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At Abode Communities, our mission is to create service-enhanced affordable housing and socially-beneficial community facilities that promote social, economic, and physical transformation of underserved communities.
Since 1968, Abode Communities has found success through the strength of our fully integrated, multidisciplinary approach. Every project receives the benefit of the experience and cooperation of our core groups: Development, Architecture, Housing Services and Resident Services.
Abode Communities' specific strength is building sustainable, multi-family affordable housing to address the needs of Southern California's large workforce, low-income families, seniors and individuals with special needs. Currently, we own 37 properties throughout our region that are home to more than 6,200 residents.
Beyond bricks and mortar, Abode Communities is committed to the individual success of each of our residents. We build child care centers, community centers and computer labs into our facilities, and provide an enriching resident services program.
Our work encourages participation and leadership in our communities, enhances children's academic achievement and self-esteem, and helps adults to become confident and educated contributors to their community.
We envision vibrant communities that strengthen neighborhoods, enhance livelihoods, respond to the environment, and connect people and places.
To create service-enhanced affordable housing and socially-beneficial community facilities that promote social, economic, and physical transformation of underserved communities.
We harness the knowledge and expertise of each of our disciplines and forge enduring partnerships with residents and stakeholders to achieve the best collective results.
We foster an organizational culture of inclusion, where different experiences and perspectives of those we serve and those with whom we work are respected and valued.
We challenge ourselves to attain the highest quality standard and level of performance in order to achieve the greatest impact.
We seek opportunities to continuously adapt and improve our services and work product, while advancing the industry in practice and policy to expand our collective impact.
We fulfill our mission by conducting business in an open, honest, and transparent manner, and accepting responsibility for our individual and collective actions.
Under Hughes' guidance, Abode Communities has developed more than 50 residential and mixed-use communities; created new affordable homes for over 8,000 California residents and provided a social safety net through Beyond Homes, a substantive resident services program. She has also propelled Abode Communities as the leading provider of LEED® for Homes Platinum units in the State of California.
Prior to joining Abode Communities, Hughes held positions in the private and public sectors including The Richmond Group of Companies, Citibank, the Community Development Commission of the County of Los Angeles, and the Office of the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles.
A trusted leader in the affordable housing industry, Hughes is Vice-Chair of the Housing Partnership Network, Co-Policy Chair of California Housing Consortium, on the Board of Directors for the California Community Reinvestment Corporation, and currently serves on the Steering Committee for Housing for a Stronger Los Angeles. Her experience includes serving as chair of the Affordable Housing Advisory Council for the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco; a member of the JPMorgan Chase Community Advisory Board of Los Angeles; and on the board of directors for Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing, Low Income Investment Fund, Esperanza Community Housing Corporation and Mercy Housing California. Hughes also served a four-year term as Planning Commissioner for the City of Los Angeles.
In November 2008, Hughes was recognized as Huffington Post's "Person of the Day" and in 2011, she was featured on the cover of National Real Estate Investor Magazine as "Champion of Affordable Housing."
Hughes received her Masters and Bachelor of Arts in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and received a certificate from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government's Executive Program, Achieving Excellence in Community Development. She is considered a leader in the new construction and community revitalization of residential developments, particularly as it relates to affordable housing, planning, land use and sustainable design.
Saperstein has more than 25 years of experience including organizational finance and accounting management, internal and external financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting, cash flow reporting and department management. In 2014, Los Angeles Business Journal honored him as a finalist for CFO of the Year Award. His peer-driven nomination for this prestigious award touted his extensive experience in nonprofit and real estate financing and accounting; sound fiscal management and financial integrity; and instrumental leadership role at Abode Communities.
Prior to joining Abode Communities, he served as Director of Accounting for Forest City Enterprise, Inc., a NYSE-listed real estate company with a large portfolio of mixed-income and mixed-use workforce developments. He also served as chief financial officer, controller and certified public accountant for various small and medium size companies, with a concentration within the real estate industry. Saperstein received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from California State University, Northridge and is a Certified Public Accountant.
An 18-year veteran in the affordable housing industry, Benson's depth of experience is underscored by her contribution to the development of more than 1,000 affordable homes and the procurement of some $300 million in loans, grants and equity from both private and public sources. Benson has served as a board member of The Kennedy Commission and is a current board member and past president of Southern California Association of Nonprofit Housing.
