National Council of State Housing AgenciesNew HFA Executive Director Orientation

What is NCSHA?

• A national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization

• Created by state Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) more than 30 years ago to represent HFAs in Congress, with the Administration, and the federal agencies concerned with affordable housing, including the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and U.S. Department of Treasury

• Located in Washington, DC

NCSHA Vision Statement

An affordably housed nation.

NCSHA Mission Statement

To advance through advocacy and education the nation’s state Housing Finance Agencies’ (HFAs) efforts to provide affordable housing to those who need it.

NCSHA HFA Members

All 50 state HFAs, plus:

District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency

New York City Housing Development Corporation

New York State Homes and Community Renewal

Puerto Rico Housing Finance Authority

Virgin Islands Housing Finance Authority

NCSHA Associate Members

California Tax Credit Allocation Committee

District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development

Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development

NCSHA Affiliate Members

Approximately 300 affordable housing industry partners, including accountants, asset managers, bond rating agencies, consultants, developers, financial advisors, financial publishers, housing technology specialists, investors, lenders, mortgage insurers, property managers, real estate professionals, syndicators, trustees and paying agents, and underwriters.

NCSHA Member Benefits

• Legislative and regulatory advocacy

• Education and training

• Information and analysis

• Technical advice and assistance

• Networking opportunities

What We Do

AdvocateNCSHA is known on Capitol Hill and within the Administration as the “go to” organization on affordable housing legislation and regulations and THE voice of states on housing issues and concerns.

EducateNCSHA sponsors conferences and events around the country specifically targeted to educate and update our members on housing matters and to highlight and share best practices within the HFA community.

InformNCSHA’s website, Action Alert, and the annual Factbook keep you up-to-date with HFA activities and congressional action, and federal programs and initiatives.

Advocate

NCSHA is committed to protecting, expanding, and increasing the effectiveness of federal affordable housing programs responsive to the wide range of housing needs HFAs serve.

Advocate

NCSHA is the principal advocate for three federally authorized programs:

•Tax-Exempt Housing Bonds, including single-family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (MRBs) and multifamily Housing Bonds

•The Low Income Housing Tax Credit•HOME Investment Partnerships Program

NCSHA and HFAs work together to protect and strengthen these and other federal programs and to create new ones.

Advocate

NCSHA Legislative, Regulatory, and Business Priorities

• Are adopted annually by the Board of Directors after consultation with HFAs

• Set the agenda for NCSHA’s advocacy before Congress, the Administration, and the federal agencies concerned with housing, including HUD and Treasury

Educate

Industry newcomers and veterans benefit greatly from NCSHA’s educational opportunities, which include:

•Best practice exchange

•Education and training at NCSHA’s conferences

•Highlighting and celebrating the work of HFAs across the country (Annual Awards for Program Excellence)

Inform

NCSHA serves as the conduit for information of interest to state HFAs, providing HFAs with up-to-date information and analysis on federal legislation and regulations through our website, www.ncsha.org, the Action Alert, and the Factbook.

Inform

Factbook

•An annual, comprehensive survey of HFA program activity

•The publication supports NCSHA’s advocacy work

•Provides hard evidence of HFA program results and successes

•Gives NCSHA the information necessary to accurately represent and respond to its member needs and press inquiries

•Allows HFAs to compare their programs and operations to those of other HFAs and to learn from one another

• Participate in NCSHA conferences and events

• Offer to showcase your agency's programs at NCSHA conferences

• Log on to www.ncsha.org regularly to join an online community and to stay up to date with the latest in federal housing news

Get Involved

NCSHA Board of Directors

• Comprised of 17 HFA executive directors

• Officers include: president, vice-president, secretary/treasurer

• Immediate past president serves as ex-officio

• Officers and board members are elected by the general membership (54 HFA executive directors)

• Officers serve one-year terms

• Board members serve staggered two-year terms

• Board meets four times a year during the Legislative Conference, Housing Credit Conference & Marketplace, Annual Conference & Tradeshow, and a year-end meeting in December

