36th Annual Meeting
Thursday, September 26, 2024, 5-7 PM
Nixon Peabody, Exchange Place, 53 State St, Boston, MA (Map)
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Honoring
Clark Ziegler, Executive Director, Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Recipient of the Stephen M. Nolan Leadership Award
Clark Ziegler is Executive Director of the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP), a quasi-public state agency that finances affordable rental housing, provides mortgage financing for first-time home buyers, provides technical assistance for housing and neighborhood development, and is a major contributor to state housing policy. He has been with MHP since its inception in 1985 and has been chief executive since 1990. During his tenure MHP has delivered financing or technical assistance in nearly every city and town in the Commonwealth, including financing for more than 31,000 units of affordable rental housing and more than 25,000 affordable homes for low-income first-time buyers. In total MHP has delivered $6.4 billion in below-market financing either directly or through participating banks.
Between 1976 and 1981, Clark was in Washington, DC as an LBJ Intern, legislative assistant and then administrative assistant (chief of staff) to Massachusetts Congressman Robert Drinan, where he specialized in energy, environmental, budget and tax policy and staffed the House Subcommittee on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources. From 1983 to 1985 he was Deputy Director of Development and Public Affairs at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.
Clark serves as a governor’s appointee on the board of the Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation, which provides financing and technical assistance to community-based nonprofits across Massachusetts. He chairs the board of the Housing Partnership Fund, a federally certified community development financial institution and a lending affiliate of the Housing Partnership Network, an organization that brings together the nation’s leading housing and community development nonprofits. For 11 years, he was a director and officer of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders before stepping down in 2020. He recently completed four years as a founding board member of Housing Navigator Massachusetts, a nonprofit tech startup that developed a searchable web portal for all subsidized housing units in the Commonwealth and is champion of a universal online application for affordable housing.
As an Ipswich resident, Clark served as chairman and as a 15-year member of the town’s Finance Committee, overseeing local spending on municipal government and public education and making recommendations on zoning and all other matters before town meeting. In 2006 he received the Community Service Award from Citizens Housing and Planning Association and in 2011 the Boston Globe named him one of the top 10 innovators in Massachusetts.
Clark has a bachelor’s degree from Hampshire College and a master’s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard University.
Recognizing
Dick Bauer, Access to Justice Fellow & Clinic Consultant
Recipient of the Pro Bono Excellence Award
In recognition of his years as an Access to Justice Fellow and Lawyers Clearinghouse Legal Clinic mentor, his meaningful support of Clearinghouse clients and volunteers, and his ongoing work on eviction appeals and affordable housing cases.
Hugo Carvajal, Executive Director, Latino Support Network CDC
Recipient of the McNeil Community Impact Award
In recognition of ten years serving the Latinx community in Lynn. Latino Support Network (LSN) offers a wide range of workshops, trainings, employment assistance, and resources, including financial assistance during the height of the COVID pandemic. LSN was recently designated as a CDC by MACDC and hopes to bring more affordable housing to Lynn, where the organization has already converted 6 rental units.
Sponsors to Date
Premium
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Platinum
Eastern Bank
First Citizens Bank
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Gold
The Architectural Team, Inc.
Beacon Communities LLC
Brown Rudnick LLP
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Citizens Bank
Corcoran Jennison Management Company
Dechert LLP
DLA Piper LLP (US)
First Resource Development Company
FM
Goodwin Procter LLP
Keith Construction, Inc.
Klein Hornig
Marsh, Moriarty, Ontell & Golder, P.C.
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
McCarter & English LLP
McDermott Will & Emery
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
NEI General Contracting
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Nordblom Company
Residences at Malden Station
Rockland Trust
The Schochet Companies
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
WinnCompanies
Silver
Brickpoint Properties, Inc.
Brookline Bank
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company-National Commercial Services
Crosspoint Associates, Inc.
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Gravestar, Inc.
Groom Construction
Hackett Feinberg P.C.
The Heritage Companies, Inc.
Hudson Housing Capital
John M. Corcoran & Company
Liberty Mutual Group
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
Needham Bank
Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.
Robinson & Cole LLP
Rubin and Rudman LLP
Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Urban Edge
Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment
Sponsors
Affirmative Investments, Inc.
