
Meet eight young men and women making waves in the affordable housing industry.
This year’s Young Leaders include a strong mix of developers and owners and finance and resident service executives.
AHF’s Young Leader award was established in 2008 as a way to celebrate and support the development of the next generation of change makers. Recipients are 40 or younger. This year’s group will be recognized at AHF Live, Nov. 18-20, in Chicago.
This year’s recipients are:
- Perica Bell, managing director, head of preservation, at April Housing;
- Allyson Carpenter, vice president of development and Northeast/Mid-Atlantic regional leader at McCormack Baron Salazar;
- Ceceily Cliff, director of resident success at Glick Co.;
- Jeanne Marie Coronado, vice president, debt and structured finance, at CBRE;
- Tom Gibson, director of special projects, Community Preservation Partners;
- Liz Hibbard, managing director and head of innovation and strategic growth at National Equity Fund;
- Julie Sharp, executive vice president, tax credit equity, at Merchants Capital; and
- Jimmy Silverwood, president of Affirmed Housing.