Rob Dowden, Executive Director, Kentucky Mountain Housing Development Corporation (KY)
“When you have safe and affordable housing, it changes your whole outlook on life,” says Rob Dowden, Executive Director of Kentucky Mountain Housing Development Corporation in southeastern Kentucky.
Martha Pierce, Executive Director, Mountain T.O.P. (TN)
Through volunteer-driven home repair efforts across Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau, Martha Pierce, Executive Director of Mountain T.O.P., knows firsthand how housing improvements can change lives.
Krystal Gibbons, Executive Director, Tennessee Community Assistance Corporation (TN)
Tennessee Community Assistance Corporation (TCAC) is helping families across Tennessee achieve homeownership and long-term stability.
Sherry Trent, CEO & Kip Parks, Director of Lending Operations, Eastern Eight CDC (TN)
Eastern Eight Community Development is expanding access to safe, affordable housing across Upper East Tennessee and into Bristol, Virginia—creating pathways to stability for low-income, elderly, and disabled individuals and families.
Kevin Jones, Executive Director, Religious Coalition for Community Renewal (WV)
At the Religious Coalition for Community Renewal (RCCR), Executive Director Kevin Jones leads with a vision rooted in transformation—of both people and neighborhoods.
Angie Allen, President, Highlands Housing Corporation (KY)
Highlands Housing Corporation in rural KY, is proving that homeownership is possible—and transformational—for families who have long felt left behind.
Carol Clarke, CEO, Neighborhood Housing Services of Birmingham, Inc. (AL)
Neighborhood Housing Services of Birmingham is at the forefront of building economic stability through equitable housing solutions in Alabama.
Cassie Hudson, Executive Director, Partnership Housing, Inc. (KY)
Partnership Housing, Inc. is a nonprofit housing development organization working to change lives in Eastern Kentucky’s Owsley County by creating more safe, affordable homes and rental units.
Dave Clark, Executive Director, Woodlands Development & Lending (WV)
Woodlands Development & Lending is working to build healthy, viable communities in North Central West Virginia through affordable housing, downtown redevelopment, community lending and much more.
Jackie Mayo, President & CEO, HomeSource East Tennessee (TN)
HomeSource east tennessee is working to create more sustainable housing across 13 counties in Eastern Tennessee and helping people with modest incomes to stay and thrive in the region.