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Community TrailBlazers
by Nan McKay
Housing and community development's evolvement rests on the shoulders of women and men who have played a strong role in developing affordable housing and communities throughout the country. Their stories provide a human historical perspective on our cities and the housing within our cities.
Episodes
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Ep. 78 - Connecting People to Opportunities Across America: CEO Circle
Join In a lively discussion among five leaders of the CEO Circle regarding managing nonprofits for excellence and connecting people to opportunities across America. this episode, we feature members of the CEO Circle who are the CEOs of community development and justice organizations. They are...
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Ep. 77 - A Legend of Building Cities and Parks: Leonard Zax
Leonard Zax is the CEO of the Hamilton Partnership, a nonprofit organization that led the effort to create the Paterson Great Falls National Park in his hometown of Paterson New Jersey. He has degrees in law and city planning from Harvard University and has worked for more than thirty years on...
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Ep. 76 - Is Workforce Housing Viable?
David Engel shares his successes and challenges working in affordable housing for decades and the concern he still expresses for the industry. He has a unique perspective since he worked in research at HUD, not production. His thoughts on the impediments to affordable housing and what is needed…
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Ep. 75 - How to Be an Economic Development Leader: Jeff Finkle
As President and CEO of the International Economic Development Council, Jeff Finkle is a recognized leader and authority on economic development. In this episode, Jeff talks about his role as an assistant secretary at HUD in the mid-80s and his contribution to economic development. One of the…
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Ep. 74 - How to Create Thought Leadership: Alison Gross
Ep. 74 – Alison Gross weaves a fascinating story of handling global events in Monte Carlo to coordinating the Maccabi games and a world sailing race in the U.S. She started a business during COVID and explains how the new normal will be different but will adapt. She then talks about adaptive…
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Ep. 73 - How to Impact Lives as an Attorney: Lisa Walker
Lisa L. Walker has discovered the way to both succeed as an attorney while satisfying her other passion, impacting lives. Housing Development Law Institute, referred to as HDLI fills a unique need – a one-stop shop for attorneys in affordable housing. Both housing authorities and private real...
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Ep. 72 - MBA's Affordable Housing Initiatives: Steve O'Connor
As senior vice president for affordable housing initiatives at the Mortgage Bankers Association, Steve O'Connor is rolling out affordable housing initiatives in several cities. Steve's role in the association is to build partnerships to address affordable housing and create more homeownership...
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Ep. 71 - China and International Trade: Stanley Marcuss
Stanley Marcuss explains the negative effects of the adverse consequences of international trade. Listen to his story on Adlai Stevenson and why foreign corruption is still rampant in international marketplaces. Key Takeaways: The differences and similarities between government-led and…
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Ep. 70 - Earl Rose: Multi-Talented Emmy and ASCAP Award Winner
Top Takeaways: The importance of supporting your children's passions which might become their lifelong careers The power of persistence and taking advantage of a moment that could change the trajectory of your life or career Why you should always be aware of your surroundings not to be left…
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Ep. 69 - Michael Moskow: A Manager to Remember
Michael Moskow is a manager personified. Mike's professional accomplishments include service in both the public and private sectors, as well as higher education. During the course of his career, he has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate for five positions in the federal government. Like Carla…
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Ep. 68 - Shekar Narasimhan: A Mover and Shaker in Community Development
How do you turn around a dying town? What happens to small to medium-sized cities when their largest employer pulls out? Shekar Narasimhan has been putting his plan in place in communities that have been left behind . . . and it's working! Shekar also tells us how to address generational poverty,...
