Mary Lawler, Executive Director
Jenifer Wagley, Deputy Director
Avenue Community Development Corp.

Julie Bornstein, Executive Director, Coachella Valley Housing Coalition

Colin Kelley, CEO, NeighborWorks Western Pennsylvania

Challenge: To revitalize two struggling Pittsburgh neighborhoods by investing in people and leadership within those communities.

Katie Bowman, Executive Director, Housing Resources of Western Colorado

Robert Tourigny, Executive Director of NeighborWorks Southern New Hampshire

Dana Totman, president and CEO, Avesta Housing
 
Challenge: More than 40 years developing and managing affordable housing has taught Avesta Housing that building a large room, putting in some tables and chairs and labeling it “community room” is not enough. But what does it take to build and sustain community in affordable housing?

Mark Dahlquist, Executive Director, NeighborWorks Pocatello

Patrick McNamara, CEO
Jaime Joshi, Communications Coordinator
Housing Partnership, Inc.

John Fowler, President and CEO, Peoples' Self-Help Housing

Challenge: To rehabilitate a dilapidated former camper park in the California beach town of Carpinteria, which became housing of last resort for low-income households living under conditions of extreme poverty.

Michael Tubbs, CEO
Holly T. Hicks, Communications and Marketing Specialist
Community Action Partnership of North Alabama