The Boston Foundation
Boston Scientific
The Bulfinch Companies, Inc.
CohnReznick LLP
Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation
Daniel Dennis & Company LLP
Dellbrook | JKS
The Druker Company, Ltd.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Foley Hoag LLP
Goulston & Storrs PC
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
KJP Partners LLP
Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.
Metro Housing | Boston
National Equity Fund
Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
Oxbow Urban LLC
Peabody Companies
Planning Office for Urban Affairs
Pierce Atwood LLP
The RMR Group
Verrill Dana LLP
Webster Bank
Wingate Management Company LLC
Friends
Marilyn Batastini
B’nai B’rith Housing
Capstone Communities LLC
Citizens Housing and Planning Association, Inc.
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
Colliers
The Community Builders, Inc.
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford, LLP
Dalton & Finegold LLP
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
Fenway Community Development Corporation
Joe Flatley and Cindy Baratta
Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.
Housing Navigator
Housing Partners, Inc.
Ann Houston and Henry Korman
Jill Hyde
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation
Just a Start
Karen Kelleher
Jonathan Klein
Koven Consulting
Leggat McCall Properties LLC
Massachusetts Competitive Partnership
Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Peter Munkenbeck
New Atlantic Development Corporation
Novogradac
Pennrose Development
Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP
David Rockwell
Swerling Milton Winnick Insurance Adjusters, Inc.
U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance
Viva Consulting
Supporters
Nancy Blueweiss
Sara Bryant
John Cloherty
Wendy Cohen
Gina Govoni
JM Goldson
Edward Marchant
Kathy McGilvray
Kathy McGrath
David Price
Michael Rosenberg
Andrew Wailgum
Leadership Committee
Judy Jacobson, Co-Chair, Preservation of Affordable Housing
Karen Kepler, Co-Chair, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Kenan Bigby, Trinity Financial, Inc.
Paul Bouton, Beacon Communities LLC and Nixon Peabody (Retired)
Robert Brunelli, FM
John Carroll, Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.
Rob Charest, Boston Financial
Howard Cohen, Beacon Communities LLC
Larry Curtis, WinnCompanies
Shelby Devanney, Liberty Mutual
David Donahue, Berkshire Bank
Rita Farrell, Massachusetts Housing Partnership (Retired)
Steve Farrell, Fenway CDC
Ellen Feingold, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly (Retired)
Susan Finegan, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Melissa Fish-Crane, Peabody Properties
Joe Flatley, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (Retired)
Sara Frank, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Mia Friedman, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Thomas Gleason, MassHousing (Retired)
Jenn Goldson, JM Goldson
David Greenblatt, Beacon Communities LLC
Mossik Hacobian, Higher Ground Boston
Rachel Heller, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association, Inc.
Richard Henken, The Schochet Companies
Kathy Henry, Eastern Bank
Roger Herzog, Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation
Lizbeth Heyer, 2Life Communities
Jill Hyde, Beacon Capital Partners
Dara Histed, Nixon Peabody LLP
Kurt James, KJP Partners LLP
Dara Kovel, Beacon Communities LLC
David Koven, Koven Consulting
Joseph Kriesberg, MassINC
Gail Latimore, Codman Square NDC
Kimberly Martin-Epstein, Hackett Feinberg P.C.
Greg May, Nelson Mullins LLP
Jonathan Mishara, FM
Nicholas Moise, Eastern Bank
Kathy Murphy, Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
Thomas Neumeier, Liberty Mutual
Stephen Nolan, Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
Chris Norris, Metro Housing|Boston
Justin Pierce, Cambridge Savings Bank
Gordon Pulsifer, First Resource Development Company
John Quintal, Rockland Trust
David Rockwell, Massachusetts Housing Partnership (Retired)
Dan Rosen, Klein Hornig LLP
Alexander Rosso, Nixon Peabody LLP
Cindy Rowe, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Amy Schectman, 2Life Communities
Esther Schlorholtz, First Citizens Bank (Retired)
Kurt Stiegel, Robinson & Cole LLP
Suzanne Turner, Dechert LLP
Eleanor White, Housing Partners, Inc.
Joshua White, Metro Housing|Boston
Kenneth Willis, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston