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Our Mission

We promote and protect affordable homeownership in New York so that middle- and working-class families can build strong, thriving communities.

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OUR VALUES

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Affordable Homeownership is about equality.

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We're in this together.

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Neighborhoods are at the heart of New York.

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Working collaboratively is working strategically.

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OUR PARTNERS

All Partners
Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
Access Justice BrooklynGrow BrooklynNeighborhood Housing Services of JamaicaBrooklyn Legal ServicesHousing & Family Services of Greater New YorkNeighborhood Housing Services of New York CityBrooklyn Legal Services Corporation AIMPACCT BrooklynNeighborhood Housing Services of QueensBrooklyn Neighborhood ServicesBronx Legal ServicesJASA: Legal Services for the Elderly in QueensNeighborhood Housing Services of Staten IslandThe Legal Aid SocietyNorthfield Community Local Development CorporationBronx Neighborhood Housing ServicesMargert Community CorporationNew York Legal Assistance GroupCAMBAMobilization for JusticeNew York Legal Assistance GroupChhaya Community Development CorporationMutual Housing Association of NYQueens Legal ServicesCity Bar Justice CenterNeighbors Helping NeighborsQueens Volunteer Lawyers ProjectCypress Hills Local Development CorporationNeighborhood Housing Services of BrooklynStaten Island Legal Services
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Our History

In 2008, the leadership of New York City and private foundations created the Center to meet the challenge of the Great Recession's foreclosure crisis.

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PROGRAMS
COALITIONS

LEADERSHIP

Christie Peale

CEO & Executive Director

Salima Etoka

Chief of Staff

K. Scott Kohanowski

General Counsel

Lisa Lofdahl

Senior Counsel

Natasha Pallan

Chief Financial Officer

Pamela Sah

Chief Program Officer

Jessica Wells-Hasan

Chief External Affairs Officer

John Baker

Director of HAF DATA and Technology

Sarah Brown

Director of Finance

Carolyn Canahuate

Deputy Director of the NY State Homeowner Assistance Fund

Tiffany Chambliss

Deputy Director of Procurement and Compliance

Viviana Chan

Deputy Director of Finance

Jade Gary

Senior Staff Attorney

Dakarai Griffin

Deputy Director of Homeowner Hub

Michael Haynes

VP of Lending & Servicing

Felicia Itri

Deputy Director of Closing & Compliance

Caren Johnson

Deputy Director of Digital Products

Jennifer Leisure

Deputy Director of Energy Sustainability Programs

Braden Listmann

Director of Programs

Mireille Martineau

Director of the NY State Homeowner Assistance Fund

Julian St. Patrick Clayton

Director of Policy & Research

Jessi Penkoff

Senior Staff Attorney

Lucy Raimes

Vice President of Partnerships

Lucie Scott

Deputy Director of the NY State Homeowner Assistance Fund

John R. Smith

Deputy Director of the NY State Homeowner Assistance Fund

Aaron Sturm

Deputy Director of the NY State Homeowner Assistance Fund

Rudy Ulin

Deputy Director of Underwriting

Caitlin Valley

Deputy Director of Grants Management

Nicole Zajdman

Deputy Director of the NY State Homeowner Assistance Fund

THE TEAM

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ADMINISTRATION

Sydni Scott

COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

Demetria Wambia

DEVELOPMENT & EXIT RELATIONS

Laura Cheung

Grace Kim

Adhira Udayaraj

DIGITAL PRODUCTS

Alexandra Chin

Alexander Manzi

Alejandro Weil

Ian Iyengar

Juan Carlos Patrón

Caren Johnson

Carol Sung

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Salima Etoka

Takako Kono

Christie Peal

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Jessica Wells-Hasan

FINANCE

Marie Abraham-Gustave

Natasha Pallan

Gabriel Sanchez

Christina Carpentier

Lady Parada

Sarah Stevenson

Viviana Chan

Johanna Plotkin

Caitlin Valley

Acacia Edmondson

Matthew Ramos

HAF TECH

John Baker

Jacquelyn Perry

Daniel Walsh

John Gestautas

Taylor Ray

HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND

Carolyn Canahuate

Michelle King

Aaron Sturm

Andrew Cross

Mireille, Martineau

Nicole Zajdman

Grace Fulop

Lucie Scott

HOMEOWNER HUB

Daira Abdul-Raheem

Dakarai Griffin

Yarelyz Vasquez

Jessica Castro

Matthias Howley

Sydney Wells

Collin Clarke

Ashfaq Khan

Stuart Wong

Deanni Dalrymple

Paola Portilla

Jovan Ellis

Melanie Salazar Cobos

LEGAL

Pushpa Bhat

K. Scott Kohanowski

Jessica Penkoff

Tiffany Chambliss

Lisa Lofdahl

Jade SanFilippo

LENDING

Lauren Camasta

Josette Mills

Maya Sambolah

Hilman Guillory

Jennifer Nascimento Da Silva

Rudy Ulin Lorenzo

Michael Haynes

Felix Okema

La Tasha Williams

Felicia Itri

Melissa Rosario-Tavarez

Reynold Martin

Pamela Sah

PARTNERSHIPS

Lucy Raimes

PEOPLE AND CULTURE

Kim Ashby Fowler

Michelle March-Cooper

POLICY AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS

Sabrina Bazile

Janice Guzon

Josephina Oluwanifise

Yvette Chen

Sophie Harrington

Ariana Shirvani

Julian St. Patrick Clayton

Theodora Makris

Kevin Wolfe

John Edward Dallas

Kedar Nagarajan

PROGRAM DELIVERY

Kim Ashby Fowler

Michelle March-Cooper

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