Daniel Lucenti, AIA. Bio: Daniel has more than eight years of experience in a variety of project types, including higher education, commercial, mixed-use, and innovation districts. He is responsible for the production, management, and coordination of technical documents for projects from the design phase through construction. Daniel collaborates with the design team to prepare highly coordinated documents from the schematic phase through contract administration. He has recently been implementing buildings on Ayers Saint Gross’s two recently completed innovation campuses in the Northeast United States.

Jonathan Lessem, AIA, LEED AP Principal Well organized, analytical, and thoughtful, Jonathan maintains quality for documentation and delivery of most of the firm’s most complex projects. With more 25 years of experience, Jonathan is a technical expert for construction detailing and an invaluable internal resource for building materials, code analysis, and document standards. Jonathan’s experience and passion for design are coupled with skillful listening and interpretation of the clients’ needs. He has coordinated teams for numerous complex projects and is a skilled orchestrator of communication and information amongst all parties involved. His vast experience working within historic preservation and redevelopment projects makes his particularly adept at navigating technical requirements of historic adaptive reuse projects within regulatory constraints. With admirable humility, Jonathan works with clients on a day-to-day basis to create meaningful and successful facilities at all scales.

Washina X. Ford Mid-Atlantic Community Life Director Washina X. Ford (she/her) serves as Community Life Director for The Community Builders, Inc. in Mid-Atlantic a position she has held since 2020. Washina support several site staff from Pennsylvania to North Carolina to implement resident centered strategic approaches to create equitable pathways for resident and neighborhood success. Washina has been committed to the mission of TCB since 2011, supporting Community Life programs in multiples regions during her tenure. Washina began her career at TCB as a Youth Engagement Specialist at Oakwood Shores in her hometown of Chicago, IL. Shortly after, Washina relocated to Norfolk, VA to serve as the Resident Service Coordinator, leading the strategic planning and management of comprehensive programming at HOPE VI work-first community of 300 households. Three years later, Washina advanced to a new role based in the TCB home office of Boston, MA. In this new role as the Operation Managers for Family Sites, Washina focused on process improvements and streamlined procedures that will increase the effectiveness of the site’s teams in the area of hiring, onboarding procedures, budget management, training, and evaluation collection. As of 2017, Washina has been leading and managing the implementation of the Community Life work in the then new emerging market of TCB, Baltimore, MD, with her work centering around program development for senior and Non-elderly disabled (NEDs) residents, RAD Occupied Relocation, and community safety. Currently, Washina is the Community Life Director for the Mid-Atlantic region, providing strategic direction for 18 sites in five states. Washina is an active member of the following TCB taskforces: Diversity and Inclusion and Resident Experience Change Management. Washina holds a bachelors in sociology from University of Illinois, master’s in business management from the University of Phoenix, and a master’s in city and regional planning from Morgan State University. Washina serves as the Board Treasurer for Making Change Inc., a non-profit that provides financial literacy education and individual coaching. In addition, Washina serves on the board of The Connect 757, an organization founded to create platforms for local black professionals to promote diversity through social connections and reduce barriers to access due to race.

Lindsay Story, Creative Director Bio: As the firm’s creative director with 17 years of experience in graphic design, Lindsay has worked on projects ranging from signage and wayfinding for the Monticello Visitor Center to a pocket-sized pop-up book illustrating the firm’s student housing expertise. Lindsay specializes in the integration of graphic design within learning environments. She is experienced in creative strategies, facilitation, and project management, and is adept at guiding the creative approach in tandem with budget and schedule. Recent projects include print and identity design, signage and wayfinding, environmental graphics, and branding and identity efforts. In addition to client work, Lindsay is the keeper of the Ayers Saint Gross brand and works to promote brand consistency and design excellence firm-wide.

Mark Sapperstein, owner and principal of 28 Walker Development, is a lifelong resident of Baltimore. Mark has developed various real estate ventures over the past 40 years concentrating primarily in the state of Maryland. Included among his numerous development projects are neighborhood and convenience shopping centers, mixed-use developments, multi-level parking garages, office buildings, condominiums, radio towers and residential land development for national homebuilders. His most notable projects include: McHenry Row, a 20-acre mixed-use development in Locust Point, which includes nearly 400,000 sf of Class A Office space, 473 luxury apartments, a Courtyard by Marriott hotel, a Harris Teeter grocer, 47,000 sf of street retail and 3 parking garages totaling 1,500 parking spaces. The Shops at Canton Crossing, a transformation of 30 acres of a former Exxon oil refinery into a vibrant urban shopping destination. Comprised of 435,000 sf of national and local retailers including a Target and Harris Teeter. Wheelhouse Apartments, the first co-living concept in Baltimore, Maryland. This unique project features 90 individually leased private en suite bed/baths among 29-unit shared living and kitchen spaces. Beautifully designed amenities include lounge, kitchen with integrated beer tap, outdoor courtyard, private meeting rooms and more. Ground level retail includes BRD restaurant and Starbucks. The Collective at Canton, a 12-acre mixed-use development currently under construction including a Sprouts grocer, 500 luxury apartments, retail and a Heavy Timber office building. His projects have received numerous recognition and awards including Homebuilders Developer of the Year, ULI Baltimore Wavemaker Awards and NAIOP MD Awards of Excellence

