Carter Malloy leads a fast-growing team of 65 people across Acres’ land intelligence platform. Prior to founding Acres, he spent 12 years in investing, with a specialty in technology and data companies. Prior to that, he built and led businesses in sustainable fuel and internet marketing. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Arkansas and serves on the Agribusiness Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Paul Williams is the founder and executive director of the Center for Public Enterprise, a think tank focused on broadening the public sector’s capacity to deliver economic development. He formerly worked for the Chicago Department of Housing, and for think tanks including the Economic Opportunity Institute and the Jain Family Institute. He holds a master’s degree in economics from John Jay College at The City University of New York, and a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from The Evergreen State College. He lives in Brooklyn, New York. 

Jenny Song is the Founder and CEO of Infilla, a technology company that makes software tools for municipal planning and building departments to process entitlements and permits faster, more consistently, and more transparently. Jenny has spent 1000+ hours with 300+ applicants and government staff in 50+ jurisdictions to build tools that serve all permitting stakeholders and proudly serves customer jurisdictions as varied as San Francisco, New York City, El Segundo, and Sonoma County.  She has been a technologist / product manager in both the public sector and fast growing tech startups such as Affirm and [ healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov/). She started her career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Applied Economics and Management.

Tom Coale (Perry Jacobson) is a seasoned attorney and state lobbyist specializing in housing and community development. Tom has written numerous editorials about housing and zoning issues, which have been published in The Baltimore Sun, Maryland Matters, and Greater Greater Washington. He has also been cited as a source in articles appearing in Vox, Forbes Magazine, Money Magazine, The Baltimore Banner, and The Baltimore Sun. Beyond his legal practice, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership and resides in Ellicott City, Maryland.

Chief Executive Officer, Enterprise Community Partners Shaun Donovan is the Chief Executive Officer of Enterprise Community Partners. One of the nation’s foremost leaders in housing and community development, Donovan’s 30-year career in public service has focused on building opportunity and fighting for people and communities too often left behind. He served in President Barack Obama’s cabinet for his full eight years in office, as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2009 to 2014 and as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget from 2014 to 2017. He was commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development from 2004 to 2009. As HUD secretary, Donovan led the fight against the nation’s unprecedented foreclosure crisis and served as chair of the president’s Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. He also advanced landmark fair housing protections and led the strategy that dramatically reduced homelessness around the country, including cutting in half the number of veterans sleeping on our streets and in shelters. Later, as director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Donovan increased investment in domestic and national security priorities as well as oversaw regulations that reduced inequality, expanded access to healthcare, improved education, and fought climate change. He also served in the Clinton administration as deputy assistant secretary for multifamily housing at HUD and as acting FHA commissioner during the Clinton/Bush presidential transition. After a mayoral run in his hometown of New York City, Donovan was named a senior fellow by the Ford Foundation in 2022 and currently serves as a trustee of the Urban Institute, Regional Plan Association, National Alliance to End Homelessness, Greater NY, and Rethink Food, as well as on the advisory board of Opportunity Insights. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public administration and architecture from Harvard University. Donovan is married to Liza Gilbert, a landscape architect who has designed and restored parks in New York City and across the country. They live in Brooklyn, where they raised their sons Milo and Lucas.

Amy Kleine oversees the Weinberg Foundation’s work focused on housing to advance the goals of creating new housing opportunities and maintaining housing stability for older adults, people experiencing homelessness, people with disabilities, veterans, and other vulnerable populations. Ms. Kleine partners with nonprofit organizations on capital, program, and operating grants to implement this important work. Ms. Kleine co-leads a Baltimore network of Housing Funders and represents the Foundation in Fund for Housing and Opportunity, a collaborative to improve outcomes for precariously housed renters.

Deborah Moelis is a Principal at Handel Architects and has been with the firm since its founding over 31 years ago. She was recently honored with the FAIA designation by the American Institute of Architects, recognizing her influential contributions to architecture, particularly in advancing sustainable design practices. Ms. Moelis has lectured internationally about sustainable design and has overseen the design and construction of groundbreaking projects such as the House at Cornell Tech and Sendero Verde in New York City, and Harmony Commons in Toronto. She received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design from the University of Michigan, and Master of Architecture from Columbia University, is licensed in New York and California, and became a Certified Passive House Designer in 2015.

I am a Senior Fellow at the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing where I provides strategic guidance, conduct research and provide technical assistance in support of the Center’s mission of addressing the nation’s housing challenges

Krista builds and leads transformational initiatives within the affordable housing sector, working towards a future when all homes are healthy, resilient, and affordable.  As VP of Building Resilient Futures at Enterprise Community Partners, she stewards the organization’s national environmental programs. 

As founding partner and CSO for Cecilian Partners, Philip brings 10+ years of experience from Accenture’s Strategy practice, advising the senior leadership of Fortune 500 companies on growth and operational strategy. His experience helping clients across technology, industrial, hospitality, energy, and consumer goods industries gives him a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities that exist across the market. Most recently, Philip was a founding member of Bloom – Accenture’s digital growth incubator. He led small teams of strategists, designers, data scientists, and developers to partner with clients and build new digital businesses targeting ideas that had $1B+ valuations. He was a pioneer in “human-centered” strategy and design, combining traditional strategy rigor with design creativity, data insights, and real technology build, and is excited to bring a fresh approach to growth and experience in the real estate industry. Philip holds degrees in mathematical economics and management from Rice University and the London School of Economics.