NCSHA Board of Directors

Gerald M. Hunter Idaho Housing and Finance Association President

Brian A. Hudson Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Vice President

Thomas R. Gleason MassHousing Secretary/Treasurer

Stephen P. Auger Florida Housing Finance Corporation Board Director

Anas Ben Addi Delaware State Housing Authority Board Director

Dianne Bolen Mississippi Home Corporation Board Director

Sarah E. Carpenter Vermont Housing Finance Agency Board Director

Dean J. Christon New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority Board Director

Ted R. Fellman Tennessee Housing Development Agency Board Director

Douglas A. Garver Ohio Housing Finance Agency Board Director

David M. Haney Wyoming Community Development Authority Board Director

Richard L. McQuady Kentucky Housing Corporation Board Director and At-Large Executive Committee Member

Sherry Seiwert Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority Board Director

Dennis Shockley Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency Board Director

Raymond Skinner Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development Board Director

Grant S. Whitaker Utah Housing Corporation Board Director

Susan F. Dewey Virginia Housing Development Authority Ex-Officio

NCSHA Governance Committees

Audit Committee

The mission of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities. The Audit Committee oversees the organization's financial accounting, reporting, and audit process, including its underlying controls.

Members

Tom Gleason (MA) | Chair

Dianne Bolen (MS)Ted Fellman (TN)Doug Garver (OH)Brian Hudson (PA)

NCSHA Governance Committees

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee consists of the president, vice president, secretary/treasurer, At-Large Executive Committee member, and immediate past president (ex officio). The At-Large Executive Committee member is a standing Board director elected by the Board to serve in that role for one year. The Executive Committee meets as necessary to advance the work of the Board between Board meetings.

Members

Gerald Hunter (ID) | PresidentBrian Hudson (PA) | Vice President

Tom Gleason (MA) | Secretary/TreasurerRick McQuady (KY) | At-Large Executive Committee Member

Susan Dewey (VA) | Ex Officio

NCSHA Governance Committees

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee has general responsibility for the financial affairs of the organization. It works with NCSHA staff to prepare the organization's annual budget, which is then submitted to the Board for consideration and adoption prior to the start of NCSHA's new fiscal year.

Members

Tom Gleason (MA) | Chair

Susan Dewey (VA)Brian Hudson (PA)Gerald Hunter (ID)Rick McQuady (KY)

NCSHA Governance Committees

Elections Committee

The Elections Committee is established annually to oversee and administer the election of NCSHA's Board officers, directors, and the At-Large Executive Committee member positions.

The Elections Committee is constituted each year at the June Board of Directors Meeting for the elections process that typically begins in July.

NCSHA Task Forces

Communications Task Force

The Task Force focuses on ways to help NCSHA and HFAs more effectively communicate the importance and benefits of affordable housing to Congress and other key stakeholders. It is currently assisting with the execution of NCSHA's Power of Housing at Work communications plan and the related Faces of Home campaign.

Members

Richard McQuady (KY) | Chair

Michael Beatty (GA)Jay Czar (NM)

Richard Godfrey (RI)David Haney (WY)

NCSHA Task Forces

Disclosure Task Force

The Task Force provides a forum for HFAs to discuss disclosure developments in an age of increased transparency and to help inform NCSHA's responses to proposed changes in municipal bond disclosure.

Members

Mike Anderson (ND) | Co-ChairDianne Bolen (MS) | Co-Chair

The Task Force is open to all HFA executive directors

NCSHA Task Forces

Fannie Mae Affinity Agreement Negotiation Task Force

The Task Force oversees the development and execution of Affinity Agreements with Fannie Mae.

Members

Gerald Hunter (ID) | Chair

Tom Gleason (MA)Brian Hudson (PA)Bob Strickland (AL)

NCSHA Task Forces

Housing Finance Reform Task Force

The Task Force, comprised of the Executive Committee members, serves as an advisory group for NCSHA staff and confers with the full Board as necessary on issues related to housing finance reform.

