 units of market rate and government assisted multifamily properties primarily located in the Mid-Atlantic region. Michael has been pivotal in the repositioning of several key assets, most significantly the redevelopment of the Brookland Manor Apartments and Brentwood Village Shopping Center into RIA, a 20-acre mixed-income, mixed-use project in the heart of Washington, DC. Among Michael’s philanthropic activities, he presently serves on the Board of the Agnes and Eugene Ford Foundation, where he oversees social impact investments in resident services and community-based organizations that enrich the communities in which MidCity owns assets. Michael holds a B.A. from Washington and Lee University and an M.B.A. from the University of Maryland.

Shelley Murphy serves as President and CEO for Wesley Housing. A former senior executive with Verizon

Communications, she provides strategic direction and general executive leadership to Wesley Housing’s

award-winning affordable housing programs. Since coming to Wesley Housing in 2007, Murphy has

overseen a retooling of the organization, including the acquisition and renovation of more than 850 new

affordable housing units and the expansion of Resident Services to more than double the number of

residents served. Strongly committed to improving the lives of individuals and families in her community,

Ms. Murphy is a member of the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for Fairfax County, the

Communities of Faith United for Housing, sits on the Board of the Virginia Housing Coalition, and is the

President of the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance (NVAHA). She also serves on the Advisory

Board for Virginia Community Capital. She holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies and a

master’s in business administration from Willamette University.

As President of NTCIC, Merrill directs fundraising and acquisitions opportunities, develops and implements overall strategy and new lines of business for the company and coordinates governing board/staff relations.

Merrill joined NTCIC in 2016, bringing 19 years of experience in community development finance that includes the structuring and closing of over $1 billion utilizing Historic, New Markets and Low Income Housing Tax Credits. Before joining NTCIC, Ms. Hoopengardner was a Principal at Advantage Capital Partners, a finance company that specializes in using public-private partnerships to raise venture capital and small business capital for investments and loans in underserved areas. At Advantage, Merrill raised over $100 million per year in state and federal NMTC funds that were used to provide access to capital for small businesses nationwide.

Merrill began her tax credit career with the law firm Nixon Peabody LLP, where she represented a number of prominent community development entity, investor and project sponsor clients.

Merrill received her bachelor’s degree and law degree from Duke University. She is a member of the Novogradac Journal of Tax Credits Advisory Board, the Board of Directors of the New Markets Tax Credit Coalition, the SunTrust CDE Advisory Board, and the Banc of America CDE Advisory Board.

As Managing Partner, Brett Meringoff’s responsibilities include leading the company’s acquisitions and development activities, with a focus on large-scale redevelopment and mixed-income housing, as well as the strategic direction of the company.

Prior to joining Fairstead, Brett was Senior Vice President and development partner at WinnDevelopment, one of the oldest and largest affordable housing developers in the country. Under Brett’s leadership, projects entitled, in development and completed, totaled more than 4,900 units in 19 properties. At the time of his departure, there were 5 projects totaling nearly 1,000 units in the predevelopment pipeline.

In 2019, Brett was appointed by Governor Northam to the Board of the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. He also currently serves on the Board of the Latin American Youth Center in Washington DC, which has been providing educational and recreational programs for youths in the DC metropolitan area for nearly 50 years. Brett previously served on the Green/Energy Committee of the National Leased Housing Association, the Young Leaders Education Committee of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), DC Real Estate Group, the Executive Committee of the University of Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Regional Advisory Board (MARAB), and as a ULI Mentor. Brett received a Bachelor Arts from the University of Pennsylvania.

HTA was formed in 2001 by Wallace L. Scruggs, CPA, a former senior principal with the national accounting firm of The Reznick Group, (formerly Reznick, Fedder and Silverman). HTA has developed and is pursuing opportunities in Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Florida and New Jersey.

Mr. Scruggs and the HTA team, bring more than twentyfive years of experience in the development, financing & management of affordable housing and market-rate real estate. Each individual's commitment to the cause of affordable housing has left indelible and important marks on the industry.

HTA has experience developing multifamily affordable housing in both urban and rural settings and in both large and small markets. Beyond this ability, HTA has in its ranks some of the industry's leading talent in the financial structuring and execution of a deal. In addition to the skills of the HTA's Principal, the Company employs specialists with expertise in finance, management, marketing and development. Please refer to our People section for individual biographies for our Principals and key personnel.

