
Leadership
Board of Directors
President
Lori Gay
Co-Chair and President of the Black Community Developers Group | President & CEO
Los Angeles, CA
(Board of DirectorsWestern Region)
- REAL ESTATE SALES
- HOMEOWNERSHIP PROMOTION
- COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ENGAGEMENT
- LENDING
- FINANCIAL LITERACY
- DISASTER RECOVERY
- DESIGNATIONS: HUD APPROVED COUNSELING AGENCY, CDFI, AND CHDO
- OWN/MANAGE 32 SINGLE FAMILY AND 2 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS
- PRODUCE 100- 120 SINGLE FAMILY UNITS AND OVER 100 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS ANNUALLY
- REHAB 60 – 100 UNITS ANNUALLY ($50,000 – $100,000)
- COUNSEL 4,500 CLIENTS ANNUALLY
- CREATE OVER 300 HOMEOWNERS ANNUALLY
- BUDGET: $ 10 MILLION
Vice-President/Treasurer
Donald Gilmore
Co-Chair and Vice President of the Black Community Developers Group | Executive Director
Richmond, CA
(Board of DirectorsWestern Region)
- HOMEOWNERSHIP PROMOTION
- REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
- HOMEOWNERSHIP PRESERVATION
- COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ENGAGEMENT LENDING
- YOUTH PROGRAMMING
- HOMELESS SERVICES
- ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/ SMALL BUSINESS
- OWN/MANAGE 900 UNITS
- PRODUCE 100 UNITS ANNUALLY
- MANAGE 300 UNITS ANNUALLY
- REHAB 100 UNITS ANNUALLY
- COUNSEL 15,000 CLIENTS ANNUALLY
- LENDING POOL : $500,000 – $1 MILLION
- BUDGET: $1 MILLION – $3 MILLION
Secretary
Dawn Lee
Resource Consultant, Former CEO and President
Tampa, Florida
(Board of Directors)
Dawn served as CEO for 9 years (January 2011 – May 2020).
Anthony Simpkins
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chicago, IL
(MembersMidwest Region)
- HOMEOWNERSHIP PROMOTION
- COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ENGAGEMENT
- REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
- LENDING
- HOMEOWNERSHIP PRESERVATION
- FINANCIAL LITERACY
- CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
- DESIGNATIONS: CDFI
- OWN/MANAGE 1,500 MULTI-FAMILY UNIT
- REHAB 100 UNITS ANNUALLY ($25,000 – $50,000)
- COUNSEL 4,000 CLIENTS ANNUALLY
- CREATE 500 HOMEOWNERS ANNUALLY
- LENDING POOL: OVER $1 MILLION
- BUDGET: $5 MILLION – $10 MILLION
Karen Miller
Executive Director
Tallahassee, FL
(MembersSouthern Region)
- FINANCIAL LITERACY
- DISASTER RECOVERY
- REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
- HOMEOWNERSHIP PRESERVATION
- COMMUNITY BUILDING & ENGAGEMENT
- COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
- DESIGNATIONS: HUD APPROVED COUNSELING AGENCY, CHDO, HUD Instrumentality of Government
- OWN/MANAGE
- PRODUCE APPROXIMATELY 15 UNITS ANNUALLY
- MANAGE APPROXIMATELY 15 UNITS
- REHABS COST: APPROXIMATELY $50,000-$100,000
- REHAB APPROXIMATELY 15 UNITS ANNUALLY
- COUNSEL APPROXIMATELY 330 HOMEOWNERS ANNUALLY
- APPROXIMATELY 60 HOMEOWNERS CREATED ANNUALLY
- BUDGET: $1 MILLION
Kevin Taylor
President and Chief Executive Officer
Waterbury, CT
(MembersNortheast Region)
- HOMEOWNERSHIP PROMOTION
- HOMEOWNERSHIP PRESERVATION
- COMMUNITY BUILDING AND ENGAGEMENT
- REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT
- FINANCIAL LITERACY
- DESIGNATIONS: HUD COUNSELING AGENCY , CHDO
- OWN/MANAGE 10 UNITS
- PRODUCE 8 UNITS ANNUALLY
- 5 REHABS ANNUALLY (OVER $100,000)
- COUNSEL OVER 390 CLIENTS ANNUALLY
- CREATE 130 HOMEOWNERS ANNUALLY
- BUDGET: LESS THAN $1 MILLION
Rick Williams
President/CEO
Cincinnati, OH
(Members)