Shekar Narasimhan is the Managing Partner at Beekman Advisors which provides strategic advisory services to companies and investors involved in real estate, mortgage finance, affordable housing and related sectors. He also serves as Chairman of Papillon Capital, focused on sustainable infrastructure investing. Prior to Beekman Advisors, Shekar Narasimhan was a Managing Director of Prudential Mortgage Capital Company, one of the nation's leading providers of commercial mortgage financing. Immediately prior to Shekar’s time at Prudential, he was Chairman & CEO of the WMF Group, a publicly traded, commercial mortgage financial services company. WMF was one of the largest such firms in the country before being acquired by Prudential in 2000. Shekar is currently serving on the boards of Broadstone Net Lease, Inc., Enterprise Community Investment, Inc. and Democracy Alliance. Shekar was appointed by the Governor of Virginia as Member of the Board for Housing and Community Development and for the Virginia Housing Development Authority which he chaired from 2019-21. He also served as a Senior Industry Fellow at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and on the Advisory Council of the Center for American Progress. He has served on many boards, including the Low Income Investment Fund, the Community Preservation and Development Corporation, the National Housing Conference and the National Multi Housing Council. He also served as a Commissioner on President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. He is a sought after speaker on housing finance and affordable housing and is considered a leading expert on rental housing issues in the United States. Shekar has served several terms on the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA) Board of Directors, was the first Chair of the MBA’s Commercial/Multifamily Board of Governors, and founded its Multifamily Steering Committee. He was elected as the

Mike joined Homewise in 1992 and provides strategic leadership for the company by working with the board of directors and the executive management team to drive the long-term vision, strategy, goals, and financial well-being of Homewise. With over 35 years of experience in community and homeownership advocacy, Mike led the creation and implementation of Homewise’s customer-centric, comprehensively integrated homeownership business model. Mike drafted and led the campaign to pass Santa Fe’s inclusionary zoning law, one of the most ambitious in the country and which has served as the model for similar ordinances in other municipalities. More recently, he spearheaded the creation of Homewise’s catalytic community development strategy to revitalize targeted disinvested neighborhoods in Albuquerque and create new mixed-use, mixed-income communities in Santa Fe. Mike serves on the board of Excellent Schools New Mexico and previously served on the boards of the University of New Mexico Anderson School of Management Foundation and the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority. Mike holds a BA in History from Northwestern University

Vicki Davis is a Managing Partner, and co-founder of Urban Atlantic. While overseeing development and asset management for Urban Atlantic, Ms. Davis has managed the development of more than $3 billion in real estate projects and overseen a portfolio in excess of $5 billion in real estate investments. Her 30-year real estate career includes serving as Deputy Director of the Maryland Housing Fund and its Housing and Community Development’s Division of Credit Assurance, as well as portfolio management for South Charles Realty Corp. and multifamily development for Trammell Crow Residential. She has developed more than 10,000 multifamily residential units and over 3 million commercial square feet for Urban Atlantic, including 12 large-scale public-private redevelopments for local jurisdictions, transit authorities, and public housing authorities in DC, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, and Tennessee. Ms. Davis holds an MBA in Finance from American University, an MS in Engineering & Construction Management from the University of Texas, and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland. She serves on the Boards of the DC Building Industry Association, Capitol Riverfront Business Improvement District, and the ULI Terwilliger Center.

Bree Jones is the founder of Parity Homes, an equitable development company revitalizing West Baltimore without displacement. Originally from the Bronx and New Rochelle, she was shaped by global experiences, racial justice advocacy, and firsthand exposure to gentrification. Bree began her career on Wall Street, becoming the youngest and first Black female VP at a $12B hedge fund before transitioning to venture capital. Determined to build an economic system that uplifts Black communities, she launched Parity Homes in 2018. Despite early skepticism, her vision is now a reality—restoring abandoned homes, expanding Black homeownership, and proving that equitable development is possible. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, Fast Company, and Brookings Institute. A TED speaker and recognized leader, she holds fellowships with Ashoka, Open Society Institute, New Profit, Aspen Ideas Festival, and the Obama Foundation.

