2015 Annual Luncheon

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Times Square Marriott Marquis
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On April 29, 2015, CHPC hosted its 56th Annual Luncheon at the Times Square Marriott Marquis. The luncheon brought together 1,000 of New York’s best and brightest in the housing industry as we come together to celebrate the first year of Mayor de Blasio’s historic Housing New York: A Five-Borough, Ten-Year Plan.

View the full 56th Annual Luncheon program here.

THE 56TH ANNUAL LUNCHEON HONOREES

IBO BALTON COMMUNITY PLANNER AWARD

JESSICA KATZ

Assistant Commissioner of Special Needs Housing
NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development

Ms. Katz began her career with HPD in 2003, and started as the Production Manager for Special Needs Housing. At that time, the department was producing 400 to500 supportive housing units per year; it now produces over 1,000. Ms. Katz believes that “even those with the most severe set of challenges can be very successful in supportive housing.” Due in no small part to the on-the ground experience and dedication of Ms. Katz and others, and the recognized importance of collaboration among organizations, supportive housing in general has undergone many changes in the past ten years.

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IMPACT FOR COMMUNITY INVESTMENT AWARD

WELLS FARGO

Alan Wiener, Head of Multifamily Capital

Over the past five years Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital has made available $7 billion in permanent loans in New York City. They have provided $1.5 billion in financing for
affordable units and $900 million in direct low income housing tax credit purchases. Wells Fargo has also been responsible for $3 billion in construction lending. The volume of this investment demonstrates the commitment
that Wells Fargo has to fostering growth of affordable housing in New York City.

Alan Wiener is the group head of Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital, which is based in New York. Alan has dedicated his career to working housing and community development in both the public and private sectors.

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IMPACT FOR HOUSING AWARD

NIXON PEABODY AFFORDABLE HOUSING GROUP

Each member of the Nixon Peabody team brings a level of expertise that enables them to work together to suit a wide range of client needs. Many members of Nixon Peabody’s affordable housing group started at housing
practitioners, either at a city agency or in the affordable housing sector before and after law school. Nixon Peabody is one of the first practices of its kind to hire non-lawyers in order to better understand the policy side of law and better advise clients. Their innovative approach is strengthened by a highly collaborative environment.

“The most rewarding aspect of our job is creating
units for affordable [housing] residents,” says Joe
Lynch, Office Managing Partner.

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ROGER STARR PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD

HOWARD SLATKIN

Deputy Director for Strategic Planning, NYC Department of City Planning

Howard Slatkin has always been interested in helping people make sense of how the world around us works, from the smallest scale to the largest. As an undergraduate at Brown University, he left the study of physics, which seeks to explain how matter behaves, for
history, which seeks to explain how behavior matters. Mr. Slatkin is from northern New Jersey, moved to New York City soon after graduation, and quickly became fascinated with the urban energy and complex life of the city. “There is something here,” he said “that doesn’t exist elsewhere, and you don’t really understand it until you’ve found it.”

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56TH ANNUAL LUNCHEON RECORDING

Remarks from Jerilyn Perine
Keynote Speaker Alicia Glen
Ibo Balton Tribute Video
Ibo Balton Award | Jessica Katz
Impact Award for Community Investment | Wells Fargo, Alan Wiener
Roger Starr Public Service Award | Howard Slatkin
Impact Award for Housing | Nixon Peabody

Lead Sponsors

Platinum Circle Sponsors

Platinum Circle Sponsors

Gold Circle Sponsors

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

Slater & Beckerman LLP

Silver Circle Sponsors

Akerman LLP

AKRF

The Arker Companies

Bell Urban LLC/ B&B Supportive LLC

Benchmark Title Agency LLC

Briarwood Organization

Bryan Cave LLP

Capalino+Company

Capital One Bank

Cannon Heyman & Weiss LLP/ Jones Day

Center Development Corporation

Chicago Title Insurance Company

Citi Community Capital

Community Preservation Corporation

ConEdison

Curtis + Ginsberg Architects

Dattner Architects

Douglaston Development

The Durst Organization

ELH Mgmt. LLC

Emily Youssouf

Enterprise

Fried Frank

FXFOWLE Architects LLP

GF55 Partners/ RKTB Architects

Greenberg Trauring LLP

Grenadier Realty Corporation

Gotham Organization

Hirschen Singer & Epstein LLP

Holland & Knight

Hudson Companies Inc.

Hudson Housing Capital

Jonathan Rose Companies

Lettire Construction

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

MacQuesten Development Corporation

McLaughlin & Stern LLP

Mega Contracting

NYCHA

NYC HDC

NYC HPD

New York State Homes and Community Renewal

Omni New York LLC

POKO Partners LLC

Property Resources Corporation

Real Estate Board of New York

Red Stone Equity Partners

RKTB Architects

Robinson+Cole

Rose Associates

SLCE Architects

Winn Residential