Board of Directors Biographies

Althea Broughton, Chair
Curt Mann, Vice Chair
Chris Brown, Treasurer
Carol Redmond Naughton, Secretary
Lawrence Anderson
Tony Chan 
Loretta Easton
LaShawn Hoffman 
Natallie Keiser
Laura Keenan 
Harriet Macklin
Robin Meyer
Debra Millwood
Joel T. Moore
Andy Mus
Catherine Ross
Sherrie Snipes-Williams
Bertha Woody

Althea Broughton, Chair, has returned to the practice of law by becoming of counsel at the law firm of Arnall, Golden, Gregory, specializing in real estate and tax credits.  Prior to joining AGG, she was the Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff at the Atlanta Housing Authority, in charge of developing policies and programs for AHA’s operations.  In an earlier tenure at AHA, from 1996-1999, Ms. Broughton was a staff attorney and then the Director of Real Estate Development, managing the well-received Mixed-Income Housing Development Initiative (Olympic Legacy Program).
Ms. Broughton has also been a senior business manager and community development manager with Fannie Mae in both Atlanta and Washington D.C., helping to develop the American Communities Fund.  She earned her bachelor’s degree from Emory University in Atlanta, and then her law degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.  She is active with her church, and with both the American Bar Association and the Georgia Bar.

Curt Mann, Vice-Chair, now operates City Crest Holdings, which is developing a project known as The Village, a 60 acre site where the housing will be clustered with open green spaces. Additional design elements will include bike and horse paths, and an equestrian center for therapeutic riding.   Mr. Mann formerly served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Alexander Properties Group, where he was primarily in charge of business development and asset management strategies.  Alexander Properties Group led the market with their proven and innovative strategies in utility reduction, payroll reduction, and telecommunication revenue sharing.
Mr. Mann has been in the real estate industry since 1979 having held positions ranging from Vice President to National Director of Marketing with companies including Lincoln Properties and Johnstown American.  He has experience in the acquisition, management, and marketing of most types of real estate, including multi-family, commercial, retail, and industrial products.  Mr. Mann is regarded as a specialist in the turn-around of properties, and has conducted marketing, motivational, and operational seminars throughout the U.S.  He has also had articles published nationally.
Mr. Mann attended the University of Kentucky, and is a CPM Candidate.  He has also served on the board of The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM).

Chris Brown, Treasurer, currently serves as the Director of Finance and Treasurer of The Carter Center, Inc., a non-profit organization headquartered in Atlanta with field offices in Africa and Central and South America.  The Carter Center works in the areas of conflict prevention, democracy building and international health, and operates on a $75 million annual budget, excluding in-kind contributions in excess of $80 million annually.  Chris is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Georgia Society of CPAs.
Prior to coming to the Carter Center, Mr. Brown worked at Arthur Andersen LLP and focused primarily on the non-profit field.  Audit clients included Emory University, The Carter Center, the Georgia Council on Economic Education, Research Atlanta, Morris Brown College and the Institute of Paper Science & Technology (now affiliated with Georgia Tech).
Mr. Brown’s community service includes past service on the boards of the Mental Health America-Georgia and the Phoenix School.  Additional past service includes work with the Auditory Education Center and Oakhurst Presbyterian Church.  He grew up in Decatur, Georgia, and is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, DC.

Carol Naughton, Secretary, became the Executive Director of the East Lake Community Foundation in October, 2001. The Foundation, founded in 1995, has developed a bold and innovative model of community development that is breaking the cycle of poverty in the East Lake neighborhood of Atlanta.  Prior to joining the East Lake Community Foundation, she was General Counsel and Deputy Executive Director for Legal and Nonprofit Affairs for The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta (AHA) where she served as a key member of the leadership team responsible for the metamorphosis of AHA from a failing agency in danger of a Federal takeover to an agency that is today recognized as the leader in the reinvention of public housing.   Ms. Naughton played an instrumental role in the revitalization of traditional public housing communities into economically viable, self-sustaining, mixed-income communities.
Prior to joining AHA, Ms. Naughton was engaged in the private practice of law with Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan’s real estate group where she primarily represented developers, lenders, and asset managers.  She is a 1986 graduate of the Emory University School of Law and was Executive Editor of the Emory Law Journal.  She graduated from Colgate University in 1982.  Ms. Naughton is a former president of the Georgia Association for Women Lawyers, a member of the State Bar of Georgia and a former member of the Board of Governors of that organization.  She is also a member of the ABA Commission on Homelessness and Poverty, and participated in the 2001 Class of the Regional Leadership Institute and is a member of the Regional Leadership Forum.

