Welcome The NHP Foundation 2024 Symposium
RICHARD F. BURNS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & TRUSTEE, THE NHP FOUNDATION Welcome to the 8th Annual NHPF Symposium, Adapting Affordable Housing to the New Realities. I am personally very proud of how this year’s event came together. We began with a review of the findings of last year’s Symposium which took a very forward-thinking look at what we all must do to sustain the creation and preservation of affordable housing.
NHPF Board of Trustees
Glynna K. Christian CHAIR Cherie Santos-Wuest VICE CHAIR Robert H. Abrams
The broad-ranging 2023 findings that included everything from bolstering the insurance industry to investing in construction industry apprenticeships, convinced us that there are some very important new realities encompassing financial strategies, sustainability and urban crime. Because, to dust off a familiar line, “the future is now.” I met with several of my NHPF colleagues to determine what they believed to be the three most essential new realities. This collaboration with NHPF staffers from all areas of the organization proved most fruitful and the results led to the creation of our in-depth industry survey, select panelists and our short film. We know every one of you here tonight shares the urgency we feel to implement some major initiatives going forward and to inspire us all to do so, we are so pleased to welcome incredible athlete, author and dynamic speaker, Diana Nyad as our keynote speaker. We hope the evening’s presentations will encourage you to take our conclusions and recommendations and incorporate them into your work to further the affordable housing goals we all want to reach. In the meantime, engage in conversation and cocktails with a colleague, and enjoy the program.
Lisa Anastos Ralph F. Boyd
Richard F. Burns Sarah E. Feinberg Sheldon L. Schreiberg
Charu Singh Grace Torres Adam Weers
NHPF Officers
Richard F. Burns Eric W. Price Mansur Abdul-Malik Mecky Adnani Scott L. Barkan Neal T. Drobenare Alla A. Eleon Carlos A. Gonzales Stephen M. Green Dawn Gutierrez John G. Hoffer Thalia Lankin Fred C. Mitchell Tim B. Pryor C. Meade Rhoads, Jr. Ian Sobel Thomas G. Vaccaro John M. Welsh Kenneth D. White Joseph P. Wiedorfer
4 • THE NHP FOUNDATION 2024 SYMPOSIUM
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