Executive Committee
 
 
 
 
President
Susan F. Dewey
Executive Director, Virginia Housing Development Authority
 
Susan Dewey is the executive director of the Virginia Housing Development Authority (VHDA).  Dewey directs all operations of VHDA, an $8 billion independent, self-supporting authority that is responsible for addressing the statewide housing affordability needs of low and moderate-income Virginians.

Prior to being appointed State Treasurer, Dewey served in a variety of positions at the Virginia Department of Treasury, including Deputy State Treasurer, the State Debt Management Director and the Director of Financial Policy.

Dewey is a C.P.A. and received a B.B.A and M.B.A. from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
 
Term expires October 2010
  
 
 
 
Vice President
Gerald M. Hunter
President and Executive Director, Idaho Housing and Finance Association
 
Gerald Hunter is president and executive director of the Idaho Housing and Finance Association, an independent mortgage finance and affordable housing services organization. He joined the Association's executive management team in 1987, and was promoted to his current post in 1998. He previously served in the positions of Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance.

Hunter's background covers a wide range of housing and finance related activities, including mortgage banking, capital markets, and real estate development and sales.  He began his career with the accounting firm, KPMG, and is a Certified Public Accountant. He holds Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration degrees.
 
Term expires October 2010
 
 
Secretary/Treasurer
Brian A. Hudson, Sr.
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
 
Brian Hudson is executive director and chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA).  He began his career at PHFA in 1975, rising to chief financial officer prior to assuming his current position in 2003.  His major responsibilities involve developing and implementing the organization’s program initiatives as well as providing guidance for the Agency's relationships with the Board of Directors, the Administration, the state legislature and Congress, business and advocacy partners, the financial community, and the general public.  Hudson is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Treasury Professional.  He received his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the Pennsylvania State University.

Hudson serves on the boards of the National Council of State Housing Agencies, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, the Commonwealth Cornerstone Group and the National Housing Trust.
 
Term expires October 2010
  
 
 
 
At-Large Executive Committee Member
Stephen Auger
Executive Director, Florida Housing Finance Corporation
 
Stephen (Steve) Auger became executive director of Florida Housing Finance Corporation (Florida Housing) in September 2005.  Prior to his appointment as executive director, Auger served as Florida Housing’s deputy development officer of multifamily programs where he administered many of Florida Housing’s multifamily programs and oversaw Florida Housing’s Universal Application Cycle, which is the competitive process by which Florida Housing allocates its rental housing resources.
 
Auger graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy from Rollins College in 1988, received his Master of Social Work degree from Florida State University in 1993 and was licensed as a Clinical Social Worker in 1996.  Prior to joining Florida Housing in 2000, he provided clinical services to children and families primarily through Florida’s juvenile dependency and delinquency systems.
 
Term expires October 2010
 
 
 
 
Ex-Officio
Kim Herman
Executive Director, Washington State Housing Finance Commission
 
Kim Herman is the executive director of the Washington State Housing Finance Commission. He has served as: a member of the Commission, Washington Project Director of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's Rural Assistance Initiative Program, Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Yakima, and Manager of Single-Family Housing for the Portland Development Commission.

In 1988 Herman was elected to the board of NCSHA and most recently served as President.  He serves on the boards of the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance, Impact Capital, the National Rural Housing Coalition and the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition.
 
Term expires October 2010
 
 
 
 
Board of Directors
 
 
 
 
Dianne Bolen
Executive Director, Assistant Secretary, and Treasurer
Mississippi Home Corporation
 
Dianne Bolen is the executive director, assistant secretary, and treasurer of the Mississippi Home Corporation.  Bolen serves on the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Advisory Board and is a member of the National Mortgage Bankers Association and Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition.

Bolen earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Delta State University.  Bolen has more than 24 years of housing and finance experience.
 