Prior to joining Abode Communities, she served as a housing developer at Mercy Housing California responsible for all facets of project management, as well as investigating opportunities for future affordable housing sites. With County of Orange Housing and Community Development Department, Benson was responsible for underwriting and recommending loans to affordable housing developers, as well as shaping the County's community policies. Benson received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Aliano brings the highest level of expertise, knowledge of design and technical skills, a strong management and leadership style, a passion and commitment for Abode Communities' mission, and a collaborative approach to leading. He has been actively involved in environmental design, planning and architecture practice for over 24 years, and his diverse experience includes multifamily and single-family residential, libraries, community college facilities, private and public schools, and public and community facilities.
With a commitment to community, Aliano served as a Design Review Board (DRB) commissioner for the City of Glendale for 10 years, and led DRB as chairman through two, one-year terms during that time. In his commitment to education throughout the architectural community, he served as design studio guest critic for University of California, Los Angeles, Woodbury University and California State University, Fullerton. He is a registered architect in the State of California, license number C-26571 and a member of the American Institute of Architects.
Prior to joining Abode Communities, Aliano was associate for Killefer Flammang Architects, design manager for Los Angeles Community College District and URS Corporation, senior designer for Harley Ellis Devereaux and Leo A. Daly, and principal of Gio Aliano Architect. He received a Master of Architecture from University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Science in Design from Arizona State University.
With more than 20 years of property management experience, she is responsible for developing and maintaining operation and capital improvement budgets; monitoring financial variance, vacancy and delinquency reports; processing all approval, legal and eviction actions; responding to Fair Housing concerns; preparing contracts; and supervising, hiring and training property management staff. She is particularly skilled at implementing policy and procedures, as well as fostering a team environment amongst staff, residents and the municipalities in which Abode Communities operates.
In addition to property management, Soto oversees the implementation of Abode Communities' signature resident services program, Beyond Homes, which operates at 16 affordable housing developments and serves some 3,700 low-income parents, children, seniors and people with special needs. The success of this program in 2014 yielded 4,053 hours of after-school programming, 383 employment referrals, 484 community engagement activities, and 164 healthy/green living workshops.
Prior to joining Abode Communities, Soto served as property and asset management director with Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation, responsible for the professional management of more than 900 homes. Prior to that, she served as district property manager for Brackenhoff Management Group responsible for a 1300-unit Tax Credit portfolio throughout California. She also held multiple leadership positions with Goldrich & Kest Management, Inc., where she oversaw a residential portfolio consisting of 8,000 units, highlighting a significant number of HUD Project-Based Section 8, Tenant-Based Section 8, and Section 202, 811 and 236 homes.
She is a Certified Housing Asset Manager from Consortium for Housing and Asset Management; Non-Profit Affordable Housing Specialist from NWA Training Institute; Certified Professional of Occupancy from National Association for Housing & Redevelopment Organization; National Assisted Housing Professional from National Affordable Housing Management Association; and holds a variety of Low Income Housing Tax Credit, Fair Housing and 504 certifications.
Lara Regus is senior vice president, development responsible for the oversight of new affordable housing production. As such, she identifies a wide-range of financing to bring developments to fruition; oversees predevelopment, construction and permanent financing activities; manages relationships with lenders and investors; and manages and trains Abode Communities' experienced and dedicated development team members. Regus is also instrumental in engagement to increase public awareness and support for affordable housing through education, policy and advocacy endeavors.
In her tenure with Abode Communities, Regus has contributed to the development of more than 1,000 multifamily residential units yielding $317 million of real estate investment in California. Her in-depth experience at Abode Communities includes successfully identifying and securing acquisition opportunities as director, business development, as well as managing the development process for a variety of affordable housing developments. Prior to joining the organization in 2006, she served as a program associate at California Community Foundation and an analyst at JPMorgan Chase.
Regus' commitment to environmentally sustainable affordable housing has propelled Abode Communities to become the leading provider of LEED® for Homes Platinum-rated units in the State of California. Her expertise on the subject of sustainability continue to be resourced by U.S. Green Building Council, Southern California Association for Nonprofit Housing, Urban Land Institute, among more, for the purposes of exposing environmentalism as a mechanism to deepen a projects' value and direct impact to low-income communities.
She received a Masters in Urban Planning from University of California, Los Angeles, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Claremont McKenna College, and is a LEED® Accredited Professional through the U.S. Green Building Council.