Members

Gerald Hunter (ID) | Chair

Brian Hudson (PA)Tom Gleason (MA)Rick McQuady (KY)Susan Dewey (VA)

HFA Housing Finance Cooperatives Task Force

The proposed Task Force’s purpose is to assist NCSHA in advancing a key business objective that has emerged from our recent relevancy and innovation strategic planning work: the exploration of cooperative arrangements among HFAs to leverage their collective strength and combined capacity to achieve common objectives, such as advantaged access to mortgage capital, insurance, servicing, and technology. A primary goal of the proposed Task Force is to consider how HFAs might come together not just as a customer of but potentially as a structural part of whatever secondary market system may emerge from Congress’ and the Administration’s housing finance reform efforts.

Members

Anas Ben Addi (DE) | Co-ChairGrant Whitaker (UT) | Co-Chair

The Task Force is the NCSHA Board of Directors.

NCSHA Task Forces

NCSHA Task Forces

Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) Task Force

The Task Force serves to help define and negotiate preferred HFA lending relationships with PMI companies.

Members

Tom Gleason (MA) | Chair

Anas Ben Addi (DE)Brian Hudson (PA)

NCSHA Focus Groups

Rural Housing Focus Group

The Focus Group works to identify ways to better serve the affordable housing needs of rural areas through strategies such as program improvements, new financing models, partnerships, information sharing, program exchange, and education. Its members share information among them and with the broader HFA community, assist NCSHA in developing relevant meeting content, and identify industry stakeholders with common interests in pursuit of potential partnerships and collaborations.

Members

Dean Christon (NH) | Co-ChairDave Haney (WY) | Co-Chair

Bruce Brensdal (MT) Tim Kenny (NE)Sarah Carpenter (VT) Dale McCormick (ME)Doug Garver (OH) Rick McQuady (KY)Kim Herman (WA) Dennis Shockley (OK)

NCSHA Focus Groups

Supportive Housing Focus Group

The Focus Group supports HFA efforts to develop and administer supportive housing programs, informs NCSHA’s supportive housing educational programming, and advances partnerships between HFAs and supportive housing providers. Its members share information among them and with the broader HFA community, assist NCSHA in developing relevant meeting content, and identify industry stakeholders with common interests in pursuit of potential partnerships and collaborations.

Members

Sarah Carpenter (VT) | Co-ChairSherry Seiwert (IN) | Co-Chair

Anas Ben Addi (DE) Bob Kucab (NC)Richard Godfrey (RI) Valarie Williams (SC)

NCSHA Focus Groups

Sustainable Development Focus Group

The Focus Group provides a forum for exploring strategies for making homes and communities more sustainable by promoting energy-efficiency, making homes healthier, connecting housing to jobs, and increasing access to affordable transportation. It considers ways to maximize HFA access to and increase the effectiveness of federal resources and programs, including those administered by HUD, USDA, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Transportation. Its members share information among them and with the broader HFA community, assist NCSHA in developing relevant meeting content, and identify industry stakeholders with common interests in pursuit of potential partnerships and collaborations.

Members

Tim Kenny (NE) | Co-ChairRay Skinner (MD) | Co-Chair

Dean Christon (NH) Kim Herman (WA)Tom Gleason (MA) Marc Jahr (NYC)Richard Godfrey (RI) Dale McCormick (ME)Gary Heidel (MI)

NCSHA Meetings

• HFA Institute | January

• Legislative Conference | April

• Housing Credit Conference & Marketplace | June

• Executive Directors Workshop | JulyHFA executive directors only

• NCSHB Educational & Development Workshop | August HFA board members and executive directors only

• Executive Development Program | Late August – Early SeptemberHeld every other year at the University of Notre Dame

• Annual Conference & Tradeshow | October

NCSHA Online Networking

NCSHA’s website features news and networking opportunities for HFA executive directors, staff, and their partners. Here are just a few of the benefits.