Term expires October 2011 
 
 
 
 
Sarah Carpenter
Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency
 
Sarah Carpenter was appointed executive director of Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA) in Burlington in 1998.

Before that, she served 15 years as executive director of Cathedral Square Corp., a Burlington non-profit that owns and manages properties for seniors and individuals with special needs.

Carpenter earned a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard University, and a Bachelor of Science in social work from the University of Vermont.

She has received several prestigious awards—including the Vermont YWCA Susan B. Anthony Woman of the Year Award, the National Organization on Disability Outstanding Contribution Award, and a NeighborWorks America Government Service Award—and has served on many voluntary boards.
 
Term expires October 2011 
 
 
 
 
Dean Christon
Executive Director, New Hampshire Housing Finance Agency
 
Dean Christon is the executive director of the New Hampshire Housing Finance Agency.  Christon was promoted to that position in 2007 from his post as chief operating officer.  He joined New Hampshire HFA as assistant executive director in 1987.
 
Christon serves as chair of the State of New Hampshire’s Housing and Community Development Planning Council, is a member of the Governor’s Jobs Cabinet and the Emergency Shelter and Homeless Coordination Commission.
 
Christon holds a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Arts from Saint Anselm College.
 
Term expires October 2010 
 
 
 
 
Ted Fellman
Executive Director, Tennessee Housing Development Authority
 
Ted Fellman was appointed as the executive director by the THDA Board of Directors September 22, 2005, and took office November 1, 2005.  As the chief executive officer for THDA, he is responsible for the conduct of the affairs of the agency, which has 205 employees, annual operating revenues of $140 million and $2.6 billion in assets.  Fellman has been with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency since March, 1995, serving as chief of administrative services, controller and chief financial officer.  He began his career in state government in April, 1984 and served previously in the Department of Finance & Administration and the Department of Correction.

Fellman is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Government Financial Manager.  He earned his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Tennessee Tech University in 1983, and earned a Master's degree in Public Administration from Tennessee State University in 1996. Fellman attended the Tennessee Government Executive Institute in 1991. He is a member of the Association of Government Accountants and the American Society for Public Administration.
 
Term expires October 2010 
 
 
 
 
Douglas A. Garver
Executive Director, Ohio Housing Finance Agency
 
Douglas (Doug) Garver, executive director of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA), oversees the lead agency for affordable housing in Ohio.  OHFA offers many opportunities to help Ohio families obtain affordable, quality housing.  The Agency administers a wide range of programs that offer assistance to first-time homebuyers, renters, senior citizens, single parents and other populations with special needs who otherwise might not be able to afford quality housing.

Garver currently serves on the board of the Ohio Statewide Development Corporation.  He is also a member of the Fannie Mae National Housing Advisory Council, the Governor’s Interagency Council for Homelessness and Affordable Housing and Ohio's Permanent Supportive Housing Policy Steering Committee.  Prior to his appointment at OHFA in February 2004, Garver served five years as Assistant to the Director and Assistant Director of the Ohio Department of Development.

Garver received a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio with a dual major in economics and business administration. He is certified as an Economic Development Professional by the National Development Council and has attained a Master of City and Regional Planning from The Ohio State University.
 
Term expires October 2010 
 
 
 
Michael G. Gerber
Executive Director, Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs
 
Michael Gerber is the executive director of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), a position he has held since May 2006.
 
Under Gerber’s leadership, TDHCA in 2008 alone financed an estimated $1.2 billion in affordable rental development and construction throughout the state, yielding $131.4 million in taxes and other revenue for local governments, and an estimated $1.2 billion in local income for job creation and secondary business development.  Also in 2008, TDHCA financed the development of 16,790 units of safe, decent, and affordable rental housing and placed in service 8,327 affordable rental units. TDHCA helped 2,862 families become first-time homebuyers through its homeownership programs, weatherized more than 4,000 homes, transitioned more than 3,000 Texans out of poverty, and assisted more than 500,000 Texans with community services programs.
 