Karl Lauff is vice president, portfolio management. As such, he oversees the operations and management of Abode Communities' existing portfolio, ensuring each property is physically and financially performing and is in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Additionally, Lauff analyzes and evaluates property needs and opportunities for financial restructuring, as well as manages the repositioning and rehabilitation process.
With nearly 10 years rooted in the affordable housing industry throughout Southern California, Lauff is a revered leader who is routinely sought after to serve as an authority on industry topics such as portfolio refinancing. As a dedicated member of organizations such as Southern California Association for Non Profit Housing, Housing California and the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Lauff continues to refine his leadership skills while overseeing some 2,300 units in Abode Communities affordable housing portfolio.
Prior to joining Abode Communities, Lauff served as acting director of housing development and senior project manager for Satellite Housing, as well as project manager for Christian Church Homes, both of which operate in the San Francisco Bay Area. He received his Masters of Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and a Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Roshe Malakuti is vice president of resident services responsible for the oversight and implementation of Abode Communities' resident services program, Beyond Homes. As such, Malakuti strategically responds to the communities where Abode Communities operates by developing impactful programs to help residents remain stable in their homes and ultimately, find self-sufficiency.
She is responsible for managing third-party service provider partners for special needs populations, developing and controlling program budgets, evaluating and preparing policies and procedures, monitoring program performance and outcomes, and ensuring the program is in compliance with all regulatory and funder requirements. To ensure maximum housing retention and stability for residents, Malakuti establishes and maintains strategic alliances and working relationships with community-based organizations, social services agencies and other stakeholders, as well as participates in fundraising activities.
Prior to joining Abode Communities, Malakuti served as director of housing programs for United Friends of the Children where she directed the daily operations of a fast-paced housing program for Transition Age Youth; created operational and risk management strategies; and cultivated $2.3 million in grants to support the organization's $3.5 million program budget.
Malakuti also previously served as director for three separate programs for Beyond Shelter, serving homeless families with emotional support, guidance, job training, social services and housing. She was also a supervising children's social worker with the Department of Children and Family Services for nearly a decade.
Malakuti earned her Masters in Clinical Psychology – Marriage, Family & Child, from Antioch University and her Bachelors in Philosophy from University of Southern Califronia. She is an active member of the Los Angeles Coalition to End Youth Homelessness and the Los Angeles Continuum of Care Coordinating Council.
Abode Community Housing is the nonprofit, community housing development organization (CHDO) affiliate of Abode Communities.
Incorporated in May 1996, Abode Community Housing was established to help further Abode Communities' mission to develop affordable housing for low-income residents in the greater Los Angeles area, and to carry out other socially beneficial projects that support community and economic development in disadvantaged communities.
Community Housing currently owns seven affordable housing developments serving very low- and low-income families.
Rahpael Bostic, Chair
Raphael Bostic is the Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining USC in this capacity, he served three years in the Obama Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In that Senate-confirmed position, Bostic was a principal advisor to the Secretary on policy and research, with the goal of helping the Secretary and other principal staff make informed decisions on HUD policies and programs. He led an interdisciplinary team which had expertise in all key departmental policy areas, including housing, housing finance, rental assistance, community development, economic development, sustainability and homelessness, among others. He earned his doctorate in economics from Stanford University and bachelor of arts from Harvard University.
Fernando Villa, Treasurer
Fernando Villa joined the law offices Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in 2013 representing clients in land use entitlement, California Environmental Quality Act, and local government law matters involving a broad scope of entitlements for a range of development projects, including mixed-use, industrial, residential, retail, master-planned, and commercial developments. Prior to joining Allen Matkins, Villa served as Partner of Pircher, Nichols & Meeks in the firm's real estate department where he was devoted to land use, environmental law, local government, entitlements and real estate dispute resolution.
With a concentration on Brownfield redevelopment projects, Villa combined his environmental, land use, real estate, public agency law and litigation expertise to entitle his clients' developments while helping them manage environmental risks and any real-estate related disputes that might arise during the process. Villa received his doctorate from the University of California at Berkley, Boalt School of Law, and earned a bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles, graduating magna cum laude.
Maria Bustria-Glickman, Secretary
Maria Bustria-Glickman is vice president of business development for U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation. She is responsible for managing new markets and historic tax credit origination activities throughout the Western region of the country. Since joining U.S. Bank, Bustria-Glickman has been involved with a variety of tax credit transactions that have included mixed-use, commercial, office, hospitality, retail and community facilities. She has over 11 years of combined finance, affordable housing and management consulting experience across private and non-profit sectors. Her professional interests are rooted in experiences that merge economic and financial gains with positive social and community impact. Bustria-Glickman received a master's degree in Public Policy and Administration from the School of International & Public Affairs at Columbia University and bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting from Boston College.
