Our People
A lot of what we do involves finding the right balance among competing priorities. That can mean reducing construction costs, while maximizing durability of building materials. Or keeping projects on track, while making time to honor diverse perspectives and question status-quo thinking. Whatever the factors at play, we are committed to supporting our partners to make wise decisions to reach their goals. We are creative problem solvers who love to collaborate with mission-driven teams to build strong communities. We look forward to working with you!
Aminata Diagne
Associate Project Manager
Aminata is motivated by a passion for affordable housing construction. She enjoys improving processes to enhance efficiency and generate better outcomes for clients and communities.
Andrea K. Sanchez
Deputy Director
Andrea works within HDC’s equity-oriented strategic framework to ensure that HDC’s program operations respond to the evolving needs of Oregon’s affordable housing industry.
Anita Punja
Senior Finance Project Manager
Anita values building strong relationships with project partners. She brings experience in financing housing that serves residents with special needs and communities displaced by gentrification.
Ben Loftis
Senior Finance Project Manager
Ben enjoys getting to know the residents of the housing he develops. His approach to development finance consulting is informed by his experience working as a developer and asset manager for long-term owners.
Blair Schaeffer-Bisht
Associate Project Manager
Working across HDC’s development and asset management teams, Blair supports owners to create and maintain operationally healthy affordable housing communities.
Camela Raymond
Communications Manager
Camela works with HDC’s internal teams to support and craft communications that raise awareness, build connection, and motivate action.
Chelsea Lancaster
Operations Manager
Chelsea manages technology and supports administrative and financial operations at HDC. She is thrilled to serve an organization that believes housing is a human right.
Debbie Page
Construction Project Manager
Debbie takes the time to ease residents of occupied-rehab projects through the construction process, bringing a human-centered approach to her work managing housing construction.
Gigi Szabo
Senior Finance Project Manager
Gigi has a passion for contributing to the creation of permanent supportive housing for our most vulnerable community members. She brings 20 years of experience in housing development and finance to her work.
Jake Kirsch
Asset Management Project Manager
Jake believes that expanding housing access is a pillar of antipoverty work and that prosperity is possible for all. He enjoys working with all stakeholders to reduce barriers to housing.
Julie Proksch
Director of Real Estate Development
Julie is a listener, learner, and relationship builder who collaborates with her clients and team members to solve tricky problems and achieve multidimensional goals.
Kayla Murphy
Construction Project Manager
Kayla feels passionately about providing owners and residents the information they need to use, care for, and get value from their new and newly rehabbed buildings.
Kimberly Taylor
Director of Asset Management
Kimberly supports organizations to use proactive asset management practices to preserve the health of our region’s affordable housing communities.
Lara Spangler
Senior Construction Project Manager
Lara brings a background in architecture and a lifelong interest in global concepts of human shelter to her work helping diverse teams meet development and construction challenges.
Liz Winchester
Senior Asset Management Project Manager
Liz brings a solutions-oriented approach and an equity lens to her work supporting organizations to create healthy, sustainable, inclusive affordable housing operations.
Lynn Lindgren
Senior Construction Project Manager
Lynn enjoys assisting clients to develop and build projects that provide a place for individuals to flourish, families to grow, and communities to come together.
Meredith Bowie
Director of Finance & Operations, Community Fund Director
Meredith enjoys contributing her administrative and finance skills to an organization that makes a difference in people’s lives by expanding access to high-quality affordable housing.
Natalie Thornton
Senior Asset Manager Project Manager
Natalie’s work supports organizations to ensure that the affordable homes we invest in today are available to residents who need them in the future.
Shauna Childress
Senior Finance Project Manager
Shauna manages financing of mission-driven developments, using her experience working for direct service providers to ensure projects meet the needs of communities they are intended to serve.
Synkai Harrison
Finance Project Manager
Synkai leverages his experience in real estate finance and construction to find creative development solutions that provide healthy, energy efficient homes for all communities.
Traci Manning
Executive Director
Traci is passionate about advancing the work of organizations that want to increase their social impact and make our community better for everyone.
Travis Phillips
Director of Real Estate Development
Travis believes in the power of affordable housing development to expand economic and housing opportunity for historically marginalized communities and to break intergenerational cycles of poverty.