Robin Meyer, Past Chair, retired in 2002 after serving as the Director of the Housing Finance Division with the Georgia State Department of Community Affairs, where she was responsible for the state’s affordable housing programs. Most notable among these programs were: the low-interest mortgages, down payment assistance and home-buyer education for first-time buyers; tax credits and low-interest financing for affordable rental developments; and technical assistance and seed money for nonprofits, housing authorities and local governments involved in affordable housing.  These programs are self-supporting with the use of federal funds, mortgage revenue bonds, and fees from tax credit allocation, compliance monitoring, and loan servicing.
Ms. Meyer has served on the board of PRI since her retirement, and has been active in her local civic association, a variety of community organizations involved in affordable housing, political organizations, neighborhood redevelopment, and several quilt guilds.  Ms. Meyer holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Georgia State University and a Bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University. 

Lawrence Anderson began his career in Detroit, Michigan, specializing in real estate finance and property management with the Foundation for Cooperative Housing (FCH), the largest developer of housing in the US; he then moved to Washington D.C. where he worked for the Housing Assistance Council (HAC), specializing in rural rental projects.  He continued his real estate career by joining Consumers United Investment Company, heading its real estate investment subsidiary.
In 1993, Mr. Anderson joined the Enterprise Social Investment Corporation (ESIC), a nationwide fund that purchases and syndicates Low Income Housing Tax Credits from for-profit and not-for-profit developers of affordable housing, and from there became the Director of the Enterprise Foundation Atlanta local office in 1994.  Under his direction, the Enterprise Foundation Atlanta office granted over $12 million in operating grants to Atlanta CDCs, made over $45 million in investments through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program loan, and made loans to both not-for-profit and for-profit developers which has resulted in the development of over 3,500 units of new affordable housing in Atlanta since 1996.
Mr. Anderson is now a private development consultant, specializing in affordable housing, development, and finance.

Tony Chan is the Director of Corporate Programs Operations at Habitat for Humanity International, now based in Atlanta.  Tony’s background has been in both the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, including positions at Hands On Atlanta, Arthur Andersen and Accenture.  He has served as a member of the board for the Georgia Tech Alumni Association and Rebuilding Together Atlanta.  He was named the Outstanding Young Alumnus by the Georgia Tech Alumni Association in 2002.  He is also a member of Leadership Atlanta Class of 2009.
Tony grew up in Mableton, Georgia and has both an MBA and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Loretta J. Easton is Chief Development Partner for Julian LeCraw & Company, LLC.   She has more than 20 years of experience in the real estate development industry.  Ms Easton works with the Managing and Regional Partners to set investment criteria and expand their development program throughout the Southeastern United States.   She is creating standardized development processes to ensure the successful execution of LeCraw new apartment developments.   Working closely with the acquisition partners, architects, engineers and the general contractor, she is implementing design parameters and best practices.  As the development team expands, she will oversee this group.
Before joining LeCraw, Ms Easton was Executive Vice President of Development for Lane Investment & Development, LLC where she was responsible for the day-to-day management of the global development operations of the Partnership.    Over the thirteen years she was with Lane, under her leadership, Lane Investment & Development, LLC developed and acquired approximately $1 billion dollars in multifamily communities throughout the Southeast, including numerous high-profile developments in Atlanta, Miami and Tampa.  Ms. Easton was instrumental in the planning and construction management of new multifamily developments and worked closely with property management and construction in solving problems and managing the development/construction process of over 11,000 units.
Prior to Lane, Ms. Easton was the Senior Vice President of Development with Roberts Properties, Inc. an apartment development company where she oversaw the planning, development and marketing of more than 3,000 upscale units.  Ms. Easton received a degree in Business Communications from Elgin College.

