President and CEO, Rochelle Mills is responsible for IHO’s housing development, new project and program initiatives, business development relations, and oversees legislative, advocacy and policy interests as well as stakeholder relations. Ms. Mills brings a diverse background in architecture, design, construction administration, community planning, writing, and cultural tourism. She is immediate past President of the Southern California Association of NonProfit Housing (SCANPH), and serves on several public and nonprofit boards, services committees, and leader groups.

Monique’s extensive experience in varied private-sector industries provides her with a unique lens to oversee her current not-for-profit responsibilities. Previously, she served as Human Resources Manager for Drybar, a successful startup concept with over 70 locations nationwide. Weathering the challenging environment of the financial industry, from 2007-2013, Monique held Human Resources and operations positions of increasing responsibility at Morgan Stanley; Mountain LTD (an AT&T provider); and Equator, LLC (now Altisource). She enjoyed an 8-year career at H&R block as Director, Administration & Human Resources where she earned six sigma and project management certifications and was recognized by the Gallup Organization as a Top Tier (3%) nationwide leader. Monique began her career with Disney, leading their Human Resource and Training Programs. A native of Los Angeles, she holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Organizational Leadership and is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach & Consultant (StrengthsFinder 2.0) through the Gallup Organization. As an advocate for affordable housing, in addition to being a member of several housing-focused organizations within the greater Los Angeles area, Monique was an early adopter of a nationwide partnership with Habitat for Humanity which allowed for strong community alliances focused on housing. Her history in the financial sector brought the opportunity for Monique to work on several HUD initiatives including Hope Now, an initiative to facilitate maintaining homeownership during the economic real estate recession. Monique started at the Trust as a Chief Administration Officer where she designed and administered programs, procedures, and guidelines to align the workforce with the strategic goals of the organization. With a comprehensive background in Human Resources and corporate administration, Monique understands compliance requirements, HR laws, and has the confidence and ability to make tough business and personnel decisions when necessary. Monique is a listener; she identifies and learns how challenges are affecting her organization and she solves complex problems with oftentimes simple solutions. She is adept at shifting mindsets and cultural standards in a proactive and positive way; taking what has been done well and maximizing it to become even better. Working to end homelessness Monique was recognized by US Bank, in conjunction with People magazine, for her work with Skid Row Housing Trust. As the Chief Community Officer she partners with multiple entities for purposes related to advocacy and ambassadorship for the homeless community and the 2000 Skid Row Housing Trust residents housed in one of their 26 buildings. She advocates for the homeless community in efforts to address the disparate impact of homelessness in the African American, Women, LBGTQI, and previously incarcerated communities. Those efforts address policies specific to these communities. Monique addresses the needs of these communities by providing suggested legal or policy changes at the appropriate government level and finds “This work, in particular, the most rewarding because I feel I am truly having a positive impact and helping to change lives for the better.” Under Monique’s leadership as the Chief Community Officer, Skid Row Housing Trust is constantly improving internal organizational effectiveness while diligently working to transform Los Angeles into a community where everyone has a home. Monique has led these efforts by placing an emphasis on client service & expectations, identifying opportunities, streamlining processes, and enhancing personal & professional accountability. Monique has also established a strategic direction based on creating a culture of learning and training which has resulted in significantly improved employee and client engagement and optimism.

