SheSpeaks Directory
Welcome to SheSpeaks, WAHN’s speaker directory connecting event organizers with inspiring female speakers.
Our goal: To offer an easy-to-access list of experts for conferences, panels, podcasts, and more. Join us and amplify women’s voices. If you would like us to consider adding you to the directory, please submit your details at https://wahnetwork.org/speaker-submission/.
CHEERS to Hunter Matthews of Aprio who suggested this idea during conversations with national leadership at the GA Affordable Housing Coalition Conference, and at WAHN, we strive to hear and implement all great ideas!
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National
Kanan Ajmera
Founder & CEO | Builders Patch
Asset Management | Property Management | Technology | Lending Technology | Multifamily Housing Development
Laing Akers
Partner | Barnes & Thornburg
Legal
Tiffani Barletta
Sr. Vice President | CSG Advisors
Asset Management | Developer | Government Agency | Policy | Property Management
Cynthia Bast
Chair, Affordable Housing & Community Development Section | Locke Lord
Legal
Kristin Bolan
Manager, Stabilized & Special Assets | Cinnaire
Asset Manager | Property Manager
Cricket Cleary
Director of Development | Lincoln Avenue Communities
Developer
Jeanne Marie Coronado
Vice President Debt & Structured Finance | CBRE
Finance/Banking/Lending
Rebecca Darling
Partner | Novogradac & Company
Accounting | Developer
Rebecca Davies Adams
Sr. Associate, Asset Management | Belveron Partners
Asset Management | Property Management | Portfolio Reporting
Kathleen Day
Sr. Project Manager | POAH Inc.
Developer | Parental Leave
Tanya Dempsey
Co-CEO | CSG Advisors
Asset Management | Community Development | Developer | Finance/Banking/Lender | Government Agency | Policy | Property Management
Melissa Dunn
Audit Partner | Aprio
Accounting | DEI&B
Rose Eaton
Chief Credit Officer | Fallbrook Financial Services Company
Asset Management | Finance/Banking/Lender | Property Management
Cindy Fang
Partner | CohnReznick
Asset Management | Community Development | Policy | Affordable Housing Industry Research | Underwriting
Katie Goar
President | Quadel
Government Agency | Policy | Strategic Leadership | Advocacy | Many more…
Nicole Graham
Co-CEO | CSG Advisors
Asset Management | Community Development | Developer | Finance/Banking/Lender | Government Agency | Policy
Jennifer Horne
Founding Partner | Urban Campus & Core
Developer
Terri Johnson, CRE
Partner | Capstan Tax Strategies
Cost Segregation Studies | Energy-Efficiency Studies
Mattye Jones
Director | Coats Rose
Legal
Jenna Juniper Ghisolfo
Housing Consultants of America
Property Management | Compliance & Business Etiquette
Allison King
Partner | Tiber Hudson
Finance/Banking/Lender | Legal | Affordable Housing 4% Bond Financing
Sarah Kirk
Principal | HR&A Advisors
Community Development | Policy | Affordable Housing Planning | Program Design | Market Analysis
Kimberly Latimer-Nelligan
COO | National Affordable Housing Trust
Community Development | DEI&B | Finance/Banking/Lender
Lori Little
President & CEO | National Affordable Housing Trust
Asset Management | Community Development | Developer | Finance/Banking/Lender
Molly McCafferty
Partner | CohnReznick
Accounting
Stephanie McFadden
Chef Lending Officer | Low Income Investment Fund
Asset Management | Community Development | DEI&B | Finance/Banking/Lender
Nan McKay
Founder & CEO | Nan McKay Connects
Government Agency | Leadership & Management Topics
Susanna Medoff
Owner | Stream Consultive
Community Development
Lauren Migliore
Manager-Affordable Housing Valuation | CohnReznick
Finance/Banking/Lender
Maygen Moore
VP, Affordable Housing & National Funds | Low Income Investment Fund
Community Development | DEI&B | Finance/Banking/Lender | Policy
Morgan Murphy
Vice President | PGIM Real Estate
Finance/Banking/Lender
Jenice Myers
Director of Development Operations | Kittle Property Group
Community Development | Developer
Heather Perry
CEO & Managing Partner | DOZ
Accounting | LIHTC | HUD RD | Not-for-profit
Stephanie Rhodes
Sr. Project Leader | National Church Residences
Community Development | DEI&B | Developer
Grace Rutledge
Portfolio & Asset Manager | Sugar Creek Capital
Asset Management | Government Agency | Policy
Cassia Schaeffer
Partner | Cassin & Cassin
Legal
Victoria Templeton
Multifamily Studio Lead, Architect | RQAW Corporation
Architecture
Angie Truitt
Managing Director & Executive Partner | Joseph Chris Partners Executive Search
Recruiting/Hiring/Retaining Talent
City/State/Regional
California
Sarah Buchanan
Executive Vice President | San Diego Housing Federation
San Diego, CA
Community Development | DEI&B | Housing Production | Many more…
Melissa Peterman
Executive Director | Townspeople
San Diego, CA
Permanent Supportive Housing | Homelessness Solutions
District of Columbia
Autumn Leatham
SVP & Commercial Lending Team Leader | City First Bank
Washington, DC
Community Development | Finance/Banking/Lender
Florida
Cassie Brown
Partner | Coleman Talley
Jacksonville, FL
Legal
Georgia
Rebecka Griffin Frate, CPA
Assurance Sr. Manager | Tidwell Group
Alpharetta, GA
Accounting | Communications | Organization | Team Building | Time Management | Managing Teams | Leadership | and many more….
Maureen Freehill
Director | National Church Residences
Atlanta, GA
Developer | Government Agency | Policy | Property Management | Special Needs Housing | Supportive Housing | Integrated Collaborating Services & Housing
Michigan
April Priebe
Special Assets Manager | Cinnaire
Howell, MI
Asset Management | Property Management | REO Receivership
New York
Jessica Cherepski
SVP, Originations | Merchants Capital
New York, NY
Finance/Banking/Lender | Production & Credit
North Carolina
Morgan Mansa
Deputy Director of Housing | Wake County Government
Raleigh, NC
Community Development | Government Agency | Policy
Nancy Pearce
Risk Manager | CAHEC
Raleigh, NC
Financing/Banking/Lender | Government Underwriting | Insurance for Multi-Family
Ohio
Melissa Carleton
Partner | Bricker Graydon
Columbus, OH
DEI&B | Legal
Merydith Greene
VP, Asset Management & Development | Fairfield Homes
Columbus, OH
Asset Management | Developer
Millicent (Millie) Hurtt
Vice President, Development Officer | RiverHills Bank | Vice President | Women’s Affordable Housing Network
Columbus, OH
DEI&B | Finance/Banking/Lender
Joyce Perry
VP of Human Resources | Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
Columbus, OH
DEI&B | Human Resources | Leadership Development | Change Management | Organization Culture
Rhode Island
Dr. Patricia Jackson
Executive Director | Habitat for Humanity of Greater Providence & East Bay
Providence, RI
Community Development | DEI&B | Policy | Property Management
South Carolina
Tina Belge
Policy & Advocacy Director | Greenville Housing Fund
Greenville, SC
Policy | Affordable Housing Policy | Coalition Building
Tracey Easton
Sr. Counsel | Moore & Van Allen
Lexington, SC
Legal
Tennessee
Dominique Anderson
CEO | DACGroup
Nashville, TN
Community Development | DEI&B | Developer | Affordable & Workforce Housing | Diversity in RE Development
Texas
Antoinette Jackson
Principal | The Banks Law Firm
Houston, TX
DEI&B | Legal