LaShawn Hoffman serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Pittsburgh Community Improvement Association, Inc, and is responsible for managing, implementing and overseeing day-to-day operations of the company.  He joined PCIA in July of 2004, and has been a resident of the Pittsburgh Community for over 5 years.    Through his leadership, this neighborhood-based community development corporation is preparing for thoughtful development, both human and physical, as the Pittsburgh community embraces a city that is constantly changing.
Mr. Hoffman is currently an active member of the City of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit V (NPU-V) where he has served as President since 2006.  He is a member of the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Weed & Seed Steering Committee; a member of the Annie E. Casey Atlanta Civic Site Team, and a member of the Morehouse School of Medicine Prevention Research Center Board of Directors. Mr. Hoffman is a graduate of Olive-Harvey College and Chicago State University majoring in elementary education.

Laura Keenan, CPM and CCIM, is a Senior Vice President with Bank of America – Community Development, and has over 14 years’ experience in Real Estate Asset Management.  Ms. Keenan, who graduated from Fairfield University with a B.S. degree in Accounting and from Georgia State University with an M.S. degree in Urban Studies, began her career by working with President Jimmy Carter’s initiative “The Atlanta Project.”  She joined Progressive Redevelopment, Inc. in 1994 as Asset Manager, supervising the management and compliance/reporting requirements of over 1,200 units.
Ms. Keenan moved to Bank of America in 1997, as Asset Manager for over 5,000 units in the Southeast, and then as Real Estate Development Manager for Georgia and the MidAtlantic.  She is now responsible for the disposition strategy and asset management quality control of over 8,000 multifamily units and 70,000 s.f. of commercial space in the national Bank of America portfolio.  Ms. Keenan holds the designations of Certified Property Manager and CCIM, and is one of the commissioners on Mayor Shirley Franklin’s Commission on Homelessness in Atlanta.

Natallie Keiser is Director of Operations for RRC, a community development corporation based in the Reynoldstown neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia.  She provides day-to-day management for RRC’s four business lines of housing development, homebuyer education, property management and community building.  Prior to this role, she served as a Senior Manager at the Association for Enterprise Opportunity where she led rural microenterprise development work and designed and managed numerous projects including the Prudential Young Entrepreneurs Program, the Domestic Violence initiative, and the Buy Microenterprise Campaign.  Previously, she was responsible for the United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta’s strategy in microenterprise and workforce development.   There she assisted with founding the state microenterprise development association, designed an Individual Development Account (IDA) collaborative, developed a state IDA bill, conducted capacity for job training programs, facilitated a Latino family child care collaborative, and created a community development internship project.
Her prior experience included work with the Atlanta Empowerment Zone, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, a New Orleans transitional housing program, and the International Fourth World Movement.  She serves as Chair of the AHAND Policy Committee.  She has a Master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago.

Harriet J. Macklin, who has recently re-joined the PRI board, has been an affordable housing advocate for more than 35 years in metro Atlanta.  In her early years in the field, Ms. Macklin received a Ford Foundation Fellowship and interned with Senator Herman Talmadge (D-Georgia), as well as being selected as a Leadership Atlanta Fellow.  Ms. Macklin was a member of the Advisory Committee of the FDIC in President Clinton’s administration.  Among her other organizational accomplishments, she was also elected Chair of the National Leased Housing Association, President of the Housing Assistance Council (a national rural housing development and loan non-profit), Chair and President of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership.
Ms. Macklin was present at the beginning of PRI, serving for many years on the Board of Directors as its Vice President.  She started her professional career as an educator in the public schools in Connecticut, and has continued the process of educating the public about affordable housing throughout the southeast.

Debra J. Millwood, CPM is the Senior Vice President of Operations for Fogelman Management Group, a full service real estate management firm dedicated solely to the multifamily industry.  She has over fifteen years in multifamily real estate management.  Prior to joining Fogelman Management Group in 1998, Ms. Millwood was an associate of Summit Properties and Post Properties/RAM Partners.  She volunteers and serves on the steering committee for the Edna Raine Wardlaw Women’s Shelter at First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, an outlet providing transitional housing and other support needs for Atlanta’s homeless women who are committed to self improvement. Ms. Millwood has also served on the board of directors of the Cobb County Habitat for Humanity affiliate.