From 2001 to present day, HTA has operated from its headquarters in Columbia, Maryland. Over the past 7 years HTA has developed numerous properties and consulted for various clients across the country. Today their portfolio contains over 1,300 units spread throughout the mid-atlanic

Chickie Grayson is president and chief executive officer of Enterprise Homes, Inc. She has more than 30 years of experience

in the development of housing for people from all walks of life.

Since 1987, when she began her career with Enterprise, Chickie has established a reputation for building high-quality,

affordable, workforce and market-rate rental and for-sale homes. Enterprise Homes has a successful track record in

large-scale master planning, undertaking and completing complex mixed-income housing developments in both urban and

suburban areas in the Mid-Atlantic region. Enterprise Homes also has extensive experience in layered financing to achieve its

goals by working with private institutions and federal, state and local officials. To date, Enterprise Homes has developed

over 6,200 for-sale and rental homes, including more than 2,000 homes that meet the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria.

Chickie has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Baltimore District Council of The Urban Land

Institute (ULI). She has also received the HOPE Leadership award for her achievements and dedication to providing

homeownership opportunities for minorities, and has been recognized by The Daily Record as an "Influential Marylander in

the field of Real Estate." Under her leadership, Enterprise Homes and its developments have received numerous awards,

including U.S. Green Building Council Neighborhood Development Awards for Excellence in Green Building, a HAND

Award for Best Development of the Year in the District of Columbia, an NAHB Multifamily Pillars of the Industry Award

for Workforce Housing, and an Excellence in Community Development Award from the MBIA Land Development Council.

Chickie is a graduate of the University of Maryland, where she earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in urban

affairs. She serves on the board of the Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition (MAHC), and is the current president.

Chickie also serves on the Board of the Parks and People Foundation. Chickie has served on the Affordable Housing

Advisory Councils of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

As CEO of the Dumas Collective, Mr. Binitie directs vision and oversight of the acquisition,

development, property management, and financial activities of the conglomerate—from

Washington, DC to New York. Mr. Binitie has an extensive tax credit financing experience

(LIHTC, NMTC and HTC) and has closed on financing from nearly every public capital

source available. To date Dumas Collective closed over $1.9B in financing resulting in

over 5,800 workforce and affordable units. Mr. Binitie maintains a narrow focus on the

creation and preservation of affordable housing for people of modest means.

• Buwa has over fifteen years of experience in financing complex real estate transactions.

By narrowly focusing on efficiently financing community development transactions,

Buwa has been successful in adding value beyond the numbers.

• Buwa speaks regularly at industry focused events. Recent engagements include

sessions with The Minority Resource, African‐American Real Estate Professionals,

Bisnow, DC Building Industry Association, Georgetown University and University of

Maryland—Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development and REEX.

• Buwa serves as a teaching mentor for the Equitable Development Program and

Housing Equity Accelerator Fellowship in partnership with Capital Impact Partners and

Amazon, Baker Tilly’s Equitable Development Initiative Network, Real Estate Executive

Council (REEC), LISC and Howard University.

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.

Robert A. Goldman has been President of Montgomery Housing Partnership (MHP)

since 2001. He also has worked in housing policy at the federal and local levels. He is a

recognized expert in affordable housing and in 2017 was selected as Practitioner of the

Year by the National NeighborWorks® Association.

Goldman is a past president and current member of the Housing Association of

Nonprofit Developers (HAND), as well as a member of the Community Development

Network of Maryland. He has served on the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Washington

Housing Initiative Council, the Maryland Sustainable Growth Commission, the Wheaton

Redevelopment Steering Committee, and the Long Branch Task Force.

Prior to joining MHP, Goldman worked as a Senior Development Officer at the

Enterprise Social Investment Corporation (ESIC) where he was involved in syndicating

low-income housing tax credit projects. He received his Juris Doctorate from UCLA Law

School, his master’s degree in Real Estate from Johns Hopkins University, and his

bachelor’s degree in Public Policy from Duke University.

A native Washingtonian, Goldman lives in Montgomery County, Md., with his wife and

daughter.

Meghan Altidor represents nonprofit and for-profit developers in acquiring, constructing, rehabilitating and operating affordable housing developments around the country.

Richard K. Devaney has over 31 years of institutional experience in the investment,

development and operations of multifamily housing and commercial real estate. In

2015, Mr. Devaney, along with two other seasoned multifamily rental lending

professionals, launched EagleBank’s FHA Multifamily Lending Division. This business

compliments EagleBank’s highly successful commercial real estate lending line of

business and has become a major contributor to the bank’s profitability, CRA and

affordable housing activities and objectives.

