CHAPA 2020 Virtual Annual Dinner Program

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WELCOME TO CHAPA’S VIRTUAL ANNUAL DINNER 6:30 - 6:45 PM

Pre-event networking session

7:00 PM Opening remarks from CHAPA’s CEO, Rachel Heller 7:10 PM

CHAPA staff video

7:20 PM Introduction of keynote speaker by

CHAPA’s Board President, Amy Schectman 7:25 PM Keynote speaker, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley 7:35 PM

Awards ceremony

OPENING REMARKS CHAPA’s CEO, Rachel Heller

INTRODUCTORY REMARKS CHAPA’s Board President, Amy Schectman

KEYNOTE SPEAKER Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

AWARD PRESENTER State Representative Byron Rushing (ret.)

AWARD PRESENTER Dr. Tracy Corley

AWARD PRESENTER Dr. Tiffany Manuel

OUTSTANDING IMPACT AWARD Jeanne Pinado, Madison Park Development Corporation

EMERGING LEADER AWARD Jarred Johnson, TransitMatters

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD Engine 6, Fran Godine

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD Yes for Newton’s Future, Allison Sharma

WELCOME LETTER Dear Friends, Welcome to CHAPA’s 53rd Annual Dinner. On behalf of our Board of Directors and staff, we are grateful for your support and your partnership throughout the year. And, what a year this has been.

It seems like years ago when we were gathering at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in February to discuss the latest in federal housing policy, working together on state budget advocacy, participating in communications trainings on building support for affordable housing, launching this year’s Affordable Housing Development Competition, and planning the 40B conference.

Everything changed on March 10th. And, like it always does, our affordable housing community came together.

We moved meetings online and shifted gears to emergency response, helping people stay stable as illness spread and unemployment rose. Within two days of the shutdown, hundreds of us gathered on Zoom to learn more about the effects of the pandemic on people’s housing stability across the state. We worked together to develop policies and programs at the state and local levels to keep people, properties, and our neighborhoods stable. Never before has the importance of safe, healthy, and affordable housing been clearer.

We continued to meet weekly, learning from each other about the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on Black and Brown people, people with low incomes,

Once again, the importance of housing and community development is front and center. And, once more, we are coming together as a community to understand our history, understand the role policies have played in limiting opportunities and threatening the health and safety of Black and Brown people, and to do the work we need to do to advance racial equity.

Each year, we look forward to this Dinner. It is an opportunity to connect with each other, celebrate our shared accomplishments, honor leaders in the field, and plan for the future. While we are not together in person this year, our gathering feels even more special and vital. We have accomplished so much together and we have so much more to do. Thank you for your partnership, and for everything you do to ensure people have safe, healthy, and affordable homes in the communities they choose.

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seniors, and people experiencing homelessness. Just as the nation reached the devastating benchmark of 100,000 people lost to COVID-19, we collectively witnessed the murder of George Floyd. And, it became clearer than ever to so many of us who do not experience racism, just how much work we need to do to ensure that Black and Brown people can enjoy the privileges that many of us don’t even realize we have.

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CONGRATULATIONS

on 53 years of outstanding leadership.

In the face of extraordinary challenges, CHAPA plays a critical role in helping to create and preserve safe, healthy and affordable housing and in promoting economic mobility for families and individuals across the state.

We are proud to be your partner!

And we’d like to congratulate tonight’s honorees Jeanne Pinado, former CEO of Madison Park Development Corporation Jarred Johnson, Exectutive Director of TransitMatters Engine 6 and Yes for Newton’s Future

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JEANNE PIN OUTSTANDING IMPACT AWARD Jeanne Pinado served as Madison Park Development Corporation’s CEO from 1998-2019 and is currently a Strategic Advisor for the organization. She developed and implemented a strategic growth plan that increased its multi-family and commercial real estate portfolio through new construction and acquisitions by over 300% since 2006 resulting in assets of $196 million. Her work has transformed the disadvantaged Roxbury neighborhood in Boston, creating

NADO Hibernian Hall, a vibrant center of arts & culture and many other community programs focused on youth and resident leaders. Pinado currently serves as board President of NeighborWorks Capital Corporation, past president and current board member of CHAPA, executive board member of A Better City, member of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute Community Advisory Committee, and on the boards of Foley Hoag Foundation and Charlesbank Homes Foundation.

