Diana Bellizzi’s journey to the affordable housing industry was a winding road through other asset classes. Before overseeing all investor relations and relationship management efforts for Hudson Valley Property Group—a New York-based company that owns and acquires affordable housing and mixed-income properties—Bellizzi held a variety of roles in commercial real estate financing. In 2019, she met one of the co-founders of HVPG and their first conversation was "pretty inspirational," as she puts it. She decided to join the team and she couldn’t be more satisfied with her decision.