From 2006 through 2015, Mr. Devaney co-founded Crossbeam Capital, an institutional

real estate investment advisory firm, and launched its first private equity real estate

fund in 2007. As Chairman and CEO, Mr. Devaney had comprehensive company

responsibilities for investment strategy, capital markets, portfolio and asset

management, and investor relations with over $1 billion in assets under management.

Prior to forming Crossbeam Capital, Mr. Devaney served as National Vice President for

Equity and Mezzanine Debt Investments with the American Communities Fund at Fannie

Mae (“ACF”), and authored ACF’s five-year strategic plan. From 2001 to 2006, Mr.

Devaney managed a team that was primarily responsible for all of ACF’s equity

investments, generating $971 million in investments over 188 transactions, spanning

40,504 units, with a total market capitalization in excess of $5 billion.

Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Mr. Devaney was Senior Vice President of the Community

Development Lending Division at the Bank of America.

Mr. Devaney holds a B.A. from Belmont Abbey College, with majors in Economics and

Business Administration.

Washington, DC, Office Managing Partner Jeff Lesk is as a nationally recognized finance attorney. He works with investors, lenders, sponsors, developers and other private and public industry stakeholders to finance high-impact, socially oriented community developments.

Marilyn Melkonian is the president and founded Telesis Corporation in 1985. She has over 30 years of experience in housing policy, neighborhood regeneration, planning, development, and finance. She serves on several boards, including the Eisenhower Foundation, the Brookings Institute’s Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, and Common Cause. She founded the National Housing Trust in 1987 and currently serves as its chair. Former positions include Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Carter; General Counsel for Lucasfilm Ltd; and counsel to the architecture firm of John Carl Warnecke & Associates. She practiced law for 15 years in New York and Washington, D.C. and is a graduate of Stanford University Law School.

David represents Telesis and its affiliates in their operations and housing, real estate, and tax credit transactions. His work at Telesis includes structuring and negotiating complex real estate and tax credit financings, raising investment capital, managing litigation, overseeing compliance activities, and providing legal support for all of Telesis’s ongoing business. Prior to joining Telesis in 2006, David advised state and local governments, multilateral development banks, investment banks, and public and private companies on tax-exempt finance and project finance transactions, governance issues, securities regulation, and enforcement matters, and he served in the general counsel’s office at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he worked on housing finance and civil rights. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Law and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Bo Menkiti is the Founder and CEO of the Menkiti Group, a real estate company dedicated to transforming lives

and communities through real estate. The Menkiti Group is focused on strengthening neighborhoods through

the strategic development, management, and disposition of real estate in urban markets. Mr. Menkiti also

serves as CEO and is the Founding Partner of Keller Williams Capital Properties, a residential real estate

brokerage managed by the Menkiti Group.

Mr. Menkiti’s work has been featured in David Bornstein’s book on social entrepreneurs “How to Change the

World,” and in Stephen Goldsmith’s “The Power of Social Innovation.” Mr. Menkiti has been recognized

nationally by Ebony and Inc. Magazine as one of the coolest young entrepreneurs in America, and was awarded

The National Association of Realtors Prestigious “30 under 30” award in 2006. Mr. Menkiti was also honored

as a Minority Business Leader by the Washington Business Journal and named to the paper’s 2014 Power 100,

a list of the most influential business leaders in the Washington metropolitan area. He was also recently

honored by the National Association of Realtors as the District of Columbia Realtor of the Year in 2014 and as

Keller Williams Realty International’s 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year.

Under Mr. Menkiti’s leadership, the Menkiti Group and Keller Williams Capital Properties have been recognized

by Inc. Magazine as being among the fastest growing private companies in the nation and by the Initiative for

Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Fortune Magazine as two of the fastest growing inner city businesses in

America.

Prior to forming the Menkiti Group and Keller Williams Capital Properties, Mr. Menkiti served as Chief

Operating Officer of College Summit, a national non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the college

enrollment rate of low-income students. In this capacity, Mr. Menkiti oversaw the organization’s successful

growth into a multi-site national organization.

