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  • Carmen Asturias

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    Carmen Asturias is a Resident Service Coordinator at Springville Seniors. Her personal goal as such is to provide a pleasant, safe and healthy environment for the Springville family. Her mission is to connect individuals with enriching activities that promote physical wellness, enjoyable mental ventures, and entertaining social events for the enrichment in life.

    Her Degree in Radio/TV Communications, combined with her passion and expertise for fitness has giving her the opportunity to play an influential role through the radio waves across the glove to one on one as fitness personal trainer. Carmen has been involved in the community creating entertainment activities, fashion shows, arts, drama, dance and exercise activities while raising her children which is her greatest pride. Her ability to communicate with the heart has earned her awards in improvisation speech. Her Motto: “Love is a Verb” and she uses that name when participating in the Great Cycle Challenge which unites her joy of bike riding with her desire to help others in need. She loves nature and spending time alone as much as being involved in social events.

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  • Michael Ravitch

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    Michael D. Ravitch is a partner at Grossberg, Yochelson, Fox & Beyda, LLP.  Mr. Ravitch concentrates his practice among areas of acquisition, disposition, financing and leasing of real property as well as the preparation of joint venture documents.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with high distinction from The Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor degree with honors from The George Washington University Law School. Mr. Ravitch was a Member of The George Washington University Law School Law Review and The Order of the Coif.  He was also a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Pennsylvania from 1990 until 1995.  Mr. Ravitch came to Grossberg, Yochelson, Fox & Beyda as a law clerk while in law school, and has been with the firm ever since.  Mr. Ravitch advises numerous individuals and real estate companies on contractual, business and management issues, and has lectured on various real estate related topics from time to time over the years.

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  • Andrew Lamming

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    Andrew Lamming is a partner with the nationally recognized law firm, Rutan & Tucker, LLP, where he handles a wide range of real estate transactional matters with an emphasis on low-income housing developments.  Andrew has represented a variety of for-profit and non-profit developers in the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and disposition of housing projects throughout the United States.

     

    Andrew earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctorate from Stanford Law School.

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  • Yeping Tran

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    Yeping Tran is a third-year student at Sacramento State University, majoring in Health and Human Service.  Her passion is working with seniors, and as a Resident Services Coordinator is gaining more experience and skills to better serve seniors.  She also volunteers at the University of California, Davis Hospice Program every week, visiting hospice patients in their home and spending time doing small chores, reading, and providing companionship. During the pandemic, she supports hospice patients by sending cards and making phone calls.  In her spare time, Yeping likes to go hiking and connecting with nature.

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  • Beverly Jackson

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    Beverly Jackson has a long history working in social services coordinating and directing programs in underserved communities focusing on senior mental health, advocacy, services as well as HIV treatment and prevention.  She developed the Electric University for San Francisco Network for Elders, providing power safety for homebound seniors and spearheading the Healthy Neighborhood Initiative for seniors and people with disabilities on the San Pablo Ave corridor of Oakland, California while at the East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation.

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  • Charly Ligety

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    Charly Ligety leads Housing on Merit’s research and development initiatives forming new and collaborative ways to build more affordable housing across the U.S. In addition, Charly is the Managing Director of The Housing Innovation Collaborative (or “HICo”), a global housing development research platform, sponsored by HOM, that showcases the latest design, finance, and policy solutions to address the housing affordability crisis across the world.

    Prior to joining HOM, Charly worked in the commercial real estate finance industry for over 10 years, working for a boutique real estate private equity firm as an analyst prior to joining Wells Fargo’s Commercial Real Estate Group as a Relationship Manager in Los Angeles. In that role, Charly developed new business relationships with large investment firms and developers and managed a $400 million loan portfolio, which included underwriting and managing value-add and construction loans on a range of property types throughout the U.S.

    Charly graduated with honors from the full-time MBA program at University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business in 2018. While in graduate school, Charly became a published author of “Let’s Do Us”, an interactive conversation guidebook for couples, which he co-authored with a former colleague. Charly earned his Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, majoring in Geography and Economics. At Dartmouth, Charly was a varsity member of the nationally ranked Division 1 Dartmouth Ski Team. As a native of Park City, Utah, Charly is still a passionate skier and mountain biker. Charly enjoys exploring his adopted city of Los Angeles, along with biking, hiking, and long walks on the beach with his wife and son.

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  • Daniel Rubin

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    Daniel Rubin provides support for Housing on Merit’s Resident Services program, ensuring residents all around the country are able to thrive.  Prior to joining Housing on Merit, he worked as a case manager for the San Diego LGBT Community Center.  He played a direct role in helping dozens of young people and families access permanent and stable housing. Daniel graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and Sociology.  He received a Master of Arts in Sociology from Northwestern University.  His Master’s thesis analyzed how increasing legal rights impacts the fight for broader societal acceptance of minority communities.   When not working, Daniel can be found taking his pug, Biscuit, for a walk, baking a cake, or rooting for Bay Area sports teams.

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  • Tyler Martin

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    Tyler has been a multifamily investment broker since 2007. He joined Marcus & Millichap in January, 2017 after working at two other national brokerage firms in Los Angeles as a member of a team solely concentrated on institutional apartment transactions and Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Tyler joined the AHA team in 2019.

    Tyler has been involved in transactions totaling over 5,000 units, working on behalf of notable institutions such as BlackRock, AIMCO, BRE Properties, Bank of America, and JP Morgan Chase. He has built strong relationships within the multifamily industry and continues to leverage his experience.

    He received his Bachelor of Arts from University of the Pacific and lives in Newport Beach, California.

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  • Jeffrey Jaeger

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    Jeffrey E. Jaeger is Co-Founder and Principal of Standard Communities. For the past 20 years, Mr. Jaeger has played an essential role in the acquisition, management, disposition, and financing of real estate transactions with a capitalization of more than $6 billion. Mr. Jaeger is responsible for all facets of investments, asset management, construction, financial structuring, and the strategic direction of Standard Communities. Under Mr. Jaeger’s leadership, Standard Communities has become one of the 50 largest affordable housing owners in the country, with a portfolio of more than 115 deals totaling over 18,600 units.
    Active in the Los Angeles philanthropic community, Mr. Jaeger is a current Board Member and Co-Founder of Housing on Merit, a California-based non-profit focused on creating a bridge to permanent affordable housing for vulnerable populations. Mr. Jaeger is also a current Board Member of Inner-City Arts, one of the nation’s most effective arts-education providers located in the heart of Skid Row, Los Angeles. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Berkeley.

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  • Bryan Barker

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    Bryan Barker has 15 years of experience in providing financing solutions to developers of affordable multifamily communities throughout the United States. He specializes in using tax exempt bonds to provide construction and permanent financing. Past financing structures have included private placements, direct bank purchases and credit enhancement (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Most transactions have also involved low income housing tax credits.

    Mr. Barker has arranged over $3 billion of financings. Mr. Barker joined Citi Community Capital, formerly GMAC Commercial Mortgage Affordable Housing Division, in 2002.

    Mr. Barker is a graduate of St. Lawrence University (B.A., Economics).

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