Gerber received his undergraduate degree from George Washington University and his MBA from Marymount University.
 
Term expires October 2010 
 
 
 
 
Thomas Gleason
Executive Director, MassHousing
 
Thomas (Tom) Gleason is a career housing finance professional with more than 32 years of experience in affordable housing lending, community development and bond finance.  Gleason was appointed executive director of MassHousing in 2001.  He had previously served as deputy director/chief operating officer since 1995.  Prior to that, Gleason was the director of MassHousing's Home Ownership Division.

Before joining MassHousing in 1987, Gleason worked for 10 years with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Communities and Development.  Since Gleason became executive director, MassHousing has provided approximately $4.4 billion in financing, nearly 38% of the total financing provided by the Agency since 1970.
 
Term expires October 2011 
 
 
 
David M. Haney
Executive Director, Wyoming Community Development Authority
 
David Haney is executive director of the Wyoming Community Development Authority (WDCA).  Prior to be appointed to his post at WDCA in 2007, he spent 20 years as senior vice president of Bank of America representing the Bank’s community development interests in Northern New England.
 
Haney also served as chairman of the board of the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority, board member and officer of the National Conference of State Housing Boards, national and New England Advisory board member for NeighborWorks America, member of Fannie Mae’s New England Advisory Board, and founding chair of the New Hampshire Community Reinvestment Corporation.
 
Haney has a BSBA from the University of Colorado where he was named Outstanding Male Business School Graduate. He graduated from the Prochnow School of Banking, University of Wisconsin Graduate School of Business, and attended the Stanford University Bank Simulation Pilot Study Program. Haney has done further post-graduate work at the University of Colorado at Denver in organizational development.
 
Term expires October 2011 
 
 
 
Timothy Kenny
Executive Director, Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
 
Tim Kenny has served on the NCSHA Board of Directors since 2003 and has been the executive director of the Nebraska Finance Investment Authority since 1994.
 
Term expires October 2010 
 
 
 
 
Antonio Riley
Executive Director, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority
 
Antonio Riley has served as executive director of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) since he was first appointed by Governor Jim Doyle in February 2003. The first African American to head the agency, Riley and WHEDA have worked to capture the inherent relationship between housing and economic development by developing new strategies that increase jobs, make homeownership affordable, and invigorate depressed neighborhoods.

In 2007, Riley completed the Senior Executives in State and Local Government program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. Before Governor Jim Doyle appointed him to head WHEDA, Riley served 10 years in the Wisconsin Legislature representing Milwaukee's 18th Assembly District. Mr. Riley is chairman of the board of Milwaukee's Westside Health Care Association.
 
Term expires October 2010 
 
 
 
 
Dennis Shockley
Executive Director, Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency
 
Dennis Shockley began his public service career in 1978. He currently serves as executive director of the Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency, a position he has held since 1997. In 2000, the Oklahoma Quality Award Foundation recognized OHFA with its award for Commitment. Shockley holds a Ph.D. in history from Kansas State University. In 1999, he completed the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

He is a member of the board of directors of the National Council of State Housing Agencies, the first OHFA executive director to serve in that capacity. He is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma Class XV. In 2008, he coauthored How We Lived: A Pictorial History of the Places Oklahomans Have Called Home. This book received the distinction of being a finalist in the 2009 Oklahoma Book Awards.
 
Term expires October 2011 
 
 
 
L. Steven Spears
Executive Director, California Housing Finance Agency
 
L. Steven (Steve) Spears is the acting executive director of the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA).  He holds a Juris Doctorate from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, and a Masters of Business Administration (Finance) from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, and a Bachelor of Science (Accounting) from Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, Tennessee.
 
Spears is a member of the California Bar, a Certified Public Accountant, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Pacific Union College in Angwin, California, and on the Board of Directors of Yosemite Ridge Camp located in Yosemite National Park.
 
Term expires October 2010