From January 29 – 30, 2025, the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition held its 2025 Annual Meeting in Newport Beach, California. Attendees benefited from educational sessions on the most pressing issues facing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (Housing Credit) and heard remarks from special guests, including Representatives Young Kim (R-CA), Dave Min (D-CA), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), and Fiona Ma, California State Treasurer. AHTCC members also elected AHTCC officers for 2025, discussed the legislative agenda and strategy for the year ahead, voted on the AHTCC’s 2025 legislative priorities, and engaged in committee meetings.
See highlights from the event below.
Featured Speakers
Representative Young Kim (R-CA-40)
Representative Dave Min (D-CA-47)
Representative Linda Sánchez (D-CA-38)
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, CPA
Panel Discussions
Legislative Outlook and Advocacy in the 119th Congress
Moderated by Emily Cadik, AHTCC Chief Executive Officer, with panelists Hunter Pickels, Senior Vice President, Policy & External Affairs, AHTCC; Matt Hoekstra, Williams & Jenson; Sean Farrell, East Capitol Advisors; Christopher Hatcher, Williams & Jenson; and Nancy Amstadt, RBC Capital Markets.
Policy in the New Administration and Congress: Beyond the Housing Credit
Moderated by Peter Lawrence, Novogradac & Company, with panelists David Gasson, Housing Advisory Group; Deborah VanAmerongen, Nixon Peabody; Shannon Ross, Housing Partnership Network; Jennifer Schwartz, National Council of State Housing Agencies; and Thom Amdur, Lincoln Avenue Communities.
Using Data to Show the Impact of the Housing Credit for Resident
Moderated by Andrew Lozano, Policy Director, AHTCC, with panelists Nick Luettke, Associate Economist, Moody’s; David Caputo, Moody’s; and Cathe Dykstra, Family Scholar House.
Advocacy in the New Political Environment
Moderated by Hunter Pickels, Senior Vice President, Policy & External Affairs, AHTCC with panelists Denny Hoskins, EisnerAmper, Missouri Secretary of State; Joshua Yurek, Midwest Housing Equity Group; Chris LaGrand, Woda Cooper Companies; and Paula Prahl, Dominium Development and Acquisition, LLC.
Investor Perspectives
Moderated by Ryan Sfreddo, Red Stone Equity Partners with panelists David Birkhan, TD Bank; Desiree Francis, Capital One; Sharon Goldstein, US Bank; Mark McCann, J.P. Morgan; and Stacie Nekus, KeyBank.
Affordable Housing in 2025: Addressing Challenges and Creative Solutions
Moderated by Dudley Benoit, Walker & Dunlop, with panelists Tony Bertoldi, CREA; Ismael Guerrero, Mercy Housing; Chris Hite, Sugar Creek Capital; Julie Sharp, Merchants Capital; Phil Stoffregen, Pedcor Companies; and Ruby Dhillon Williams, Arizona Department of Housing.
Affordable Housing Issues in California
Moderated by Ray Pearl, California Housing Consortium; with panelists Caleb Roope, The Pacific Companies; Geoff Brown, USA Properties Fund; Linda Mandolini, Eden Housing; Michael Ruane, National CORE; and Marina Wiant, California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and California Debt Limit Allocation Committee.
Congratulations to the AHTCC’s Board of Directors and Leadership Circle
At the AHTCC’s 2025 Annual Meeting, AHTCC members voted to approve the new slate of AHTCC officers for the upcoming year. Congratulations to the 44 members of the AHTCC Board of Directors below who will serve as officers in 2025 and thank you for your support of the AHTCC. Learn more about the AHTCC officers here.