Mr. Menkiti served as the 2013 President of the District of Columbia Association of Realtors and is a board

member of City First Bank of DC and Dance Place. Mr. Menkiti also serves as a member of the Steering

Committee of the Small Business Policy Project and on the board of DC Water, the District of Columbia Water

and Sewer Authority. In 2015, Mr. Menkiti was inducted on the board of the Myer Foundation, the Federal

City Council, and was elected as the Executive Board Member of Prolanthropy. Earlier this year, Mr. Menkiti

launched the Capital Properties Menkiti Group Foundation, an organization that focuses its resources on

serving the diverse social needs existing in the National Capital Area.

Mr. Menkiti is a graduate of Harvard University. He lives in the District with his wife and three young sons.

Kristofor (KC) Peterson is a Vice President in the Affordable Housing Debt unit of Hunt Mortgage Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hunt Companies. Mr. Peterson has more than five years of commercial real estate experience, with a concentration in the senior housing, healthcare, and multifamily sectors. He maintains both LEAN 232 Healthcare and Multifamily Accelerated Processing (MAP) underwriter certifications. Over his career he has closed more than $250 million in transactions including market rate multifamily, affordable multifamily, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. Prior to joining Hunt Mortgage Group, Mr. Peterson served as an originator and underwriter for Pillar Capital Finance, LLC in Bethesda, MD. Before that he worked for a boutique Federal Housing Authority (FHA) lender in New York. Earlier in his career he worked on the analytics team at ITG (NYSE: ITG). In addition, he was a liaison trader and client relationship associate at Tradeweb. Mr. Peterson’s first job was as a private wealth advisor for a privately held wealth management firm. Mr. Peterson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Haverford College. He is also a graduate from Deerfield Academy. He is a member of the National Investment Center for Senior Housing & Care (NIC), The Eastern Lenders Association (ELA), the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and the Affordable Housing of Finance (AHF).

John is a Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager within KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Community Development

Lending and Investment Group. He is a member of the Group’s management team tasked with expanding the Bank’s

affordable housing platform from 12 to 50 states. Based in Manhattan, John focuses on establishing and expanding

relationships with real estate investors and owners of affordable housing based in the eastern US. Throughout his tenure

at the Bank John has served in many functions including working in the Bank’s Income Property Group, Asset Recovery

Group, and Private Equity Group.

Over his career, he has closed over $1.5 billion in multifamily housing loans throughout the nation. John has expertise in a

wide variety of asset types, including Affordable Housing, Market Rate Apartments, Manufactured Housing, Student

Housing, and Seniors Housing. Additionally, he is highly experienced in complex deal structures including

acquisition/rehabs, tax exempt bonds, low income housing tax credits, new construction, and permanent financing options

through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD.

John is a 2006 graduate of Morehouse College by way of Houston, Texas. While at Morehouse he graduate Cum Laude

with a Bachelors Degree in Finance and a minor in Economics. John currently serves as a Board Member of Bridge

Street Development Corporation and serves on the Steering committee of the New York Chapter of the Real Estate

Associates Program.

Richard Price focuses on real estate finance and regulation, affordable and rural housing and community development, government contracts, administrative law and legislation. He assists for-profit and nonprofit businesses and government agencies. Richard is the editor-in-chief of Nixon Peabody’s Affordable Housing and Community Development blog.

Mr. Lee joined the District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency in April, 2016. He serves as the

Executive Director. Mr. Lee is responsible for the overall supervision, coordination and

management of the Agency. He is an experienced leader in the field of multifamily and

commercial real estate finance with a diverse background in multiple areas of investment and

lending across multiple property types throughout the United States.

Prior to joining the Agency, Mr. Lee served as Vice President at Fannie Mae in the Multifamily

Division where he was responsible for leading the Structured Transactions and Seniors Housing

businesses with combined annual production of over $3 billion. He also carried his own portfolio

of large institutional multifamily borrowers which includes public and private real estate

investment trust as well as institutional investment funds.

Prior to this role, Mr. Lee served as Vice President for Multifamily Equity in the Community

Investments unit of the Multifamily Division at Fannie Mae. In this position, he managed a team

responsible for deploying capital into multifamily equity investments through partnerships with

institutional fund advisors and through direct asset acquisitions, in joint ventures with developers

and operating partners. At its peak, the investment portfolio was comprised of 44,000 apartment

units with a gross asset value of $4.5 billion. He also served on the Multifamily Risk Management

Committee.

Mr. Lee joined Fannie Mae in April 2001 as the Northeast Regional Director for the American

Communities Fund (ACF), where he oversaw a team responsible for the origination, structuring

and underwriting of senior debt, mezzanine debt, direct equity, and lines of credit for affordable

and market rate residential development covering a territory spanning from Maine to Washington,

DC.