Linda Padilla-Smyth is the Director of Real Estate and Property Management for Chapman University. She provides leadership in increasingly complex management and operation of University residential homes and commercial tenant leased properties in and out of state, oversee real estate portfolio consist of office buildings, apartments, condominiums, duplexes, bare lots, ground leases, educational use, easement agreements (local and outside California). Linda manages Chapman University Real Estate portfolio and ongoing requirements including transaction management, facilities management, and corporate services. In total, real estate and property management oversee 170 properties. She leads their workforce housing program in academic village in Old Town Orange. She oversees the Faculty/Staff Rental Program of meticulously restored homes that reflect their own unique character. She has assisted Chapman University with the structuring, initiating negotiation, due diligence, purchased and closing over $80 million dollars of real property. She works closely with University Advancement to analyze, provide opinions, values, conducts due diligence, and liquidates real estate assets gift to the University by donors. She serves in a key leadership role at the University interacting with staff, faculty, President, Provost, senior leadership, and trustees in various capacities. She collaborate on campus wide initiatives such as the Diversity and Inclusion Plan, the Chapman Experience, and the I’m In Campaign. She is Executive Board Member on the Chapman University LatinX Staff and Faculty Forum which promotes aims to provide support to LatinX students, staff and faculty by developing connections and building a bridge between students, parents, alumni, community organizations and the Chapman community. She has over 24 years of experience in land use, development, and real estate. Prior to Chapman, the majority of her employment was in public sector working in redevelopment agencies doing redevelopment, economic development, and housing. She has a law degree from Western State University, College of Law. Her law degree has proven to be an essential asset in acquisition and disposition of real property, personnel issues, and compliance with state and federal requirements. Outside Professional Organization She the current President for CREW-Orange County Board and served as the former Chair of the biggest signature event, SPIRE (Superior Performance in Real Estate) Awards Ceremony for the CREW-OC (Commercial Real Estate Women). The purpose of the SPIRE Awards is to recognize and honor top industry performers during 2017 in their respective market segment. these are the people who are making deals happen. The event typically draw 300 people and is highly publicized in the OCBJ, Globe St, BizNow and other industry publications as well and several social media channels. The 8 categories of awards are Women in Real Estate, Leasing, Sales, Lending, Building Renovation New Construction, Tenant Improvement, and Philanthropy. Linda sits on the Council of Academic Workforce Housing which is a coalition of universities and colleges who provide housing for their workforce which consists of a group of non-profits, foundations, and University departments. The coalition manages affordable housing programs for employees of the University. The Council is a forum for education, networking, and sharing best practices in Workforce Housing. She is a current board member for McCoy Rigby Conservatory of the Arts. She was formerly a board member on the La Habra Chamber of Commerce. As part of the CREW-Orange County, Linda has donated to Wiseplace and participated in the Summer Part to raise funds for Wiseplace. Wiseplace transforms the lives of approximately 90 women each year, by providing safe, affordable transitional housing, healthy meals, financial-empowerment curriculum and employment assistance, to help women move from homelessness and hopelessness to self-reliance. Case managers provide personalized counseling to help each woman overcome issues that led to unemployment and homelessness. Further, Linda donates to the CREW Network Foundation annually. Linda has supported the McCoy Rigby Conservatory of the Arts No Limits Program giving children with special needs a place to learn performance skills and have an education in the arts by donating generously at the annual gala. She encourages others to attend the gala in order to raise awareness for children with special needs having an outlet to be kid. She has supported the LatinX Programs at Chapman University with include: World Café, LatinX Graduation, LatinX Student and Staff Programs. Linda’s passion is to pass on to the younger generation what has been given to her. She is passionate about advocacy for Latino’s in higher education. In 2006 and 2007, Linda served as Chair of the Computer Genius Program for Hope Worldwide in which low income eighth grader completed an 8 week training in the summer of various computer programs taught by volunteers and the end took home their own personal computers donated from Ingram Micro. Linda is an active member of the Orange County Church of Christ for over 25 years where she has donated time, money, and hard work for various programs and needs for people within the church and outside the community.

Laure Thibodeau brings 18 years of multifamily experience to her role as Sr. Regional Property Manager of Operations for the California region with LMC. Laure has held roles across the industry with Carmel Partners, GH Palmer and UDR, giving her a diverse background that includes lease-ups, acquisitions, dispositions, renovations and repositions. Prior to joining LMC in 2016, Laure was the Regional Property Manager for UDR overseeing their portfolio in Los Angeles. Laure currently oversees a portfolio of more than 2,700 homes for LMC at various stages from pre-development to ongoing operations. Laure has been involved in 14 lease-up communities and 5 dispositions with LMC. Laure works side by side with the development team on underwriting and is involved in the pre-development planning and programming of all assets in the portfolio. She also works closely with all departments to ensure communities are achieving their goals and exceeding financial performance expectations. Laure makes a positive impact on her teams daily with strong mentorship and a dedicated attitude to always doing the right thing, the right way. She believes in leading by example by staying active in the industry and innovating her approach. Laure graduated from University of California with a master’s degree in Regulatory Sciences and a bachelor’s degree in biology.

Stacy Stemen is a real estate industry marketing specialist. Throughout her 20-year marketing career, she has successfully driven brand growth and business development for several national companies. As Vice President, Corporate Marketing for Passco Companies, Mrs. Stemen oversees all aspects of marketing, public relations, special events, conferences and business development for the firm. In this role, she spearheads the development of the Passco brand and manages the strategic growth of the company’s visibility across the nation. Prior to joining Passco Companies, Mrs. Stemen worked for nearly two decades in the marketing industry, most recently serving in a leadership role for Thompson National Properties’ marketing division. Mrs. Stemen is a graduate of California State University, Fullerton, and is an active member of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), sits on the Conference Planning Committee for the Alternative and Direct Investment Securities Association (ADISA) and President for Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) – Orange County Chapter. In 2016, Ms. Stemen was nominated by the Orange County Business Journal as a “Woman in Business” and recognized as a “Woman of Influence” by Real Estate Forum.

