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Our Team

About Us

Our team at CHN is 250 strong. Learn more about our leadership and board members below.

Senior Team

KEVIN NOWAK

Kevin J. Nowak

President and Chief Executive Officer

MARY SMIGELSKI

Mary Smigelski

Chief Financial Officer

JOHN MILLER

John Miller

Chief Operating Officer

JANET REED JAMES

Janet Reed-James

Chief Human Resources Officer

MARY CAVANAUGH

Mary Cavanaugh

Chief Legal and Compliance Officer

MARK WHIPKEY

Mark Whipkey

Chief Asset Management Officer

Vice Presidents & Directors

CHN Logomark

Dana Arrington

Director, Sales and Homeownership

ANDREW BAILEY

Andrew Bailey

Vice President, Real Estate Development

LAURA BOUSTANI

Laura Boustani

Vice President, External Affairs

Jennifer Chandler

Director, Real Estate Development

CHN Logomark

Gwendolyn Donley

Director, Analytics and Reporting

TOM DRZIK

Thomas Drzik

Director, Single Family Preservation Operations

ROCHELLE ENSLEY

Rochelle Ensley

Vice President, Property Management

MICHELE FEGE

Michele Fege

Director, Operations and Compliance

JUSTIN FLEMING

Justin Fleming

Vice President, Single Family Preservation

CAROLYN GRIGGS

Carolyn Griggs

Director, Utilities

Aaron Hall

Vice President, Detroit Market

ROBIN HOLMES

Robin Holmes

Vice President, Construction

NINA HOLZER

Nina Holzer

Director, Financial Mobility

DONELLA KLINE

Donella Kline

Director, Partnership Finance

CHRIS Mcnamara

Chris McNamara

Director, Maintenance

PEGGY MELNICK

Peggy Melnick

Director, Network Finance

ALYSSE MILLER

Alysse Miller

Director, SFP Program Operations

Libby Palackdharry

Director, Operations, Detroit Market

GREG PERELKA

Greg Perelka

Executive Vice President, CHN Housing Capital

Board of Directors

Jim Poznik, Chair

Grow America

Kathryn Hexter, Vice-Chair

Retired, Cleveland State University

Caroline Peak, Secretary

Retired, Cleveland Public Library

Dan Last, Treasurer

KeyBank

Jaime Declet

Cleveland Public Library

Carolynn Galloway

Better Together Solar, CDC-Nominated Director, Union-Miles Development Corporation

David Roney

, East Cleveland City Schools, CDC-Nominated Director: Burton Bell Carr Development, Inc.

Gary Sardon

G. Sardon Companies, CDC-Nominated Director: Fairfax Renaissance Development Corp.

Michael Sering

Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, CDC-Nominated Director: St. Clair-Superior Development Corp.

Krume Stojanovski

Krume & Associates, CDC-Nominated Director: Slavic Village Development

Nick DiSanto

J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Rev. Jimmy L. Gates, Sr.

Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church

Laura Grannemann

Rocket Community Fund

Cathryn Greenwald

Thompson Hine, LLP

Michael Griffin

Grow America

Loretta Hunter

Retired

Peter Meisel

Carnegie Companies

Maggie Rivera

Stearns Bank

Terrell Sanders

Cuyahoga County

Cheri Smith

S&T Bank

Chris Warren

Retired, City of Cleveland

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