JARRED JOH EMERGING LEADER AWARD Jarred Johnson is the Executive Director of TransitMatters. In his previous roles at the organization, Johnson oversaw the creation of an internship program, the launch of a successful follow-up to the Regional Rail report, and the development of the organization’s first strategic plan and equity plan. He came to TransitMatters following service as Project Manager for the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, where he managed a variety of complex affordable housing real estate projects. His passion is exploring where

HNSON transit and housing intersect with advocacy and organizing. Through working with low-income communities, he has come to understand just how important access to affordable housing, jobs, walkability, and sustainable transportation can be to making a community whole. Johnson serves on the Executive Committee of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council as a gubernatorial appointee and as a board member of Abundant Housing Massachusetts.

ENGINE 6 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD Engine 6, advocates for fair, affordable, diverse and abundant housing in Newton, was formed in the summer of 2013, when a proposal to convert a 1904 former Newton firehouse into supportive housing for nine formerly homeless individuals was ultimately blocked by the city as a result of noisy, fear-mongering neighborhood opposition. In close collaboration with partner groups, including Yes for Newton’s Future, they worked to educate voters about a referendum that would have overturned city council approval for Northland, a major mixed-

use project with 140 affordable homes. On March 3, 2020, Newton voters overwhelmingly affirmed the city council’s decision. Currently, they are actively participating in a multi-year project to reform Newton’s zoning ordinance, aiming to reverse the historical elements that have resulted in racist and classist exclusion and to encourage multifamily housing near transit locations.

YES FOR NEWT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AWARD The Yes for Newton’s Future campaign worked with Engine 6 to build a large and inclusive coalition to support the Northland project – affordable housing experts, climate activists, racial justice organizations, bike advocates, local clergy, current and former elected officials, business and economic development leaders, and more – all committed to bringing much-needed housing, environmental and economic benefits to Newton.

TON’S FUTURE Allison Sharma, chair of Yes for Newton’s Future, also serves as chair of Voters for a Vibrant Newton, a Political Action Committee formed to promote an inclusive, forward-looking vision for the city today, and is a member of the Newton Council on Aging, leading their housing group.

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and its mission to encourage the production and preservation of affordable housing and to foster diverse and sustainable communities.

Congratulations to this year’s award recipients: | JARRED JOHNSON | EMERGING LEADER

| ENGINE 6 | & | YES FOR NEWTON’S FUTURE | COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

| JEANNE PINADO | OUTSTANDING IMPACT

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NeighborWorks America is a proud supporter of

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Because every person deserves a safe and affordable place to call home.

Saluting the 2020 honorees: Our beloved Jeanne Pinado,

former CEO of Madison Park Development Corp., a NeighborWorks Organization

Jarred Johnson, TransitMatters

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Nixon Peabody proudly supports CHAPA in its mission to promote and preserve affordable housing for families and individuals in Massachusetts.

We congratulate this year’s award winners—Jeanne Pinado, former CEO of Madison Park Development Corporation, Jarred Johnson, Executive Director of TransitMatters and Engine 6 and Yes for Newton’s Future.

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Moving AFFORDABLE Housing Forward

would like to congratulate the Citizens’ Housing

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And Planning Association (CHAPA) on more than five decades of combatting and preventing homelessness through civic engagement.

We honor and share your commitment to making quality housing attainable for all.

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CHAPA’S LONG-STANDING FUNDERS Thank you, Paul Grogan!

CHAPA STAFF COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS MANAGER Jenna Connolly

PROGRAMS DIRECTOR Maritza Crossen

MUNICIPAL ENGAGEMENT ASSOCIATE Whitney Demetrius

POLICY ANALYST Ryan Dominguez

PROGRAM MANAGER David Gasser

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Rachel Heller

POLICY ASSOCIATE Abhidnya Kurve

MUNICIPAL ENGAGEMENT DIRECTOR Dana LeWinter

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER Carol Marine

SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER Elizabeth Palma-Diaz

MEMBERSHIP & OFFICE OPERATIONS MANAGER Monique Scott

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY Eric Shupin

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Karen Wiener

CHAPA LEADERSHIP 2019–2020 Board of Directors OFFICERS

MEMBERS

President: Amy Schectman

Howard Cohen Rachana Crowley Andrew DeFranza Aida Franquiz Soni Gupta Wendell Joseph Jason Korb Gloria Leipzig

