Special Guests:

Lydia M. Pope has been in the real estate industry since 1995 and is currently president and owner of E & D Realty and Investment Co, Inc., E&D Realty Property Management & New Era Real Estate Group Inc.  She obtained her MBE (Minority Business Enterprise), SBE (Small Business Enterprise), DBE (Disadvantage Business Enterprises) & WBE (Women Business Enterprise) certifications.

Currently, Lydia is President-Elect of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers, Inc., (NAREB) as only the third woman to hold the office in the minority real estate trade association’s 74-year history. 

Vincent Reina, PhD. is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Faculty Director of the Housing Initiative at Penn. His research focuses on urban economics, housing economics and housing policy, fair housing, and community development. Dr Reina previously worked in housing financing at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Faculty Director of the Housing Initiative at Penn.