Jacque Robinson-Baisley
Jacque Robinson-Baisley serves as Vice Mayor of the City of Pasadena and Policy Director for the Office of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Steve Zimmer. Robinson-Baisley is one of the youngest elected officials in the City of Pasadena and is in her second term focusing on issues of economic development, public safety, and youth and young adult development. She has played a crucial role spearheading local labor initiatives for several high-profile city projects, including the Rose Bowl Stadium renovation.
Robinson-Baisley was selected by her Council colleagues to serve as Chair of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Youth, Families and Neighborhoods, and sits on the Transportation, Communications & Public Works Policy Committee of the California League of Cities. She is also actively involved in advocating on behalf of working families. Robinson regularly participates in community, issue-based and electoral campaigns with the California Teachers Association, Philadelphia Council AFL-CIO and the Los Angeles Urban League, among others. She earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master's degree in Public Administration from California State University, Northridge.
Executive Team
Robin Hughes, President & CEO
Rick Saperstein, Executive Vice President & CFO
Holly Benson, Executive Vice President & COO
Gio Aliano, Vice President Architecture
Luz Soto, Vice President Property Management
Gene Aldava, Vice President Human Resources & Administration
The Figueroa Corridor Community Land Trust and Figueroa Corridor Land Company are complementary tools and crucial elements of a broad-based community economic development strategy to combat the collision course between slum housing, gentrification, and displacement of low-income residents in the Figueroa Corridor of South Los Angeles.
Working in tandem with the Land Trust is the Figueroa Corridor Land Company, housed within Abode Communities. The Land Company has been established as a vehicle for purchasing, holding and entitling Land Trust properties.
With grant and loan funds raised from local, state and national foundations and lending institutions, the Land Company will purchase as many properties as possible in the short-term to avert further price escalation and displacement of residents. Target properties will include dilapidated apartment buildings, vacant lots and underutilized residential, commercial and industrial properties.
Victoria Basolo
Victoria Basolo, Ph.D., AICP, is an Associate Professor in the Department Planning, Policy and Design at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), academic fellow of the Center for Real Estate at UCI, and affiliated faculty in the UCI Program in Demographic and Social Analysis. Basolo has applied her housing research and practical experience as an instructor for the NeighborWorks Training institute and as an invited speaker for various groups including the League of California Cities, Southern California Association of Governments, South Orange County Housing Coalition, the Washington State Housing Conference, and the City Program at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, B.C.
Lucy Dunn
As president and chief executive of the Orange County Business Council, Lucy Dunn represents and promotes the business community, in collaboration with government and academia, to enhance Orange County's economic development and prosperity. Dunn has worked in a variety of occupations, ranging from law to real estate to government work. Two years ago, Dunn worked as Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's housing director.
Sally Lang
Sally Lang is a Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager for the Community Lending Division of Wells Fargo Bank in Orange County. In this position, she manages a customer base of affordable housing developers headquartered in San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange counties. The community lending activity includes construction financing for affordable housing tax credit transactions, commercial developments and affordable for-sale housing transactions including tax-exempt bond financing.
Lang has been involved in the real estate finance and affordable housing industries for more than 20 years in a variety of disciplines, including underwriting and financing of debt, feasibility and market studies of existing and proposed commercial and residential developments and oversight for the portfolio management of more than 850 properties for a national tax credit investor. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Bank in January 2007, she held similar positions in Southern California with US Bank and Washington Mutual. Lang is a board member of the San Diego Local Initiative Supportive Corporation (LISC) Local Advisory Committee, a member of the Orange County Housing Trust Fund Loan Committee, and a Member of the Appraisal Institute (MAI) – inactive status. She is a Southern California native, a resident of Irvine, and she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree with an emphasis in real estate finance and economics from the University of Southern California.
Ken Ryan
Ken Ryan as principal in the company's Irvine office. With over 20 years of experience, Ryan has served as a leader guiding the design and implementation of a wide variety of complex high profile projects throughout the United States. Ryan heads KTGY's Community Planning and Urban Design Studio providing expertise in master planned communities, urban design, mixed-use/regeneration, resort/recreation, strategic planning and entitlement services.