Joel T. Moore is the Executive Director of the Atlanta Youth Project in Atlanta, Georgia, whose mission is to provide year-round opportunities and programs for urban youth.   He has been central to the development of programs for interns, managing the finances and directing neighborhood summer camps, and organizing and leading volunteer groups in various service projects.  He holds a B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master of Divinity degree from Immanuel College and Seminary.
Mr. Moore’s career has been dedicated to the education of young people.  Prior to joining the Atlanta Youth Project in 1994, Mr. Moore was an elementary school teacher in two Atlanta inner-city schools, teaching third and fourth grade.  As an undergraduate, Mr. Moore served as an intern with Latino and Chinese inner-city students in both Los Angeles and Berkeley, California. 

Andy Mus is Senior Vice President of Marsh Communications, a financial services communications company. He has more than thirteen years of experience in integrated corporate and investor communications, working with a wide range of clients in financial public relations and investor relations, in addition to managing the public and media relations activities for the 2003 Dodge Tour de Georgia, the premier stage cycling race in the United States.
Previously, Mr. Mus served as a vice president at PondelWilkinson MS&L/Atlanta, the former investor relations subsidiary of one of the city’s top-5 public relations firms.  He directed strategic development of investor relations programs and delivered a full range of investor relations/investor communications services to corporate clients, as well as financial public relations and media relations services through Manning, Selvage & Lee’s Corporate practice.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Mr. Mus earned a master’s degree in international affairs from the Elliott School For International Affairs at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and a bachelor’s degree in international studies from Rhodes College in Memphis.

Catherine Ross is the Harry West Professor of Quality Growth and Regional Development, and Director of the Center for Quality Growth and Regional Development at the Georgia Institute of Technology.  She is an internationally respected researcher and speaker on the issues of land use, transportation planning, impact assessment, and quality growth.  Dr. Ross has also been and Urban Land Institute Academic Fellow since 2004.
From 1999 to 2003, Dr. Ross served as the Executive Director for the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), charged with determining the transportation priorities for the State of Georgia.  She was instrumental in introducing public transit to the counties surrounding Atlanta.  Prior to heading GRTA, Dr. Ross ran her own consulting firm which focused heavily on impact assessments, as well as serving as a senior policy advisor for the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington D.C. in the early 1990s.
Dr. Ross’ articles have appeared in the Journal of Planning Literature, the Journal of Transportation Engineering, and the Journal of Urban Planning and Development, in addition to many others.  In addition to serving on PRI’s board, Dr. Ross sits on the boards of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art and Atlanta Streetcar, and served in the past on the MARTA board and the Clean Air Campaign.

Sherrie Snipes-Williams is the Executive Director of Samaritan House/Café 458, a non-profit that supports homeless men and women in their effort to achieve self-sufficiency through personalized employment readiness and life stabilization programs.  She is also the Executive Director of Samaritan House’s sister program, the Clean Street Team, a transitional employment and training program.  Prior to joining Samaritan House, Ms. Snipes-Williams had a successful career of over 10 years with other Atlanta non-profits, including Hands On Atlanta, where she was the Co-Managing Director of Evaluation, Planning and External Relations, and with CityCares, Inc., where she was the Chief Operating Officer.  She also has experience in planning for “City Year” events, engaging young people for a year of full-time community service and leadership development. 
Ms. Snipes-Williams holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of South Carolina.  She is a Leadership Atlanta alumni, and was honored as a 2002 Outstanding Atlantan.  In addition to serving on the Board of PRI, she is also active on the boards of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Atlanta New Century School PTO, and is the Board Chair of the Center for Working Families, Inc., an initiative of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. 

Bertha Woody is the Housing Coordinator for Project Community Connections, Inc. In her position, Ms. Woody is responsible for obtaining the information about housing options for homeless persons (such as emergency shelters, transitional housing, special needs housing, supportive housing and affordable housing), and for meeting and assisting in housing placements directly with the clients.   She also works with clients over a period of time, by providing information and facilitating the process that connects the client to the next level of housing, thus helping on the path to stability and self-sufficiency.
Ms. Woody holds a B.A. degree in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and studied for her Masters of Social Work at Boston University.  She has over twenty years’ experience in case management and providing social services to clients from the YWCA’s Aswalos House in Boston to the United Methodist Children’s Home and Odyssey III (a homeless services provider) in the Atlanta area.