Katie concludes her conversation with Eugene Jones, the CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Eugene has 35 years of public housing leadership experience and is globally recognized as a turnaround expert who also served a four-and-a-half-year stint as CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority.

This week's ChangeMaker is Eugene Jones, the CEO of the Atlanta Housing Authority. Eugene has 35 years of public housing leadership experience and is globally recognized as a turnaround expert who also served a four-and-a-half-year stint as CEO of the Chicago Housing Authority.

Katie wraps up her discussion with ChangeMaker, Gregory Russ, the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority. In part two, Greg talks about how NYCHA handled the pandemic and what surprised him the most when he arrived in the Big Apple.

This week's ChangeMaker is Gregory Russ, the Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority. Before hitting the Big apple nearly a year ago, Greg ran Minneapolis Public Housing where he managed 11,000 tenants. Now he’s in New York City and handling 400,000 tenants.

Katie concludes her conversation with ChangeMaker, Adrianne Todman. Adrianne created an award-winning model to house homeless veterans as the Executive Director at the DC Housing Authority. Today, Adrianne is the CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. She leads a group of nearly 20,000 housing and community development agencies and professionals who house eight million people throughout the country.

This week's ChangeMaker is Adrianne Todman. Adrianne created an award-winning model to house homeless veterans as the Executive Director at the DC Housing Authority. Today, Adrianne is the CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. She leads a group of nearly 20,000 housing and community development agencies and professionals who house eight million people throughout the country.

Katie wraps up her discussion with ChangeMaker, Demetria Simpson, the Vice President of Development at BGC Advantage.  In Part Two, Demetria shares her leadership style, who inspires her today, and how BGC Advantage is impacting communities in the development realm.

This week's ChangeMaker is Demetria Simpson.  Demetria has over 20 years of housing and development experience.  Now she’s the Vice President of Development at BGC Advantage.  Demetria talks to Katie about how she found herself working in the world of affordable housing and how she handled the recovery efforts after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Katie continues his discussion with Robert Pinnegar, the President & CEO of the National Apartment Association.  In Part Two of our first episode, Bob tells Katie how his experience in politics prepared him to lead the NAA.

On the first episode of ChangeMakers, Katie talks to Robert Pinnegar, the President & CEO of the National Apartment Association about how the NAA has become a strong advocate for affordable housing assistance and how they're helping to solve the affordable housing crisis.