NCSHA Announces 2026 Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Council of State Housing Agencies elected its 2026 Board of Directors on October 5 during the association’s Annual Conference. Board officers and directors are nominated from among and voted on by the executive directors of the member state housing finance agencies.

NCSHA’s officers were re-elected to second one-year terms:

• Chair: Jennifer Ho | Minnesota Housing
• Vice Chair: Robin Wiessmann | Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
• Secretary/Treasurer: Maura Collins | Vermont Housing Finance Agency

Ralph Perrey of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency is the Immediate Past Chair.

Newly elected directors are:

• Scott Farmer | North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
• Scott Hoversland | Wyoming Community Development Authority
• Chrystal Kornegay | MassHousing
• Tammy Neale | Virginia Housing
• Steve Walker | Washington State Housing Finance Commission

Christopher Nunn of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs/Georgia Housing and Finance Authority was re-elected to serve as the Executive Committee’s at-large member.

Incumbent directors are:

• Dan Brennan | MaineHousing
• Bryan Butcher | Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
• Kristin Faust | Illinois Housing Development Authority
• Shannon Harner | Nebraska Investment Finance Authority
• Amy Hovey | Michigan State Housing Development Authority
• Nandini Natarajan | Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
• Christopher Nunn | Georgia Department of Community Affairs/Georgia Housing and Finance Authority
• Melanie Walter | New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency

“I’m humbled by our colleagues’ confidence in this leadership team. Stability in leadership allows us to build momentum and sustain progress in addressing the serious challenges to housing affordability in our states,” said Board Chair Jennifer Ho.

NCSHA Executive Director Stockton Williams said, “NCSHA’s leaders embody a shared national commitment to an affordably housed nation. Through their collective vision and the strength of this organization, state HFAs are poised to take an even greater role in addressing the nation’s housing challenges.”

About the National Council of State Housing Agencies 
For more than 50 years, state housing finance agencies have played a central role in the nation’s affordable housing system, delivering financing to make possible the purchase, development, and rehabilitation of affordable homes and rental apartments for low- and middle-income households.

The National Council of State Housing Agencies is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization created to advance, through advocacy and education, the efforts of the nation’s state HFAs and their partners to provide affordable housing to those who need it. NCSHA’s vision: An affordably housed nation. Learn more at www.ncsha.org.

For more information, contact Lisa Bowman, Director of Marketing and Communications.