John R. Williams is President and Chief Investment Officer of Avanath Capital Management (“Avanath”), an institutional fund manager that specializes in affordable and workforce housing investments throughout major U.S. cities. In his role, Mr. Williams spearheads the firm’s portfolio acquisitions, capital formation, investor relations and fund management. Since joining Avanath, Mr. Williams has directed the closing of five institutional investment funds totaling over $2.0 billion of capital, comprised of equity commitments from some of the most prestigious and astute investors, including US pension funds, European pension funds, US university endowments, UK endowments, investment banks, foundations, banks, life insurance companies, and family offices. Since its inception, Avanath has acquired and renovated over 104 affordable housing communities (over 15,000 units) and expanded its national portfolio into 14 states. The firm currently manages over $3.0 billion in assets, employs over 400 people, and focuses on generating attractive risk-adjusted returns, with an emphasis on fulfilling its investor’s ESG objectives. Mr. Williams graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design Executive Program and earned his B.S. in finance from Duquesne University. He is active in the real estate industry, serving as a Governor of the Urban Land Institute (ULI); Past Chairman of the ULI Silver Multi-Family Council; a member of the Executive Committee of the National Multi Housing Council (NMHC); and an Advisory Board Member of the Duquesne University Business School. Mr. Williams is also a frequent speaker at national real estate conferences sponsored by ULI, Pension Real Estate Association (“PREA”), Harvard

Jill Ferrari has more than 30 years of experience in private real estate development, legal practice, and consulting, with a focus on complex brownfield redevelopment projects. She is the co-founder of Renovare Development, which was named the 2025 “Developer of the Year” by Michigan RE Journals. Her practice includes commercial real estate development, economic development incentives, commercial real estate finance, nonprofit corporations, and small business startups. She works with a wide range of clients, including commercial real estate developers, municipalities, and entrepreneurs. Jill has been widely recognized for her leadership and contributions to the real estate industry. She is the 2025 Phoenix Award winner from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for her lifetime of work in brownfield redevelopment. She was named “Woman of the Year” by the Detroit Women’s Leadership Network in 2023, a Crain’s Detroit “Notable Executive in Real Estate” in 2021, a GlobeST Magazine “Woman of Influence” in 2021, a 2017 “Woman of Distinction” by the Wayne State University Council on the Status of Women and a 2016 winner of the Melvin Simon Award from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Foundation. She serves on the National Advisory Board for the Urban Land Institute’s Terwilliger Center for Housing and is a founding board member of the Women’s Sustainable Development Initiative, a nonprofit organization supporting emerging women developers working in low-income communities. In addition, Jill is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, where she teaches Real Estate Design and Development Fundamentals. Outside of her professional work, Jill is an award-winning screenwriter, science fiction enthusiast, and passionate advocate for adoption and the LGBTQ community.

Mary Claire Davis is Vice President of Real Estate Development for Affordable Homes & Communities (AHC), joining the nonprofit housing organization in 2009. She leads development efforts for AHC in Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia. Prior to joining AHC, she managed affordable housing developments with Victory Housing and Wesley Housing Development Corporation. Mary Claire earned a master’s degree in urban and environmental planning from the University of Virginia and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Emory University. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the Maryland Affordable Housing Coalition and the Women’s Housing Coalition. She also served on the Housing Committee for Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s transition team in 2023 and is a member of the 2024 class of Leadership Maryland Executive Program.

Hilary S. Chapman is the Housing Program Manager for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). At COG, Ms. Chapman works with regional leaders in northern Virginia, suburban Maryland, and the District of Columbia to find collaborative, cross-jurisdictional solutions to the shared challenges of homelessness, housing affordability, and fair housing through convening, sharing of best practices, and analysis to support local housing policy and practice. Prior to joining COG, Ms. Chapman spent nearly a decade as an affordable housing developer, working with public housing authorities nationally to create mixed-income communities. She also served the Government of the District of Columbia as a Capital City Fellow and is a 2016 graduate of ULI Washington’s Regional Land Use Leadership Institute. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance (NVAHA) and Affordable Homes and Communities (AHC, Inc). Ms. Chapman has a master’s degree in city planning from MIT and an undergraduate degree in sociology from The College of William & Mary.

Dennis is passionate about creating places for people to thrive. He brings extensive experience in innovation and change management within the residential development and homebuilding sector, with a proven history of leading large-scale market engagement programs and cultivating partnerships across diverse business ecosystems. His background includes advising on international government-backed housing initiatives and orchestrating comprehensive industry transformation efforts. As the leader of strategy and programming at the Housing Innovation Alliance, Dennis activates industry partnerships that create business growth opportunities within the U.S. housing market. Dedicated to empowering industry talent, he is committed to mentoring and investing in the next generation of housing-focused entrepreneurs, ensuring that the ecosystem continues to grow and evolve. Dennis and his family reside in Pittsburgh, PA, where they can most often be found on the water or in the mountains.

John is the co-founder and CEO of Cecilian Partners, a proptech company focused on transforming customer experience. Based out of New Hope Pennsylvania a suburb of Greater Philadelphia locating on the Delaware River and serving 100+ master planned communities across the country. Cecilian Partners has a suite of offerings from innovative consulting to smart service-oriented software that changes how community developers and homebuilders manage the complex ecosystem of selling and managing the dream of "home", whether that is rental or ownership. John holds a Master of Business Administration in Systems Thinking and Global Finance from Villanova University, and earned his Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Psychology from Duquesne University. John is an active member of the Urban Land Institute, Forbes Real Estate Council, Community Development Council (CDC) Gold is on the leadership steering committee of NEXT America's for ULI. When not actively working and growing his flourishing tech start-up, John spends time with his wife Jennifer, and children Stella and Delilah. John is an avid cyclist, triathlete, and Ironman Finisher who strives to find balance between work, health and family.