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2024 Program Managers Draft At-A-Glance Agenda UPDATED 3.12.24

Conference Agenda

Monday, March 18, 2024

Welcome and Opening Plenary

Marion Mollegen McFadden, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Todd M. Richardson, General Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Aligning HUD Environmental Reviews with Other Federal Agencies & ER Updates

Lauren Hayes Knutson, Director – Environmental Planning Division, HUD’s Office of Environment and Energy, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

VAWA’s Housing Protections for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking, and Sexual Assault
Ng and Kofman Presentation Combined 

Karlo Ng, Director on Gender-based Violence Prevention and Equity, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Larisa Kofman, Co-Owner, Managing Partner, Enfuse Action Collective

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

BABA Implementation Challenges and Updates

Lisa Maxwell, Community Development Bureau Manager, Mississippi Development Authority

Brittany Pittman, State Program Manager, ARC & SCRC, Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Andrew Van Horn, Policy Analyst, National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials

Chris Hart, Management Analyst, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Washington Update

Josh Shumaker, Director of Advocacy and Federal Programs, COSCDA

Updates from COSCDA’s Policy Partner and Proposed New Vision for HUD

Ann Oliva, CEO, National Alliance to End Homelessness

Jenny Scheutz, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Tess Hembree, Executive Director, COSCDA

Monday, March 18, 2024

HUD Housing Initiatives:  PRO Housing, Price, Recovery Housing, Neighborhood Stabilization, & Notice on CDBG in Support of Housing

Presentations are Combined

Jennifer Day, Community Planning and Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Jeremiah Christopher, Community Planning and Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Colin Cross, Community Planning and Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Claire Morehouse, Community Planning and Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

C. Duncan Yetman, Jr., Deputy Director, Entitlement Communities Division, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Effective Procurement – Fulfilling Requirements & Avoiding Conflict of Interest

Lilah Haxton, AICP, Community Planning and Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Kathleen Weissenberger, Principal and Owner, KW Consultants, LLC

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Streamlining Your CDBG Grant Process & CDBG Reform Regulation

Erinn Martin, Senior Community Planning and Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Geoffrey Armes, Community Planning and Development Specialist, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

B. Cory Schwartz, Deputy Director, Office of Block Grant Assistance, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Mark Staff, Director, State of Wisconsin Department of Administration

Felicity Gasser, Housing and Community Development Senior Specialist, California Department of Housing and Community Development

Briefing with HUD Senior Officials

Robert Peterson, Director, State and Small Cities Division, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

B. Cory Schwartz,  Deputy Director, State and Small Cities Division, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Dr. Edkesha Anderson,  Assistant Director, State and Small Cities Division, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Monday, March 18, 2024

Office-to-Residential Conversions: Navigating Complexities, Achieving Results

Anita Kramer, Senior Vice President, ULI Center for Real Estate Economics and Capital Markets, Urban Land Institute

Tracy Hadden Loh, Fellow, Brookings Metro, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking

Emma Waters, Policy Analyst, Bipartisan Policy Center

Kurt G. Usowski, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs, Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

GAO Evaluation of the Housing Trust Fund & HOME/HTF Grant Closeouts

 Presentations Combined

Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Peter Huber, Deputy Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Bill Lord, Director, Community Housing, Tennessee Housing Development Agency

Willa Darley Chapin, Housing Branch Chief, Division of Federal Financial Assistance, California Department of Housing & Community Development

Moderator:
Lorissa Luciani, Administrator, Division of Housing & Community Resources – Housing Production, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

How States are Implementing HOME-ARP (and updates from HUD)

Bill Lord, Director, Community Housing, Tennessee Housing Development Agency

Russell Goodman, Homeless Housing Funding Program Manager, Utah Office of Homeless Services

Ilona Nagy, HOME-ARP Manager, Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Henrietta Owusu, Director, Program Policy Division, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Briefing with HUD Senior Officials

Sardone and Huber Presentations Combined

Virginia Sardone, Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Peter Huber, Deputy Director, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Henrietta Owusu, Director, Program Policy Division, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Danielle Frazier, Director, Financial and Information System Division, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Diane Thompson, Assistant Director, Program Policy Division, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Caitlin Renner, Assistant Director, Program Policy Division, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Walter Howell, Assistant Director, Program Policy Division, Office of Affordable Housing Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Monday, March 18, 2024

Enhancing Coordinated Entry

Melisa Linden, Coordinated Entry Performance Specialist, Washington State Department of Commerce
Handout 1 – WA CE Guideline Check-list-CE Required P&P
Handout 2 – WA CE Guideline Check-list-CE Requirements

Karen R. Byron, Supervisor, Balance of State CoC, Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
Handout 1 – BoS CoC CE

Sharon Price-Singer, Senior Program Specialist, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, Department of Housing and Urban Development

Monitoring Subrecipients – Guidance and Tools Used by States

Tami Hill Thomas, Audit and Compliance Lead, Special Needs Assistance Program, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Handout 1 – Internal Wellness Checklist
Handout 2 – Internal Wellness Top Ten List
Handout 3 – Homeless Definition Recordkeeping Requirements and Criteria
Handout 4 – Virtual Binders At-a-Glance Match
Handout 5- Virtual Binders At-a-Glance Recordkeeping

Suzanne Korff, Senior Policy Officer, Homelessness Initiatives, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development

Karen R. Byron, Supervisor, Balance of State CoC, Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities

Inclusion of Lived Experience in Policy & Program Administration

Juanita Perry, Senior Program Specialist, Special Needs Assistance Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Whitney Whitaker, Emergency Solutions Grants Program Manager, Division of Housing, Colorado Department of Local Affairs

Steve DiLella, Director, Individual and Family Support Program Unit, Connecticut Department of Housing

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Listening Session:  Improving How States Do Business–Data to Planning to Implementation

William Snow, requested photo Senior Program Specialist, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Briefing with HUD Senior Officials

Norm Suchar, Director, Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Monday, March 18, 2024

Meeting the Mitigation Requirement & Green Building Standards

Charles L. Bearman, Director, Disaster Recovery Division, Mississippi Development Authority

Devon Shumate, Managing Director, New York State Office of Resilient Homes and Communities

Jeff Haley, Deputy Executive Director, Louisiana Office of Community Development – Disaster Recovery Unit

Program Management Software & Connecting to DRGR

James Shuster, Chief Information Officer / Deputy Director, Division of Disaster Recovery and Mitigation, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

Philip Carter, Program Manager, Disaster Recovery Division, Mississippi Development Authority

Alex Pennington, Director of Research & Strategic Analysis, New York State Office of Resilient Homes and Communities

Moderator:
Jenny B. Mason, Director, Disaster Recovery Division, Nebraska Department of Economic Development

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Managing Activity Delivery Costs

Jen Hylton Carpenter, Director, Policy Division, Office of Disaster Recovery, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Ransford “Ran” Reinhard, Director of Operations, South Carolina Office of Resilience

Wendy Nelson, Fiscal Compliance Section Chief, Disaster Response and Operation Branch, California Department of Housing & Community Development

Briefing with HUD Senior Officials

Tennille Smith Parker, Director, Office of Disaster Recovery, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

COSCDA Program Managers Training Conference Registration List

3.25.2024 Program Managers Speaker List