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Ep. 67 - William Lilley: American Western History Buff ++
"Bill Lilley taught at Yale, worked for the federal government, worked at CBS in New York, and started a software company, which he sold," said John Fox Sullivan, longtime friend and former Yale student." Meet William "Bill" Lilley III, an American Western History Buff, who taught at Yale where…
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Ep. 66 - Al Dellibovi: HUD Reform in the 1980's
Meet Alfred Dellibovi, President and CEO of the Federal Home Bank of New York and a nationally recognized authority on banking, the lending industry, housing, and public finance. He was United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 1989 until 1992 under Jack Kemp, having…
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Ep. 65 - Lynne Sagalyn: Demystifying the Politics and Planning of Cities
Lynne Sagalyn, an expert in real estate development and finance, gives us the theory and thinking behind how and why cities exist as they do today. She has been an educator and scholar for over 40 years. She built an innovative and rigorous program of graduate studies in commercial real estate...
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Ep. 64 - Antonio Santaella: International Flamenco Maestro
Antonio Santaella, a very famous flamenco dancer referred to as the international flamenco maestro whose culture influence qualifies him to be a Fellow of the American Academy of Housing and Communities. He started his long journey to Puerto Rico from Granada, Spain his birthplace and coming of...
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Ep. 63 - Robert Rozen: The Birth of the Tax Credit Program
Robert Rozen, referred to as Bobby, worked for many years in the U.S. Senate and was involved in the establishment of the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program which is the primary means of financing affordable housing today. In the 30 years since enactment, nearly 3 million housing units have…
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Ep. 62 - Amy Glassman: Legal Aspects of Housing
How can housing authorities and landlords determine the application of the laws and reguations? Amy M. Glassman is a partner with Ballard Spahr, a law firm with more than 650 attorneys and 15 offices. Amy has had extensive experience with HUD regulatory and statutory compliance issues. She…
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Ep. 61 - William Kelly: Co-creation Model to Bring Social Change
Referred to as Bill Kelly, he is the developer of a co-creation model to bring social change to affordable housing. He was a special assistant and executive assistant to the secretary of HUD Carla Hills from 1975 to 1977. He was only 30 years old at the time but he and Carla clicked in style and...
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Ep. 60 - Sarah Rosen Wartell: Elevate the Debate
Sarah Rosen Wartell: Elevate the Debate Ep. 60 - Sarah Rosen Wartell has articulated a strategy for Urban: elevate the debate. She is the public policy executive and housing markets expert who serves as president of the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan social and economic research and policy...
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Ep. 59 - Muriel Tillinghast | On the Front Lines
Meet Muriel Tillinghast, a career built on advocacy, from the 1960's to today! She takes us on a long but fascinating journey from the initial civil rights activities in the 1960's through an extensive career in revenue generation and oversight to mediation and negotiation to educational teaching...
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Ep. 58 - Norman McLoughlin: Creative Real Estate Financing Podcast
Norm McLoughlin is a master of creative real estate financing in the public sector. Whether it is tax exempt bonds, tax credit, or federal, state or local funds, Norm has experience in all of them! As President of the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies or Director of the…
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Ep. 57 - Joseph Shuldiner: Engage the Residents
Can you imagine managing a 500K+ subsidized housing unit program with 10,238 employees? How about 9.375 units plus 58,000 families in the Section 8 program? Joseph Shuldiner is the only executive director in the country to manage three behemoth housing authorities! He was HUD's Assistant…
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Ep. 56 - David Stevens | Close the Gap in Housing
David Stevens believes in a better America, a country where the economic gap is less wide and both the majority and the minority have safe affordable places to call home. The only way to do that is to close the gap in housing. He believes in the creation of policies that give access to all…
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Ep. 55 - Bryan Greene | National Association of Realtors
Bryan Greene handled numerous discrimination cases while managing HUD's fair housing policy and practices. He informs us about the current impediments that prevent discrimination in both rental and sales housing today. His Chapter 2 takes him to the National Association of Realtors, with a…
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Ep. 54 - James Stockard: Housing Is a Right, Not a Privilege
"It's time to ensure that no American has to worry about where they and their families will sleep tonight." James Stockard, referred to as Jim, feels affordable housing should be a right, not a privilege. He links the lack of affordable housing to social justice. He defines the inadequacy of...