Vice Presidents: Charleen Regan Felicia Jacques Treasurer: Kenneth Willis

Angie Liou Kathy McGilvray Chris Norris Jeanne Pinado Gordon Pulsifer Olivia Richard Dr. Megan Sandel Lynne Wallace

Clerk: Naomi Sweitzer

2019–2020 Policy Leadership Council Emily Achtenberg Andrea Aldana Beverly Bates Gregory Bialecki Kenan Bigby Juan Bonilla Sarah Bouchard Rachel Bratt David Bryant Josh Cohen David Colton Jacqueline Cooper Jack Cooper Chris Cotter Symone Crawford Larry Curtis Eliza Datta Keri-Nicole Dillman Marc Dohan

Ellen Feingold Joseph Flatley Peter Gagliardi Rickie Joanna Golden Aaron Gornstein Kristen Harol Dillon Harvey Marie Herb Bonnie Heudorfer Lizbeth Heyer Jarred Johnson Lisa Joyner Colin Killick Emily Loomis Colleen Loveless Rebecca Plaut Mautner Josephine McNeil Richard Muraida Vincent O’Donnell

Elton Ogden Rosa Ordaz Lynn Peterson Jennifer Raitt Lueteshia Raymond Leslie Reid Jeffrey Sanchez Esther Schlorholtz Laura Shufelt Marvin Siflinger Sadie Simone Preston Smith James Stockard, Jr. Maggie Super Church Bob Terrell Bob Van Meter Eleanor White

Thanks for making a difference in our community Bank of America recognizes Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association. Community leaders like you are a vital resource and inspiration to us all. Thanks to you, progress is being made and our community is becoming a better place to live and work.

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We proudly support the 53RD ANNUAL DINNER Congratulations to Jarred Johnson, Jeanne Pinado, Engine 6, and Yes for Newton’s Future

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Congratulations to this Year’s CHAPA Award Winners!  Jeanne Pinado  Jarred Johnson

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Experts in affordable housing preservation and management

HallKeen is proud to partner with CHAPA to help enhance the lives of low to moderate income residents by offering quality affordable apartments throughout the region.

Amy Lowell in the West End and Hemenway Street and Burbank Gardens in the Fenway are a few of the affordable housing communities in our Boston portfolio.

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Klein Hornig LLP congratulates CHAPA for over 50 years of leadership and advocacy helping every person in Massachusetts have a safe, healthy and affordable place to call home.

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CITIZENS’ HOUSING AND PLANNING ASSOCIATION Thank you for your efforts to encourage the production and preservation of affordable housing by advocating for opportunity and expanding access to housing.

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Congratulations to this year’s affordable housing honorees!

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Helping to build strong community relationships.

The Rockland Trust-Blue Hills Charitable Foundation is dedicated to giving back to the communities we serve. That’s why we’re happy to support the Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association’s (CHAPA) Annual dinner.

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SPONSORS

SUPPORTERS Bank of America Merrill Lynch BlueHub Capital Boston Housing Authority Cambridge Trust Company Citizens Bank City of Boston, Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) Cumsky & Levin LLP Dakota Partners Daniel Dennis & Company LLP Davis Square Architects, Inc. Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development (DHCD) Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) MassHousing Newton Community Development Foundation Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP Related Beal Tufts Health Plan Foundation Urban Edge Housing Corporation Wells Fargo Community Lending & Investment Wingate Management Company, LLC

CONTRIBUTORS The Boston Foundation Cambridge Savings Bank Chestnut Hill Realty Cumsky & Levin LLP Dietz & Company Architects, Inc. Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation Harborlight Community Partners J.P. Morgan Chase Krokidas & Bluestein LLP The Life Initiative Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC) MassDevelopment The Narrow Gate Architecture Ltd NeighborWorks Housing Solutions Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. Pinck & Co., Inc. Planning Office for Urban Affairs (POUA) Sullivan & Worcester LLP TD Bank Way Finders, Inc.