Daniel Bythewood, Jr. President As a Founding Partner of La Cité Development, Dan Bythewood, Jr. serves as President and Managing Partner of the company. A real estate financier and developer, Mr. Bythewood has extensive knowledge of the real estate market and has fully structured and negotiated real estate ventures from initial concepts through building, renovation, lease up and completion. Prior to the founding of La Cité Development, Dan Bythewood was an acquisitions manager at New York Equity Fund, a division of the National Equity Fund, the largest syndicator of tax credits. While at the New York Equity Fund, Mr. Bythewood managed the construction and ultimately administration of large development and disposition programs within the City of New York such as the Neighborhood Redevelopment Program (NRP), Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Program (NEP), and the Neighborhood Homes Program (NHP). While at the New York Equity Fund, Dan Bythewood was in charge of in excess of a billion dollar portfolio of projects, and personally developed and invested $150 million dollars in net equity. The multi-faceted nature of the tax credit portfolio allowed Mr. Bythewood to fully understand co-ownership ventures and to establish superb banking relationships with traditional and non-traditional lenders, tax credit allocating agencies, city governments and joint venture partners. A seasoned entrepreneur both in the United States and abroad, including Europe, the Middle East, and Ghana, Africa, Dan Bythewood is a series 6 registered and licensed representative with the NASD. Mr. Bythewood earned his BA from Adelphi University.

Adam Rhoades-Brown Development Director Adam is responsible for managing the day-to-day development process for CSP’s large scale revitalization and development projects. His responsibilities include overseeing the acquisition, entitlements, design, construction, leasing, and financing for a variety of commercial and mixed used buildings. Adam has experience with a variety of public financing tools, including state and federal historic tax credits, New Markets Tax Credits, and Tax Increment Financing. Adam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and hold board positions at Venture for America, Healthcare for the Homeless, and The Henderson Hopkins School.

JAKE STERN DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, BALTIMORE Jake Stern serves as Senior Project Manager, overseeing the development of and construction management of all major projects in Baltimore. He has overseen the redevelopment of Linden Park, The Jordan, Paca House and is taking the lead on The Baltimore Union Hall. Mr. Stern takes the lead in identification of new opportunities in Baltimore. He has experience in both property management and compliance from prior work in affordable housing. He joined Somerset in 2012. Mr. Stern has a Bachelor of Science from Tufts University where he studied sustainable urban development and earned degrees in both Environmental Studies and Spanish. He worked with the Tufts University Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning Program, studying best practices in green building, and earning a LEED Green Associate credential.

John Renner Vice President of Development Mr. Renner manages the real estate development department at Cross Street Partners, overseeing the team of development project managers and analysts. He also assists with the financial advisory practice, securing creative public-private financing for third-party developers. Prior to joining Cross Street Partners, Mr. Renner was the Managing Director of Rwanda Village Enterprises, Ltd., a for profit company building mixed-income, earth-friendly housing in Africa. Before moving to Africa, John was the VP of Real Estate Development at Becker + Becker Associates, Inc., an integrated architecture, planning and development firm based in New York City and Connecticut. At Becker + Becker, John helped develop the Octagon, the first LEED Silver building also on the National Registry of Historic Places, 360 State, a 500-unit LEED Platinum redevelopment project in downtown New Haven, and the Wauregan – the conversion of an abandoned hotel in Norwich, CT into affordable housing. Previously, Mr. Renner worked as a Development Manager with the Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC), a non-profit affordable housing developer in Brooklyn, and the Bozzuto Group, an integrated real estate company with development projects in Maryland, DC and Virginia. While working for Bozzuto, Mr. Renner helped develop the Spinnaker Bay building in Baltimore’s Harbor East community. Mr. Renner has 12 years of experience as a real estate developer. He has worked on real estate projects ranging from master-planned communities, to high-rise urban infill projects, to the gut renovation of small multifamily buildings for affordable housing. He has experience with most types of tax credit programs including green building tax credits, energy tax credits, NMTCs, LIHTCs and state and federal historic tax credits.