Before joining Fannie Mae in 2001, Mr. Lee was Vice President/Structuring Specialist for Bank of

America's Real Estate Structured Debt Group; Vice President for Chevy Chase Bank's Real

Estate Banking Group (now Capital One Bank); and Assistant Vice President for NationsBank's

Community Development Lending Group (now Bank of America). He began his career in 1991 at

Riggs National Bank in Washington, D.C. (now PNC) as a Commercial Banking Associate where

he completed the Bank’s formal credit training program. During his career Mr. Lee has delivered

billions in debt and equity capital for the acquisition, development and re- development of

multifamily and commercial real estate.

Mr. Lee is a member of the Urban Land Institute and District of Columbia Building Industry

Association. He currently serves on the District of Columbia Housing Preservation Strike Force

as the Chair of the Finance sub-committee. Mr. Lee is a past board member of East of the River

Community Development Corporation. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in

Finance from The College of William and Mary.

Winell Belfonte is a partner in CohnReznick’s Affordable Housing and Not-for-Profit and Education Industry

practices. She serves as the partner in charge of the Firm's New York office affordable housing practice. In this

capacity, she is the lead service provider and business advisor to her clients and accountable for the

dissemination and implementation of technical issues for affordable housing and not-for-profit clients.

Winell has 30 years of experience providing services to a broad range of clients. Her extensive experience

comes in the areas of audit, accounting, and tax for not-for-profit and for-profit clients including real estate

developers, investors, syndicators, contractors, and property managers, as well as charities and foundations.

Her business advisory expertise includes strategic planning, the design and implementation of internal control

structures, financial analysis, budgets, regulatory compliance, and investor requirements.

As a frequent speaker, Winell has become well known for her technical expertise. She has spoken to many

not-for-profit and affordable housing audiences and graduated from a nine-month community leadership

program with Leadership of Greater Washington in 2010.

Ross Draber is the chief operating officer of United Bank, a subsidiary of United Bankshares, Inc., a $19.3 billion bank holding company. He is responsible for the performance and profitability of the Bank, directing commercial and consumer banking sales and service operations throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area. Draber oversees the region’s market presidents and works alongside them to drive growth and develop business strategy and execution plans.

Draber has played an integral role in United Bank’s expansion since assuming the role in 2015. During that time, United Bank has grown to over 70 branches in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. It has the number one deposit market share among community banks in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area. Draber is highly involved with the merger and acquisition team and was instrumental in the Bank’s successful acquisitions of Cardinal Financial Corporation and its subsidiaries George Mason Mortgage, LLC and Cardinal Wealth Services, Inc. (2017); Bank of Georgetown (2016); and Virginia Commerce Bank (2014).

Draber previously served as a senior vice president of treasury and corporate finance. In this role, he managed the capital adequacy and regulatory risk of United Bankshares, Inc., serving on the Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) and stress test development team. He oversaw the mergers and acquisitions analysis and supervised commercial loan pricing and term sheet structuring within United Bank. Prior to that, Draber held several positions in treasury and credit administration.

Draber is a CFA® charterholder and a 2017 Washington Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree. He graduated from Washington and Lee University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Business Administration.

Ava LaTanya Hilton joined the CulturalDC Board of Directors in 2015. She currently serves as the

Interim Executive Director.

Mrs. Hilton is sought by senior executives in both private and public sector organizations to provide

counsel and insight from her more than 25 years of experience in technology and organization

development.

Although Tanya started her career with IBM and translated her technology experience using an IBM

sponsored MBA program at Harvard University and studies at the University of Manchester Institute of

Science and Technology in England for an Masters, into large scale organization transformations,

leading consulting practices in the non-profit, private and public sectors for PriceWaterhouseCoopers

and Booz Allen Hamilton, her roots in the arts run deep.

She was a performing artist in the US and Europe, her dad was a Mowtown Legend, and her sister is

currently an award winning actor, playwright and director. Before joining the world of consulting Ava had

the honor of leading the Educational Foundation for the American Association of University Women

(AAUW). She spearheaded the groundbreaking work “How schools shortchange girls”, and led the rapid

growth of the foundation’s overall assets.

Her innovative work with non-profit organizations continues through her consulting group Hilton Advisors

LLC, and her service as a member of the Goodman Theater Womens Board, the University of Chicago’s

Womens Board, CulturalDC’s Board of Directors, and as a founding member of the Washington Area

Women’s Foundation “100 Group.