L+M Development Partners Makes Executive Leadership Moves
L+M Development Partners, a national affordable and mixed-income housing developer, has announced changes to its executive leadership team.
Joe Curatolo, who has been with L+M since 2021, has become chief financial officer, overseeing the firm’s financial strategy and ensuring resources are allocated effectively to drive growth and scalability. He will supervise the firm’s relationships with lenders, investors, and auditors, as well as lead the firm’s financial planning, treasury, and accounting functions. He previously served as a managing director.
Nikki Wernick has been named president of property management, directing L+M’s subsidiary C+C Apartment Management and overseeing operations and resident experience across its properties. Wernick will manage crucial functions such as residential compliance, leasing, social services, as well as building and property operations. C+C’s portfolio includes over 23,000 units across 239 properties in New York and New Jersey. She was previously executive vice president of property management.
Comunidad Partners Names Head of Investments
Ty Barnes has been appointed head of investments at Comunidad Partners, a vertically integrated real estate firm specializing in workforce and attainable housing communities throughout the Sun Belt region.
Within his new role, he will leverage his strong relationships with property owners and brokers to lead the firm’s acquisition, capital markets, and portfolio management strategies.
Barnes recently held senior roles with Tishman Speyer, Taconic Partners, Related, and WinnResidential.
Mutual Housing California Appoints CEO
Affordable housing industry veteran Craig Adelman has been named CEO of Mutual Housing California.
Adelman joins the organization after serving as senior principal at LeSar Development Consultants, where he led a team focused on housing affordability, homelessness solutions, and sustainable development strategies.
He has also held positions at the Low Income Investment Fund, San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing, and Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corp.
Mutual Housing also announced Latoiche “Tasha” Adams as the new chair of its board of directors.
Mutual Housing was formed in 1988 as a partnership of neighborhood residents, business representatives, housing advocates, and local government dedicated to improving housing opportunities in Sacramento, California. Since then, it has built 22 communities, providing homes for over 3,500 low-income residents.
Lohmeier Becomes President of IMPACT Community Capital
Michael Lohmeier has been named president of IMPACT Community Capital, an affordable housing development investment manager.
He joined IMPACT in 2017 as chief investment officer (CIO) and will continue to lead the firm’s investment strategy as CIO while taking on the day-to-day operational management of the organization and its subsidiaries.
Jeff Brenner will remain CEO, focusing on corporate strategy and long-term vision.
Headquartered in San Francisco, IMPACT has originated over $2.8 billion of affordable housing investments and has helped preserve or create more than 60,000 affordable housing units while delivering stable risk-adjusted returns.
Housing Trust Silicon Valley Adds to Team
Sean Callum has been appointed chief credit and risk officer and Nick Friend has been named chief lending officer at Housing Trust Silicon Valley, a nonprofit community loan fund in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area.
He will oversee credit, loan administration, and asset management, focusing on credit risk management, optimizing portfolio performance, and implementing robust policies to drive risk management and compliance across the organization.
Callum brings more than 30 years of experience to his new role, including serving as vice president of risk and compliance at JPMorgan Chase, where he managed a $180 billion loan portfolio at the enterprise risk management level.
He serves on several boards, including Eden Housing, where he chairs the audit committee and is a member of the executive committee.
Friend leads the multifamily lending team, providing strategic direction to ensure Housing Trust’s lending is socially impactful, responsibly structured, and supports long-term sustainability.
He has nearly 20 years of experience in community lending and affordable housing finance. He previously served as director of Northern California and vice president at Century Housing, where he established the organization’s presence outside of Los Angeles and helped grow its Northern California business.
Friend serves on the board of Operation Dignity, an East Bay-based supportive service provider.
Walker & Dunlop Expands Affordable Housing Team
Matt Wiener, senior managing director, and Preyaa Strzalkowski, senior director, have joined Walker & Dunlop’s affordable housing team.
Wiener is a veteran in the government-sponsored enterprise financing space with more than 25 years of experience in the industry. He started his career as an analyst at American Property Financing and recently served as a managing director for Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital. He joined Wells Fargo in 2009 through its merger with Wachovia.
Strzalkowski worked in both screening and production roles within Wells Fargo’s Multifamily Capital team. Over the last seven years working alongside Wiener, she has garnered experience in debt financing, specifically focusing on Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Federal Housing Administration, and balance-sheet lending. She will continue this focus in her new role as an originator within W&D’s affordable housing team.
“We are thrilled to welcome Matt and Preyaa to our team. As highly respected leaders in the affordable financing sector, I welcome their expertise and fresh perspectives,” said Sheri Thompson, executive vice president and head of Affordable Housing at Walker & Dunlop.
Nixon Peabody Elevates Attorneys
The Nixon Peabody law firm has announced its 2025 partner class, a mix of litigators and transactional attorneys from a range of practice areas.
The new partners include Rebecca Simon from the affordable housing and real estate practice and Justin Fitzgerald from the community development finance practice.
Based in Washington, D.C., Simon leverages her public-sector experience to counsel clients as they navigate regulatory matters in the multifamily affordable housing space. She represents developers, owners, public housing authorities, management agents, and other clients in the development, rehabilitation, and preservation of vital affordable housing across the country. In addition to representing clients on affordable housing matters and applications before the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Agriculture, Simon assists clients facing federal enforcement actions related to the ownership and management of affordable housing properties. Outside of the firm, she serves on the board of the Women’s Bar Association of D.C. and the junior board of the D.C. Volunteer Lawyers Project.
Based in Boston, Fitzgerald’s community development finance practice focuses on the use of low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs) and New Markets Tax Credits (NMTCs) to help fund high-impact development projects. He works with a wide variety of investors, lenders, and developers to use critical tax credits that draw private capital into underserved communities. He works with clients to structure transactions that finance projects across the United States, including the development, construction, and rehabilitation of affordable housing, hospitals and health clinics, educational facilities, and large-scale mixed-use developments. Fitzgerald also represents institutional tax equity investors in both proprietary and multi-investor investments in LIHTC and NMTC funds and projects.
Affordable Housing Resources Names COO
Cynthia Peraza-Waitkus has been appointed chief operating officer at Affordable Housing Resources (AHR), a Nashville, Tennessee-based nonprofit creating affordable housing and strong neighborhoods throughout Middle Tennessee.
Peraza-Waitkus brings 20 years of experience in the mortgage, real estate, and state government industries, with over 12 years with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, where she led and directed a large division responsible for managing several state and federally funded housing and homelessness programs.
AHR also announced that Barbara Holland, a 27-year veteran in the home buyer education industry, is retiring after 16 years of service as the organization’s homeownership center manager.