President: Dudley Benoit, Walker & Dunlop
Chairman: Ryan Sfreddo, Red Stone Equity Partners
First Vice President/Legislative Committee Chair: Nancy Amstadt, RBC Capital Markets
Secretary: Julie Sharp, Merchants Capital
Treasurer/Membership and Finance Committee Co-Chair: Matthew Reilein, National Equity Fund/Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Vice Presidents:
- Membership and Finance Committee Co-Chair: Debra Guerrero, The NRP Group LLC
- Marketing and Communications Committee Co-Chair: Stacie Nekus, KeyBank
- Marketing and Communications Committee Co-Chair: Paula Prahl, Dominium Development & Acquisition
- Legal and Technical Advisory Committee Chair: Alan Cohen, Holland & Knight, LLP
- Executive Committee At-Large Members:
- Thom Amdur, Lincoln Avenue Communities
- Tony Bertoldi, CREA, LLC
- Kari Downes, Enterprise Community Partners
- Stacie Nekus, KeyBank
- Michael Novogradac, Novogradac & Company LLP
- Phillip Stoffregen, Pedcor Companies
- Presidents Emeriti:
- Todd Crow, PNC Real Estate
- Ronne Thielen, R4 Capital LLC
- Iris Bashein, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Richard Burns, The NHP Foundation
- Maria Bustria-Glickman, U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance
- Edward J. Campbell, WNC, Inc.
- Lauren Campbell, Dentons
- Meghan Cano, CHR Partners
- Jack Casey, Meridian Investments, Inc.
- Catherine Cawthon, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
- Samantha Cullen, Vitus
- Amy Dickerson, Hunt Capital Partners, LLC
- Desiree Francis, Capital One
- Brett Geiger, J.P. Morgan
- Glenn Graff, Applegate & Thorne-Thomsen P.C.
- Ismael Guerrero, Mercy Housing
- Noah Hale, Fairstead
- Jeff Kittle, Kittle Property Group
- Linda Mandolini, Eden Housing
- Forrest Milder, Nixon Peabody LLP
- Bart Mitchell, The Community Builders, Inc.
- Beth Mullen, CohnReznick LLP
- Chris Neary, Cinnaire
- Heather Perry, Dauby O’Connor & Zaleski LLC
- Milton Pratt, The Michaels Organization
- David Rattner, Tredway
- Maureen Reichert, RubinBrown LLP
- Noreen Short, Boston Financial
- Tom Tomaszewski, The Annex Group
- John Zeiler, Hudson Housing Capital LLC
We would also like to recognize and thank the 10 members of the AHTCC’s 2025 Leadership Circle for their support of the AHTCC. The Leadership Circle is a tier of AHTCC membership created to highlight AHTCC members at the forefront of our advocacy efforts. These recognized industry experts work alongside our Board of Directors with additional advocacy and networking opportunities. For more information about the AHTCC Leadership Circle email Selia Koss at selia.koss@taxcreditcoalition.org.
- Alice Carr, April Housing
- Amy Curry, Frost Brown Todd
- Larry Curtis, WinnDevelopment
- Chris Dischinger, LDG Development
- Yoni Gruskin, Ulysses Development Group
- Jana Hageman, T&H Investments
- Feras Qumseya, Standard Communities
- Michael Ruane, National Community Renaissance
- Jeffrey Woda, Woda Cooper Companies
- Joshua Yurek, Midwest Housing Equity Group
AHTCC Adopts 2025 Legislative and Regulatory Priorities
Since 1988, the AHTCC has been at the forefront of efforts to protect, strengthen, and expand the Housing Credit. At our Annual Meeting we adopted our 2025 legislative priorities, and will continue advocating for tax legislation to include proposals which increase Housing Credit production. We especially urge the enactment of proposals in the AHCIA with the greatest impact, which were included in the bipartisan Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024, which would restore and expand upon the temporary 12.5 percent Trump-era allocation increase that has now expired and lowering the bond financing threshold test.
In addition to advancing the AHCIA, the AHTCC supports other policies to support a robust Housing Credit investment market, promote Housing Credit regulatory flexibilities, and protect Housing Credit investment in efforts like Community Reinvestment Act reforms, lowering the Housing Credit risk weighting in Basel III framework, or any other regulations that may directly or indirectly impact the Housing Credit.
Click here to view our updated 2025 Legislative and Regulatory priorities.
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