Named in the 2019 Building Design + Construction Magazine's class of the top 40 Under 40 professionals for their transformative leadership in the AEC profession, Stacey serves as the Southwest Regional Design Resilience leader and Director of Sustainable Design in the Newport Beach office. Stacey specializes in integrated sustainable design and strategic thinking for all practice areas, including: hospitality, retail, sports, campuses, higher education, corporate headquarters + offices, net zero energy projects, and master planning. Her holistic approach includes facilitating eco-visioning sessions, managing third party certification; materials and health + wellbeing research, and development of both internal and external educational content. She is a LEED Fellow, certified interior designer, and professionally accredited in EcoDistricts and Fitwel third party certification programs. She is the go-to resource for eco charretting for health and wellbeing, environmental stewardship integration, and third party certification program knowledge, including: LEED, Fitwel, WELL, EcoDistricts, Living Building Challenge, and others. Stacey sits on the Advisory Committee to the Center for Active Design for Fitwel credit content management. Additional extra-curricular involvement includes serving as the Education Chair for NEWH, where she manages sustainable content for major US Hospitality tradeshows and conferences. Examples of recent project work include a confidential State University project pursuit of the Living Building Challenge certification with the goal of being Net Positive Energy and LEEDv4 Platinum; the Westfield Century City outdoor shopping mall (LEED Gold), Century Plaza Hotel (LEED for Neighborhood & Development), the Banc of California LAFC stadium (LEED BD&C Gold), Hugo Boss Boston (LEEDv4 ID&C Gold), and multiple CBRE locations including the Masonic Temple, to name a few.

Ms. Morse has more than 16 years of experience within the Real Estate and Construction industries in the United States. After managing student housing during college, Nicole kickstarted her career as a Contracts Administrator at the age of 19 with one of the largest land owners in Southern California. Nicole progressed into property and asset management managing several properties at both the local and regional level making her an expert at operations and construction of multi-family portfolios. She secured commercial construction experience as a Project Manager on several accounts for both commercial and industrial buildings in and outside of the United States, successfully managing award-winning relocations, acquisitions and development projects as well as decommissioning significant amounts of real estate portfolios with large complexities. She is proficient in managing and coordinating employees and project teams. Her attention to detail has given her a keen eye for the finer points of design and development. Her ability to build valuable relationships makes her a key asset to projects with important pre-existing or new working partnerships. As a tenured project manager, Nicole and her teams masterfully produce projects including ground-up construction, hospitality, affordable housing and corporate interior build-outs for Fortune 500 clients. She has received certification as an OSHA 30 trained safety professional as well as 3-hour Accessibility Certification, PMP certification with the Project Management Institute and is a WELL Accredited Professional.

Having successfully completed a myriad of complex secured finance deals over her 30-year real estate finance career, Susan Graham has a reputation for timely, efficient, and dependable deal-making and always goes the extra mile to add unique value. She brings insider knowledge to the table to help her commercial borrower clients quickly and smoothly close market-wise loans for their properties—mixed- use projects, office buildings, multi-family developments, retail centers, and industrial sites, and helps lenders across a spectrum of matters, including bridge lending, loan modifications, workouts, REO sales, foreclosures, and more. Wide-Ranging Service Working from our Orange County office, Susan quarterbacks a billion dollars annually in multi-state or single-state deals across the country for her U.S. and international clients. Her well-developed local counsel network allows her to handle jurisdictional matters across multiple states and remain highly involved in her clients’ transactions. When a loan requires specialized entitlement, environmental, tax, corporate, or other deal-specific attention, she seamlessly facilitates the work using the formidable in- house resources of her knowledgeable Allen Matkins colleagues. Borrowers Counsel Borrowers everywhere benefit from Susan’s civil, pragmatic approach. She is known for focusing on client goals and moving things along, offering sound strategic advice without over-lawyering issues or grandstanding. Thanks to her decades of doing deals, she’s quick to identify workable market solutions without getting hung up on immaterial issues, which results in better deals for her clients. CONFIDENTIAL MATERIALS | ATTORNEY ADVERTISING Allen Matkins Susan represents borrowers in connection with structuring, negotiating and documenting all types of real estate secured loan transactions, including loan originations and modification agreements. She also negotiates often-complicated construction, and bridge and permanent financings tailored to fit client needs, making sure that the borrower understands all the implications that might affect their exit strategy or development plans. Further, through the years, she has built good relations with borrowers—often client CFOs or general counsel—and lenders alike, and she enjoys bringing parties together for mutually beneficial opportunities. Lenders Counsel Susan represents lenders in connection with loan originations as well as enforcement of remedies, including modifications, forbearance agreements, non-judicial foreclosures, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, and other resolutions of distressed debt. In all matters, Susan puts together the right lean team to get things done economically and with dispatch. She’s quick to review deal documents, pick up the phone and explain the issues to her client, and develop a workable position that she rapidly communicates to the other side. Along the way, she often makes introductions to other Allen Matkins clients with similar interests who may have new insights—connections that can lead to further efficiencies and collaborations.

Jeannie Vu is Chief Financial Officer of JRK Property Holdings. Prior to joining JRK, Jeannie was Senior Vice President at Colony Capital. At Colony, she held various roles in acquisitions, originations, and corporate finance. Previously, Jeannie was an Associate in the Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group at FBR Capital Markets and a Senior Associate in the assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Jeannie received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Marshall Business School, University of Southern California.