Conversation Panelists
DAVID BOWERS VICE PRESIDENT, MID-ATLANTIC MARKET AND SENIOR ADVISOR, FAITH-BASED DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY PARTNERS
David Bowers’ work includes facilitating affordable housing and community development transactions, policy implementation and Community development program work in collaboration with public and private sector stakeholders in Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia. David leads a team that provides access to financing, capacity building and technical assistance to local developers and community-based organizations and participates with local coalitions engaging local governments to increase resources and enhance policies that support affordable housing and community development. David’s work leading Enterprise’s national Faith-Based Development Initiative work includes strategic planning, program design,
relationship cultivation with religious organization stakeholders and fundraising to support multi-year faith-based development cohorts in jurisdictions across the country, including Atlanta, Baltimore City, Dallas, Houston, Miami, Montgomery County, MD; New York City, Prince George’s County, MD, San Antonio, Seattle and Washington, DC.
CARLOS MARTÍN DIRECTOR, REMODELING FUTURES PROGRAM, HARVARD UNIVERSITY JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING STUDIES
Carlos Martín has over 25 years of scholarly and policy experience on the physical quality of homes, with a focus on housing adaptation to climate change, housing decarbonization, disaster mitigation and recovery, substandard housing, and the homebuilding and remodeling industry’s technology, workforce, materials, and regulation. Carlos came to Harvard from the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute. Previously, he was an assistant staff vice president at the National Association of Home Builders, SRP professor for energy and the environment at Arizona State University, and coordinator for the US Department of Housing and Urban Development's Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing. Carlos serves on several National Academies
committees and boards including the Board on Energy and Environmental Systems, has served on advisory boards for HUD, EPA, and FEMA, and is currently a board member or advisor to the National Housing Trust, Elevate, ACEEE, Climate Resolve, McKnight Foundation, and Resources for the Future. Carlos received his BSAD in architecture from MIT and his MEng and PhD degrees in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford.
DAVID A. NORTHERN, SR. PRESIDENT & CEO, HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
David A. Northern, Sr. has dedicated his longstanding and reputable career of 26 years to the public housing industry. A demonstrated leader in the affordable housing sector, he is the immediate past President of the Public Housing Authorities Directors Association, an organization of 1,900 member housing agencies representing more than 1.9 million low-income housing units throughout the US. David has proven experience as a proactive leader in federal housing assistance programs, including urban planning and policy development. In 2011 he was selected as a member of a housing delegation that traveled to South Africa to educate and advise their government leadership. In 2016, he was a speaker at the White House Convening on the proposed HUD smoke-free rule in public housing. His educational background
includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Ball State University and a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University. Additionally, Northern completed the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government 18-month Community Development program.
8 • THE NHP FOUNDATION 2024 SYMPOSIUM
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