In this episode, Paraag is On the Horn with Steve Glickman, Senior Advisor at Aspiration, Entrepreneur in Residence at CohnReznik, and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. 

Earlier in his career, Steve received multiple presidential appointments to serve in the Obama Administration, including as senior economic advisor at the White House, where he managed trade, investment, manufacturing, and small business policies for the National Security Council and National Economic Council.  He also served as Chief of Staff for the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Special Advisor for the International Trade Administration, and Deputy Associate Counsel for the White House.

In this episode, Paraag is On the Horn with Jordan Moss. Over the past two decades, Jordan has been actively engaged in the investment, acquisition, development, financing, and management of more than $4 billion of institutional multifamily transactions. Jordan founded Catalyst Housing Group in 2015 to combat rising income inequality and address California’s related middle-income housing crisis.

An active real estate technology investor/advisor, Jordan more recently launched the Catalyst Innovation Lab, which focuses on incubating, piloting, and scaling innovative solutions, tools, and partnerships that drive operating margins, building efficiencies, and portfolio sustainability across the Catalyst portfolio and throughout the multifamily sector.

Jordan formed the nonprofit Essential Housing Fund in 2020 to subsidize rents for public school teachers, develop additional middle-income ownership models, and further diversity and inclusion efforts within the multifamily industry and beyond. 

Kimble Ratliff is Vice President of Government Affairs for NMHC. He is responsible for a variety of housing policy and finance-related issues including the reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, HUD’s multifamily and affordable housing programs, appropriations, and immigration reform. 

He joined NMHC from the Committee on Financial Services in Congress where he was a member of the Housing Subcommittee professional staff during the financial crisis and consideration of Dodd-Frank. He previously worked for a Dallas-based private equity firm and for A.I.G. in their Global Investments Group. Kimble holds a BA in Public Policy from Southern Methodist University and a Masters in Real Estate Finance from Georgetown University.