As President & CEO of the California Housing Partnership, Matt Schwartz plays a leadership role in shaping state and federal legislation and regulations to expand the resources to preserve and create affordable housing for the state’s lowest-income residents. Matt has worked in the development, preservation, planning, and financing of affordable housing for more than 30 years in both the private Read More
Meg McGraw-Scherer joined the California Housing Partnership in 2000 and has more than 25 years of experience in affordable housing finance and development. As Senior Director, Financial Consulting – Peninsula Region, she provides financial consulting and technical assistance to our nonprofit and public agency partners in Northern California, as well as supervises and mentors local financial consultants. She was promoted Read More
Miki Kobayashi joined the California Housing Partnership in March 2022. As a Financial Consultant, she provides financial consulting, technical assistance, and data analysis. Through her schooling, case competitions, and previous work, she has experience working with federal and state Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, tax-exempt bond financing, and State of California HCD programs. Prior to joining the Partnership, Miki worked as Read More
Paul “PJ” Jones joined the California Housing Partnership in September of 2022. As the Senior Finance Manager, Paul oversees the organization’s finance and accounting functions. Prior to joining the Partnership, Paul worked as the Finance and Administration Manager at Family Violence Appellate Project (FVAP) for close to four years. During Paul’s time with FVAP, he provided financial management and audit Read More
Ray McPherson joined the California Housing Partnership in 2022 as a Research Associate and was promoted to Senior Research Associate in 2024. They manage and contribute to key projects and databases while leading research on critical housing issues for underrepresented California communities. Before joining the Partnership Ray developed their data science expertise in various private organizations focused on transportation, agriculture, Read More
Richard Mandel has been with the California Housing Partnership since 1990. As Managing Director, Financial Consulting, he oversees the Partnership’s staff of Northern California housing finance consultants, and provides direct technical assistance and training to nonprofit and local governmental entities in affordable housing finance. Richard has particular expertise in structuring financing packages for projects utilizing Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Read More
Thái-Ân Ngô joined the California Housing Partnership in 2020. As a Senior Financial Consultant, she provides financial consulting, technical assistance, and training to our nonprofit and government partners. Prior to the Partnership, Thái-Ân was a Vice President of Underwriting at Berkadia (formerly known as Riverside Capital) where she closed on over $147MM in LIHTC investments, including two large Rental Assistance Read More
Tony Kouot joined the California Housing Partnership in 2022. As a Senior Financial Consultant, he provides financial consulting, technical assistance, and training to our nonprofit and government partners. He has experience with LIHTC, tax exempt bonds, and various State and Local financing programs in support of Affordable and Permanent Supportive Housing projects. Prior to joining the Partnership, Tony worked as Read More
Yasmin Givens joined the California Housing Partnership in 2022. As Research and Policy Associate, she provides analytical support to advance key research, policy analysis, and program evaluation efforts to improve federal, state, and local affordable housing policies and programs. Prior to joining the Partnership, Yasmin interned with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Houston Education Research Consortium, where Read More
Zorica Stančević rejoined the California Housing Partnership in 2017. As Senior Director, Financial Consulting – Housing Finance Training, Zorica provides financial consulting, technical assistance and training to our nonprofit and government clients throughout California, and leads the Partnership’s training division. She was promoted from Director of Training in 2022. Zorica brings more than 15 years of experience in affordable housing Read More