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David Brickman – CEO, NewPoint Real Estate Capital – David.Brickman@NewPoint.com  
David Gasson – Partner, MG Housing Strategies – DSGasson@MGHousingStrategies.com
Bob Moss – Partner, MG Housing Strategies – BMoss@MGHousingStrategies.com

Speakers and Panels

David Gasson

David Gasson

Partner

MG Housing Strategies

Bob Moss

Bob Moss

Partner

MG Housing Strategies

David Brickman
Moderator

David Brickman

CEO

NewPoint Real Estate Capital

Malia Magazzeni
Emcee

Malia Magazzeni

Director, Northeast

Bisnow

David Gasson

Partner

MG Housing Strategies

After working in Washington, DC for almost 10 years in a variety of capacities for

Representative Richard Gephardt (D-MO), Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell (D-

ME) and the Democratic Party, David Gasson joined Boston Capital in 1995 as Vice

President and Director. Joining with industry pioneers Herb Collins and Jack Manning,

and utilizing his years of experience on Capitol Hill, David quickly became a leading

voice on policy and advocacy with decision makers in the Nation's Capital.

David's responsibilities included representing Boston Capital's housing and tax agenda

before the administration and Congress in Washington, DC, regularly meeting with

administration officials, legislative leaders and senior legislative staff. He also briefed

investor and developer partners on the legislative and political landscape.

Since 1995, David has served as the Executive Director of the Housing Advisory Group.

A 501 c 6 organization founded in 1993, the Housing Advisory Group educates state and

federal officials on housing programs and formulates policies leading to the expansion

of affordable housing production. The Housing Advisory Group's membership consists

of developers and professionals from across the country involved in the affordable

housing industry. David is an original member of the Affordable Housing ACTION

Campaign, where he sits on the steering committee. He also serves on the

policy/legislative subcommittee and the tax reform working group. David is a member

of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition (AHTCC) and the National Leased

Housing Association (NLHA). He also serves as an advisor to the Council of

Independent State Housing Associations (CISHA) on policy and national advocacy.

On behalf of his many affiliations, David regularly consults with Members of Congress

and congressional staff on policies affecting affordable housing. He is a sought-after

speaker at national conferences, industry gatherings, state association meetings and

with investor groups across the country.

On the home front in Boston, David serves on the Board of Directors of the John F.

Kennedy Library Foundation, the Community Advisory Board of WBUR, Boston's NPR

news station and as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Business

Leadership.

Bob Moss

Partner

MG Housing Strategies

Bob Moss led CohnReznick' s federal and state government relations efforts as their

lobbyist focusing on the affordable housing industry from 2013 to 2021. In this capacity,

he helped protect client interests in the affordable housing industry through the

legislative process. Before joining CohnReznick, Bob was the Senior Vice President and

Director of Origination, Affordable Housing, from 1993-2013 of Boston Capital.

Bob has 30 years of affordable, multifamily housing experience ranging from LIHTC

syndication to preservation and development. He served as the Chairman of the

National Leased Housing Association, a unique organization serving both public and

private organizations in the affordable multifamily rental housing field. He is also active

with the Council of Independent State Housing Associations (CISHA), the Affordable

Housing Tax Credit Coalition, and the ACTION Legislative Steering committee. His

extensive industry and government experience includes serving as the Chairman of the

non-partisan Housing Advisory Group, which is active in preserving the Low-Income

Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program in Congress. He has also served as the Federal

Legislative Subcommittee Chair for the Housing Credit Group of the National

Association of Home Builders (NAHB).

Bob has testified before the full House Ways and Means Committee on tax credit

reform and residential real estate hearings, as well as Senate and House

Subcommittees on affordable housing issues. In 2015, he was inducted into the

National Affordable Housing Hall of Fame by Affordable Housing Finance magazine. He

was also honored with the Daniel M. Grady Memorial Award by NAHB for his

commitment to advocacy.

David Brickman

Moderator

NewPoint Real Estate Capital

David M. Brickman is the Chief Executive Officer of NewPoint Real Estate Capital and

Executive Chairman of Meridian Capital Group, a leading commercial real estate

services firm. He also serves as a Senior Advisor to Stone Point Capital, a leading

private equity firm in the real estate and financial services arenas.

At the end of January 2021 David stepped down as Chief Executive Officer of Freddie

Mac, one of the largest providers of mortgage financing in the U.S. Prior to that, he

served as President and as a member of the Board of Directors. During his tenure he led

the $2 trillion company through a period of significant growth, change, and disruption as

the firm successfully navigated the challenges of the COVID crisis.

Brickman spent most of his career at Freddie Mac leading and transforming the

multifamily business, presiding over a remarkable period of growth. Production rose

from $16 billion in 2010 to almost $80 billion in 2018. He also established the

company’s flagship K-Deal securitization program as one of the leading securitized

products in the structured finance market. He drove significant innovation by expanding

Freddie Mac’s products and offerings – particularly those serving the growing need for

affordable and workforce housing.

Brickman’s educational accomplishments include doctoral coursework for a Ph.D. in

economics and real estate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master’s

degree in public policy from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from the

University of Pennsylvania. He’s been a professorial lecturer at George Washington

University, an adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins University and is a non-resident

Fellow at the Urban Institute. He also holds a US patent for a unique mortgage-backed

security structure.

What You'll Learn:

Register today to hear from affordable housing finance and housing policy experts who
will address the following and more:

  • What are the key housing policy issues of 2023?

  • How will the mid-term election results impact housing policy? 

  • What does the future hold for the LIHTC program? 

  • Does gridlock impact the multifamily and affordable housing business?

Question for our panel? Send it to info@newpoint.com and we’ll address it live on air.

Agenda

Time Activity
5:30 PM
6:15 PM
The 2023 Affordable Housing Policy Playbook