MEET OUR STAFF
Joan Carty, President and Chief Executive Officer: As President and CEO of HDF, Ms. Carty is devoted to expanding homeownership opportunities. Since taking the helm of HDF in 1994, Ms. Carty has grown its funding pools from $8.5MM to more than $63MM. She has leveraged more than $85MM in first mortgage activity by conventional lending partners by lending more than $60MM for multi-family financing and second mortgages for first-time homebuyers. From late 1983 until 1993, Carty served with and headed three nonprofits devoted to community-based lending or actual development of affordable housing – Neighborhood Housing Services of Brooklyn, New York, Neighborhood Preservation Program and Bridgeport Neighborhood Fund in Stamford and Bridgeport, Connecticut, respectively. In these capacities, she established relationships with private lenders, government funding sources and corporate and foundation donors. In 1989, she served on the committee that developed the concept for the Housing Development Fund, known then as Stamford Development Fund. Ms. Carty holds a M.F.A. from the College of New Rochelle, a M.S. in urban affairs from Hunter College, and a J.D. from Fordham University.
Joanne Taylor, Chief Operating Officer: Ms. Taylor joined HDF in June 2008 for this newly created position. As COO of HDF, she has responsibility for all day-to-day operations, with lending, counseling, grant writing and reporting and development staff reporting to her. Prior to joining HDF, Ms. Taylor spent over 20 years in various financial services industry roles, including portfolio management of mortgage-backed securitizations insured by MBIA Insurance Corporation, management consulting engagement management and commercial bank relationship management. Ms. Taylor holds a B.S. in finance and marketing from Georgetown University and a M.B.A. from New York University.
Kevin Porter, Director of Lending: Kevin Porter joined the Housing Development Fund in February 2007. In this role, Mr. Porter supervises HDF’s lending staff, oversees HDF’s multi-family and first-time homebuyer loan programs, manages the relationships with HDF’s bank and municipal partners and manages the HDF loan portfolios. Mr. Porter holds a B.A. in economics from Bates College and a M.A. in economics from the New School for Social Research.
Betsy McGroarty, Director of Homebuyer Programs (Retired September 2009): Ms. McGroarty has been the Director of Homebuyer Programs (formerly known as Adopt-a-House) since 1996. The program continues to help low- and moderate-income households purchase first-time homes. In addition to carrying a full counseling load, she is the spokesperson for the program in the community and assists in raising support for operating expenses. Ms. McGroarty is a certified professional housing counselor. Ms. McGroarty holds a B.A. in journalism from the University of North Carolina and a M.A. in humanities from Manhattanville College.
Deborah
MacKenzie, Director of Homebuyer Programs
Tami Strauss, Knowledge Development Officer: Ms. Strauss has more than 17 years experience in real estate and housing finance. She is responsible for developing knowledge-based products to improve HDF’s ability to deliver better quality and higher level of service to its clients, the public, board members and other stakeholders. She is responsible for fostering the culture of knowledge sharing within and outside of the agency through grant-writing and grant management, development and management of marketing materials and press-related items, and client database management. Ms. Strauss holds a B.A. from SUNY Albany and a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from New York University.
Winifred
Bailey, Mortgage Closing Coordinator
MaryAlice
Dinho, Danbury Program Manager
Todd Fagan, Foreclosure Intervention Specialist
Denise Fogerty, Client Intake Associate
Delila Forehand,
Senior Loan Officer
Myriam
Mena-Polk, Loan Officer
Pat Ormsby, Office
Manager
Brendan Owen, Research Assistant
Daisey Perez, Foreclosure Intervention Specialist
Melvina Peters,
Homebuyer Education Coordinator
Roxana Ubillus,
Senior Homeownership Counselor
Jason S.
Ward, Senior Multifamily Loan Officer
Richard Zelinsky, Intern/Webmaster
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