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Ep. 53 - Mark Willis: Revival of Cities
Mark Willis's life work is about stabilizing and revitalizing cities, with a strong focus on New York City, but creating theory and systems which would work throughout the country. He feels it is crucial to bridge between theory and practice when it comes to providing affordable housing and...
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Ep. 52 - David Smith: Part 2 The Affordable Housing Guru Reveals the Future
Walk through a detector into a commercial building and be safe! Retrofit your house and be safe! Install an app that will let you know when someone with COVID is within your range. David Smith, the affordable housing guru, reveals what the future can look like. He has come up with a healthy…
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Ep. 51 - Gerald Benoit: The Guru of Housing Vouchers
Meet Gerald Benoit, referred to as Jerry, one of the icons from the 1970s and a member of the Academy of Housing and Communities. He started out by directing a Section 23 Leased Housing program for the department of HUD where he kept moving up to become a special assistant to the office of public...
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Ep. 50 - DeeDee Strum: Making her Mark in Community Development
Meet DeLois Strum, referred to as DeeDee, a 40+ year entrepreneur, a public speaker, an affordable housing advocate, and is currently involved in offshore wind as a renewable source of energy. DeeDee has worked in the housing & community development industry as both a housing professional and...
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Ep. 49 - Carla Hills: Former U.S. Trade Ambassador and HUD Secretary
What would it be like to be responsible for negotiating a trade agreement with China or Japan or any other world country? Imagine yourself about to take a high-level job with the Federal government when the news came on about the Saturday Night Massacre. Carla Hills takes us on a journey through...
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Ep. 48 - Bruno Fulda: A French Global Change Agent
Bruno Fulda is a Frenchman who is determined to bring real change on a global scale. He believes in regulated capitalism's interface with climate change and why fighting poverty and inequality are some of the most important issues today. He discusses how sustainable development will address some…
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Ep. 47 - Judith Hermanson: Smart City. Just City.
Judith Hermanson, President and CEO of IHC Global, brings a Smart City. Just City initiative to increase inclusiveness and equity in cities across the globe. The Smart City. Just City. Initiative will develop and advance a policy framework that uses smart city techniques to attain a just city...
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Ep. 46 - Shel Shreiberg: Challenges? Not Me!
Shel Schreiberg considers himself very lucky for not experiencing any challenges during his career in the affordable housing sector. He is also very modest in all the projects he and his team members contributed to bringing to fruition. He believes in the power of tax credits in ensuring and...
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Ep. 45 - Jack Sullivan: The Good Fight
Meet John H. ("Jack") Sullivan – if it's part of his passion – watch out! If he wants something enough, he'll fight for it until he gets it! He tells about his activism in many arenas – internationally in 65 countries, as head of USAID's Bureau for Asia and Pacific, in the Green Revolution, in...
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Ep. 44 - Marcia Blum: Omaha's Tireless Giver
Marcia Blum is a retired social worker and mental health therapist whose professional career included pioneering open adoption, hospice care and grief programs. She has worked in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. She has been in the front lines of hospitals, adoption agencies, state...
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Ep. 43 - Stockton Williams: State and National Role in Housing
Stockton Williams is Executive Director of the National Council of State Housing Agencies. NCSHA's state housing finance agency members have delivered nearly $500 billion in financing to make possible the purchase, development, and rehabilitation of more than 7 million affordable homes for low…
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Ep. 42 - Malcomb Peabody: Freedom of Choice
Malcolm 'Mike' Peabody's life has been founded on giving people the freedom of choice. He is known as the man who reinvented Public Housing. Working for HUD Secretary George Romney, Malcolm Peabody helped launch the creation of Housing Choice Vouchers, one of the few anti-poverty programs with...
