Affordable Housing Finance launched its Housing Hall of Fame in 2006 to pay tribute to the pioneers who have advanced the cause of affordable housing and made lasting contributions to the industry.
Each year, the magazine continues to solicit nominations for this prestigious honor from the readers. If you know of an industry veteran who is worthy of this recognition, please email Christine Serlin at cserlin@zondahome.com by May 31 with the nominee’s name, organization, and why you think the person should be part of this elite group of housing leaders.
Here’s a look back at the 80 industry leaders who have been honored over the years.
2006:
Herb Collins, Boston Capital
The late Cushing Dolbeare, National Low Income Housing Coalition
Charles Edson, Nixon Peabody
Bart Harvey, Enterprise Community Partners
U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel
Bobby Rozen, legislative counsel to Sen. George Mitchell, Washington Council Ernst & Young
2007:
Richard Baron, McCormack Baron Salazar
The late Gale Cincotta, National Peoples’ Action – “mother of the CRA”
The late Terry Duvernay, HUD and Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Ron Grzywinski, ShoreBank Corp.
The late John Pritscher, Community Investment Corp.
2008:
Conrad Egan, National Housing Conference
The late Clara Fox, Settlement Housing Fund
Carla Hills, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Nicolas Retsinas, Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
2009:
Renee Glover, Atlanta Housing Authority
Sister Lillian Murphy, Mercy Housing
John McEvoy, National Council of State Housing Agencies
The late George Knight, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp. president/Volunteers of America board member
The late Donald Terner, BRIDGE Housing
2010:
Robert Greer, Michaels Development
The late David Reznick, Reznick Group
The late James and Patricia Rouse, Enterprise
Julia Stasch, MacArthur Foundation
2011:
Amy Anthony, Preservation of Affordable Housing
Wilfred Cooper Sr., WNC & Associates
Jack Manning, Boston Capital
2012:
Michael Bodaken, National Housing Trust
Patrick Clancy, The Community Builders
Michael Levitt, The Michaels Organization
2013:
Helen Dunlap, HUD, California Housing Partnership, consultant
Joe Hagan, National Equity Fund
Judd Levy, Community Development Trust
Jeanne Peterson, CohnReznick
Sam Tsemberis, Pathways to Housing
2014:
Paul Fate, CommonBond Communities
Richard Goldstein, Nixon Peabody
Hal Keller, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
Al Scott, The NRP Group
Ronne Thielen, R4 Capital
2015:
Jim Chandler, Virginia Housing Development Authority
Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition
Willie Jones, The Community Builders
Bob Moss, CohnReznick
2016:
Michael Novogradac, Novogradac & Co.
Tony Salazar, McCormack Baron Salazar
J. Ronald Terwilliger, J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families
2017:
Michael Costa, Highridge Costa Cos.
Chickie Grayson, Enterprise Homes
Mark McDaniel, Cinnaire
Barry Zigas, Consumer Federation of America
2018:
Mike Alvidrez, Skid Row Housing Trust
Carol Galante, Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley
Kim Herman, Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Nan Roman, National Alliance to End Homelessness
2019:
Jane Graf, Mercy Housing
The late Ed Lee, San Francisco mayor
Denise Muha, National Leased Housing Association
Walter Webdale, AHC
2020:
Bev Bates, The Community Builders
Noel Khalil, Columbia Residential
Sue Reynolds, Community HousingWorks
Pat Sheridan, Volunteers of America
2021:
Anne Segrest McCulloch, Housing Partnership Equity Trust
Diana McIver, DMA Cos.
John Parvensky, Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
2022:
Debbie Burkart, National Equity Fund
Percival Vaz, AMCAL group of companies
Arthur and Gilbert Winn, WinnCompanies
2023:
Jim Logue, Cinnaire
Jenny Netzer, TCAM
Joe Reilly, The Community Development Trust
Jonathan Rose, Jonathan Rose Cos.
John Rucker, Stifel
2024:
Lisa Alberghini, Housing Partnership Network
Gary Gorman, Gorman & Co.
Paul Sween, Dominium
Monica Hilton Sussman and Stephen J. Wallace, Nixon Peabody