Vision Awards
National
Housing & Rehabilitation Association Executive Vice President Thom Amdur
announced today that the recipients of the sixth annual Vision Awards for
lifetime achievement in affordable housing are Lisa B. Alberghini, President of
the Planning Office for Urban Affairs, Inc. and David A. Smith. CEO of CAS
Financial Advisory Services.
The
awards will be presented at a special evening awards reception on November 2 at
the Taj Hotel in
Boston
,
Massachusetts
. The event is a part of
NH&RAs annual Fall Forum, a two day conference that focuses on the latest
developments in affordable housing, historic preservation, new market tax
credits as well as green retrofitting of both existing and new buildings.
At
the Planning Office for Urban Affairs since 2001, Ms. Alberghini has overseen
the development of over 650 units of affordable housing and equity financing in
excess of $170 million. Ms. Alberghini has more than 25 years of
experience developing affordable housing including having spent 18 years at the
Boston Office of Community Builders (as Director of the Office for the last
three years) and has been an active
leader and advocate for increasing resources for affordable housing
development at both the State and Federal levels.
David
A. Smith, a 1975 Harvard graduate, has been a pioneer in both private
transactions and government policy innovations, having created business lines
in acquisition of affordable housing, financial recapitalization, debt
restructuring, equity takeout and renewed affordability. Mr. Smith has
been called on for analysis by Congress, HUD and the Millennial Housing
Commission and is an award winning author with more than 100 published articles.
Previous winners of the Vision Awards have been:
2004—John Corcoran, John M. Corcoran Company
Kate Racer, Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
2005—Jerry Flannelly, MMA Financial LLC
Aaron Gornstein, Citizen’s Housing and Planning Association
2006—Marty Jones, Corcoran Jennison Companies
Mayor Thomas Menino, City of Boston
2007—Amy Anthony, Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH)
Herb Collins, Collins & Company LLC
2008—U.S. Representative Barney Frank, Massachusetts
Larry Curtis, WinnDevelopment
Click here to learn more about previous honorees. For more information about the Vision Awards, the ceremony or the NH&RA Fall Forum, please go to housingonline.com.
Contact: Thom Amdur
Executive Vice President
NH&RA
tamdur@dworbell.com
202-939-1753