Lopa P. Kolluri, a senior executive at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will keynote AHF Live: The 2021 Affordable Housing Developers Summit, Nov. 15-17, in Chicago.
She will share an update on the latest news from HUD’s new administration.
Principal deputy assistant secretary for the Office of Housing and the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) at HUD, Kolluri is responsible for the Office’s policies, programs, and operations supporting home buyers, homeowners, multifamily residents, and housing counselors. She is also responsible for the oversight of manufactured housing and FHA’s single-family, multifamily, and health care mortgage insurance programs.
She has more than 25 years of experience in affordable housing and community and economic development in both the public and private sectors, including serving as deputy chief of staff to HUD secretary Shaun Donovan from 2011 to 2013. Prior to rejoining HUD in February 2021, Kolluri was the chief development and operating officer for the Philadelphia Housing Authority, the nation’s fourth-largest public housing authority serving nearly 80,000 public housing residents.
In addition, Lindsey Piegza, chief economist at Stifel Financial, will kick off the conference by sharing her forecast and digging into the trends affordable housing developers need to know heading into 2022.
Attendees also will hear from the nation’s top affordable housing owners and developers, including:
· Tom Anderson of Pennrose
· Patricia Belden of The Community Builders\
· Edgar Flagg III of Mercy Housing
· Debra Guerrero of The NRP Group
· Evan Holladay of Holladay Ventures
· Rob Hoskins of The NuRock Cos.
· Tania Kadakia of DL3 Realty Advisors
· Anand Kannan of Community Preservation Partners
· Stacy Kaplowitz of KCG Development
· Jeff Kittle of Kittle Property Group
· Jean Latsha of Pedcor Investments
· Ryan Lunderby of Dominium
· Vicki Lundy Wilbon of Integral
· Brian McLaughlin of Enterprise Community Development
· Brett Meringoff of Fairstead
· Kristi Morgan of The Commonwealth Cos.
· Jessica Mullins of Starwood Capital
· Michelle Norris of National Church Residences
· Larry Padilla of The Michaels Organization
· Milton Pratt Jr. of The Michaels Organization
· Steve Rappin of Evergreen Real Estate Group
· Blaise Rastello of Gilbane Development Co.
· Caleb Roope of The Pacific Cos.
· Deidre Schmidt of CommonBond Communities
· Angelica Sinito of Millennia Housing Development
· Brian Swanton of Gorman & Co.
· Gunnar Tande of Jonathan Rose Cos.
· Dee Walsh of Mercy Housing
· Jeffrey Woda of Woda Cooper Cos.
Join Kolluri, Piegza, and other industry leaders at AHF Live.
Attendance is reserved exclusively for owners and developers of affordable housing, plus state and local housing finance agency representatives and nonprofit organizations focused on affordable housing.
AHF Live will be requiring all attendees to provide proof of COVID vaccination as well as observing local mandates.