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Ep. 41-Joyce Cowin: Never Stop Learning
Joyce Cowin of New York City is a 90-year-old Fellow of the Academy going on 55. She never ceases to amaze those around her with her activities and achievements. Her last 40 years have been mainly spent as a sparkplug on various boards and philanthropic ventures, through the Joyce and Daniel…
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Ep. 40 - Dwight Ink: The Indiana Jones of Public Administrators
One of the best storytellers ever, the 97-year-old activitist has had a fascinating life! Dwight Ink's government career serving seven Presidents is magnificent! A farm boy who couldn't afford shoes ferreted out corruption in Fargo, changed government personnel policies still in effect today as...
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Ep. 39 - James W Loewen: Racial History and Sundown Towns
James Loewen's gripping retelling of American history as it should, and could, be taught, Lies My Teacher Told Me, has sold more than 1,500,000 copies and continues to inspire K-16 teachers to get students to challenge, rather than memorize, their textbooks. Jim Loewen taught race relations for...
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Ep. 38 - Lyn Burton: Facilitating Leadership for the Affordable Housing Industry
Lyn Burton is President and Executive Director of Affordable Housing Connections, a nonprofit organization that provides training and education services to owners, managers, and tenants of affordable rental housing developments and technical assistance, consulting, and compliance monitoring...
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Ep. 37 - Stanley Newman: The Father of UDAG
Stanley Newman is interviewed by Nan McKay on Community TrailBlazers Podcast (https://trailblazersimpact.com/community-trailblazers/). Mr. Newman has had a distinguished career in local and federal government since coming to Washington as legislative assistant to Congressman William Fitts Ryan.…
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Ep. 36 - Helen Dunlap: Creator of Mark-to-Market and REAC at HUD
Helen Dunlap contrasts policy at HUD in problem-solving and practice in 1993 to today. She feels the layers of complexities have grown exponentially. 25% of HUD's multifamily portfolio when she got to HUD was at risk for forclosure. She was at HUD during the creation of mark-to-market as an...
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Ep. 35-Rod Solomon: Creating Laws for Affordable Housing
Rod Solomon, a practicing attorney, has worked in the affordable housing and community development sectors for the last 4 decades as Deputy Assistant Secretary for HUD and for both Boston and Atlanta housing authorities. He explains why the Rental Assistance Demonstration program was established...
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Ep. 34-James Hindman: Building Business Around Helping Others
With his strong entrepreneurial spirit, James Hindman has spent most of his professional life leading companies, educating young people, and working towards helping others. He has worked as a real estate developer, hospital administrator, founded companies, became an educator, and successfully…
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Ep. 33-Art Hessel: Changing Times in Housing Development
Arthur spent more than four decades practicing law in Washington DC where he was largely involved with housing clients and working for the Federal government. He shares how he reviewed urban renewal plans when slums were being torn down and the land was being cleared and sold for redevelopment.…
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Ep. 32-Jane Katz: Taking a Global View
As an international studies major, Jane Katz came to Washington, D.C. with high ideals about the future. Yet like many who have had a non-linear career path, she found herself working in the housing arena, spending time at HUD and Fannie Mae. Her background would turn out highly useful, as she…
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Ep. 31-John Koskinen: His Role as the Fixer
John Koskinen's role as a fixer focused on dealing with a crisis without panicking the public. He has had a plethora of impactful jobs, most of them in the government and many in the role of rescuer. Listen to the behind-the-scenes work as the plane hit the pentagon in Washington DC during 911…
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Ep.30-John Weicher: A Scholar's Take on Housing
John Weicher is a senior Fellow and Director of the Hudson Institute. He also is a sought-after expert in housing policy and economics. He served four years as assistant secretary for housing and federal housing commissioner at HUD, with a strong record of regulatory reform and safeguarding...
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Ep. 29-Marion McFadden: Why We Need Political Will
After 15 years at HUD, Marion Mollegen McFadden felt she could make a bigger impact outside of the government. She now leads the public policy team at Enterprise Community Partners, which supports innovative solutions to affordable housing, disaster relief, and empowering people with job skills....
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Housing and community development's evolvement rests on the shoulders of women and men who have played a strong role in developing affordable housing and communities throughout the country. Their stories provide a human historical perspective on our cities and the housing within our cities.
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