•Daily blog posts on legislative and regulatory matters that impact HFAs emailed to you

•Daily Housing Headlines culled from leading media sources emailed to you

•The Executive Director Community, a private discussion and networking group for executive directors •The Faces of Home microsite, featuring at least one story from each state about families helped by HFA programs

•Up-to-date conference information

•HFA News submitted by HFA communicators from across the country and featured on our home page

NCSHA Online Networking

The Executive Director Community on ncsha.org

• Cary Knox is group administrator and can answer any questions and provide password assistance

• The Community features group discussions, polls, and document sharing—ask your ED peers anything!

• The Community also contains all the information you need about NCSHA by-laws, committees, task forces, and more

• You’ll start receiving messages from the Community automatically. Contact Cary Knox with navigation questions.

Executive Development Program

• Leadership curriculum developed by NCSHA staff, HFA focus groups, and the teaching faculty of the University of Notre Dame

• Taught on the campus of Notre Dame by university faculty

• Held bi-annually in the fall

• Open to HFA executive directors and staff

National Conference of State Housing Boards |

• Created in 1984 as an unincorporated entity by a group of HFA board members

• NCSHB exists to provide educational and training opportunities for state HFA board members to help them govern their agencies more effectively

• NCSHB members are HFA board members

Board of Directors

• Comprised of up to 20 members

• Officers include: president, first vice president, second vice president, and secretary

• Immediate past president serves as ex-officio

• Officers and board members are elected by the membership

• Officers serve one-year terms

• Board members serve two-year terms

• Board meets three times a year during NCSHA’s Legislative Conference, the NCSHB Educational & Development Workshop, and NCSHA’s Annual Conference & Tradeshow

Elizabeth Joachim Mississippi Home Corporation President

Michael B. Maroney Nebraska Investment Finance Authority First Vice President

J.P. Crowley Montana Board of Housing/Housing Division Second Vice President

Julia Elbon West Virginia Housing Development Fund Secretary

Karen Davis Illinois Housing Development Authority Board Director

Gerald Eid North Dakota Housing Finance Agency Board Director

Sam Ewell North Carolina Housing Finance Agency Board Director

Derek Ford District of Columbia Housing Finance Agency Board Director

Pat Hand Wyoming Community Development Authority Board Director

Gordon Henderson Alabama Housing Finance Authority Board Director

Allison Jones Louisiana Housing Finance Agency Board Director

Richard Lillard Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency Board Director

Karen Miller Washington State Housing Finance Commission Board Director

Felicia Morant South Carolina State Housing and Finance Development Authority Board Director

Mark Schwartz Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Board Director

Eddie Bines South Carolina State Housing Finance and Development Authority Ex Officio | Immediate Past President

Board of Directors

NCSHA Staff

Executive Office

Barbara J. Thompson | Executive Director

Cary D. Knox | Executive Office/Board Liaison

NCSHA Staff

Policy & Government Affairs

Garth B. Rieman | Director, Housing Advocacy & Strategic Initiatives

Gira Bose | Senior Legislative and Policy AssociateEllen Lurie Hoffman | Legislative and Policy AssociateMindy La Branche | Legislative and Policy AssociateJon Lipe | Legislative and Policy CoordinatorSally Malone | Legislative and Policy CoordinatorJames Tassos | Legislative and Policy Associate

NCSHA Staff

Marketing & Communications

Maury L. Edwards | Director, MeetingsCandace Armstrong | Meetings Coordinator

Justin Bras | Web & Special Projects AssociateMatt Cunningham | Project Planner/Communications Coordinator

NCSHA Staff

Operations

Kevin B. Burke, CPA | Director, Finance

Lovely Padua-Hare | Office CoordinatorPhaedra Stoger | Operations/Membership

Associate

www.ncsha.org

Visit us online at www.ncsha.org to get more information about:

•Advocacy materials

•Action Alert

•Awards for Program Excellence entries

•Conference information

•HFA community pages

NCSHA Contact Information

National Council of State Housing Agencies444 North Capitol Street NW

Suite 438Washington, DC 20001

Phone: 202-624-7710 Fax: 202-624-5899

Website: www.ncsha.orgEmail: info@ncsha.org

Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time