Aeon Names President and CEO
Rachel Robinson has been named president and CEO of Aeon, a leading nonprofit developer and owner of affordable housing in Minnesota.
She will lead Aeon in its mission to create and sustain quality affordable housing, building on its 40-year history of innovation and impact. With more than 4,800 affordable housing units in the Twin Cities area, the organization is one of the region’s largest housing providers.
Robinson has recently been serving as deputy commissioner of Minnesota Housing, the state’s housing finance agency, overseeing more than 300 employees and $1.4 billion in annual grants and investments in affordable housing. Previously, she founded and managed the NOAH Impact Fund at the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund—an innovative fund dedicated to investing capital to preserve unsubsidized, low-cost housing in the Twin Cities. She began her career in the affordable housing sector through housing development and management roles at JLPope Associates and CommonBond Communities.
Aeon’s chief financial officer (CFO), Caroline Horton, has served as interim president and CEO for the past year.
Saad Launches Fairway Multifamily
George Saad is president and managing principal of recently established Fairway Multifamily, where he leads the firm’s acquisitions, asset management, and development strategy.
Prior to founding Fairway, he served as a partner and director of acquisitions at The BLVD Group, where he was responsible for the acquisition, disposition, and financing of more than 50 multifamily properties totaling over $1 billion. His experience includes the preservation of affordable housing with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs), tax-exempt bond financing, and public-private partnerships.
In partnership with Peak Capital Partners, Fairway specializes in acquiring, renovating, and creating apartment communities in collaboration with federal, state, and local housing authorities.
Community Development Partnership Names New Leader
Andrea Aldana will become president and CEO of the Community Development Partnership (CDP), effective March 29. She succeeds Jay Coburn, who is retiring after 13 years of leadership at the Massachusetts-based nonprofit.
The organization’s board of directors selected Aldana for her deep organizational knowledge, collaborative leadership style, organizational vision, relationship-building talent, and a demonstrated ability to advance housing and economic opportunity across the Lower and Outer Cape.
“Jay leaves an extraordinary legacy—strengthening the CDP into a trusted regional leader and helping hundreds of residents find housing and hundreds of businesses grow,” said board chair Carole Ridley. “Andrea has played a central role in that progress. Her experience and clear vision position the organization to build on this momentum and meet the region’s evolving needs.”
As chief program officer since 2022, Aldana has overseen all CDP’s housing, small business, and community programs. From 2017 to 2022, she helped lead the Lower Cape Community Housing Partnership, building it into a model for local-level advocacy and capacity-building to support the development of housing and securing a $1 million, five-year state grant to support regional housing advocacy and planning. In part to her efforts, the Lower and Outer Cape has a development pipeline that will produce more than 1,500 housing units in the next decade.
HAC Names CFO
Anjanette Brown has joined the Housing Assistance Council (HAC) as the organization's CFO. HAC is a national nonprofit that supports affordable housing efforts throughout rural America.
She brings hands-on experience as a financial strategist and manager of fiscal operations in the nonprofit sector.
Before joining HAC, Brown served in CFO roles at the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, and The Resurrection Project. Prior to moving to Chicago in 2015, she was vice president of accounting at longtime HAC partner Community Housing Partners in Christiansburg, Virginia.
Atlanta Housing Appoints CFO
Abdel Altamimi has been named CFO of Atlanta Housing, the housing authority for the city of Atlanta and one of the largest in the nation.
Altamimi recently served as interim CFO before assuming the role permanently, leading the agency’s financial strategy, reporting, and operational optimization to support long-term sustainability and growth.
He brings more than 20 years of experience driving organizational improvement across multiple industries, with expertise in financial strategy and analysis, forecasting, enterprise resource planning systems implementation, performance metrics, and process optimization.
JLL Expands Affordable Housing Team
JLL Capital Markets has strengthened its affordable housing team with the addition of Karen Kim as senior director.
Based in New York City, she brings more than 13 years of experience in providing Federal Housing Administration-insured, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and bridge financing to both affordable and market-rate developers. Kim specializes in structuring financing for refinancing, substantial rehabilitation, and new construction of developments, providing a multifaceted approach that supports short- and long-term portfolio goals of her clients.
Prior to joining JLL, Kim served as managing director of affordable and conventional originations at NewPoint Real Estate Capital and spent nearly a decade at Greystone & Co. in various roles, including relationship manager and production manager.
Nixon Peabody Announces Promotions
Nixon Peabody has announced its 2026 new partner class, including attorneys from its project finance, infrastructure, and real estate practice areas.
Nicole V. Hixon, community development finance, helps equity investors, syndicators, and lenders navigate multi-layered public and private financings, including leveraging LIHTC transactions and other types of credits, to finance affordable housing and community development projects throughout the United States. Based in Boston, she advises clients on the structuring of transactions involving multiple layers of public and private financing, including tax-exempt bonds.
Emily Schwebke, affordable housing and real estate, represents clients in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, and leasing across asset types and advises on operational and financing matters. These commercial real estate transactions involve a broad range of industries, including multifamily housing, affordable housing, office buildings, warehouse and industrial properties, and mixed-use properties. Her client work also involves counseling tax equity investor clients on site control and solar leasing transactions that generate tax credits. Schwebke is based in Chicago.
Richard J. Shore, affordable housing and real estate, has nearly two decades of experience as a litigator, advising on real estate litigation, governmental investigations, regulatory compliance, and complex commercial dispute matters. Based in New York City, he is a former assistant attorney general in the enforcement section of the Real Estate Finance Bureau at the New York State Attorney General’s Office. Shore’s practice has a focus on real estate and cooperative and condominium law, and he has extensive experience with New York’s Martin Act.
Terance V. Walsh, project finance and public finance, represents municipal bond issuers, lenders, and underwriters in tax-exempt bond and leaseback transactions, serving as underwriters’ and disclosure counsel on public offerings and private placements. In addition to representing industrial development agencies, local development corporations, and municipal utilities, Walsh has extensive experience advising on electric and gas prepay transactions. He is based in Rochester, New York.
DignityMoves Names Managing Director, Housing Solutions
David Grunwald has been appointed managing director, housing solutions, at DignityMoves, a nonprofit reimagining scalable solutions to street homelessness.
Grunwald has spent over three decades leading and directing affordable housing development and homeless service organizations. He has created homes for thousands of housing-insecure people, raised over $500 million in project funds, and led the development and construction effort on 49 homeless shelters, transitional housing, affordable housing, and permanent supportive housing projects.
Prior to joining San Francisco-based DignityMoves, Grunwald served as CEO of LA Family Housing, Affordable Living for the Aging, and American Sunrise Communities.