Some of Ryan's award winning projects include Chapman University in Orange, California; Anaheim Honda Center; Desert Willow Resort, Palm Desert; and San Antonio's Salado Creek Sports and Entertainment mixed-use district. Prior to joining KTGY, Ryan was a principal of EDAW, Inc.
Ernesto Vasquez
Parking lots can become urban village, and decaying streetscapes can be revitalized to frame urban places, if the right urban design and master planning is applied – so contends Ernesto Vasquez, AIA, Founding Partner of MVE & Partners. Since joining with firm founder Carl McLarand in 1976, Vasquez has led design teams on more than 900 projects, many of which have won national or regional design and planning awards. Vasquez and MVE & Partners have been active internationally as well, with projects in Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, Australia, United Arab Emirates, China, Thailand, Indonesia, Costa Rica and Korea.
Peter Villegas
Peter R. Villegas is First Vice President and National Manager of Advocacy Affairs in the Office of Corporate Responsibility for JP Morgan Chase, responsible for the management of national partnerships, strategic alliances and reinforcing the company's leadership position in key geographic and ethnic markets.
Recognized as a regional and national industry leader, Villegas has a wide-range knowledge of numerous banking and community issues; he is responsible for key advocacy, civic, political and community relationships, as well as public policy and corporate initiatives. Villegas has 21 years of experience beginning as a bank teller and working his way through various roles.
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Dr. Raphael Bostic is the Judith and John Bedrosian Chair in Governance and the Public Enterprise at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Prior to joining USC in this capacity, he served three years in the Obama Administration as the Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
In that Senate-confirmed position, Bostic was a principal advisor to the Secretary on policy and research, with the goal of helping the Secretary and other principal staff make informed decisions on HUD policies and programs. He led an interdisciplinary team which had expertise in all key departmental policy areas, including housing, housing finance, rental assistance, community development, economic development, sustainability and homelessness, among others.
Bostic was Director of USC's Master of Real Estate Development degree program and was the founding director of the Casden Real Estate Economics Forecast. Prior to that, he worked at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, where his work on the Community Reinvestment Act earned him a Special Achievement Award. He earned his doctorate in economics from Stanford University and bachelor of arts from Harvard University.
Theodore (Ted) Chandler is chief operating officer of the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust (HIT), a $4.5 billion fixed income mutual fund specializing in financing development of affordable housing. He has 26 years of experience in housing finance and community development, including 15 years with Fannie Mae and six years with the Boston Redevelopment Authority. As COO of the HIT, he provides management of the overall operations of the HIT, including setting policy as a member of the Executive Division, reporting to the CEO. He also chairs the HIT's Portfolio Management Committee, is a member of its Investment Committee and Human Resources Committee, and served as a founding Director of its New Markets Tax Credit subsidiary Building America CDE. He also serves as the HIT's Executive Vice President – Western Region for the HIT, based in Pasadena, California.
Chandler is Vice Chair and a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors of the National Housing Conference, and is on the Advisory Board of Greystone Community Development Enterprise. He is a founder and director emeritus of the California Housing Consortium. Chandler earned his juris doctorate from Stanford University Law School and bachelor of science degree from Harvard University.
Fernando Villa joined the law offices Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP in 2013 representing clients in land use entitlement, California Environmental Quality Act, and local government law matters involving a broad scope of entitlements for a range of development projects, including mixed-use, industrial, residential, retail, master-planned, and commercial developments. Prior to joining Allen Matkins, Villa served as Partner of Pircher, Nichols & Meeks in the firm's real estate department where he was devoted to land use, environmental law, local government, entitlements and real estate dispute resolution.
With a concentration on Brownfield redevelopment projects, Villa combined his environmental, land use, real estate, public agency law and litigation expertise to entitle his clients' developments while helping them manage environmental risks and any real-estate related disputes that might arise during the process. Villa received his doctorate from the University of California at Berkley, Boalt School of Law, and earned a bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles, graduating magna cum laude.
Maria Bustria-Glickman is vice president of business development for U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation. She is responsible for managing new markets and historic tax credit origination activities throughout the Western region of the country. Since joining U.S. Bank, Bustria-Glickman has been involved with a variety of tax credit transactions that have included mixed-use, commercial, office, hospitality, retail and community facilities. She has over 11 years of combined finance, affordable housing and management consulting experience across private and non-profit sectors. Her professional interests are rooted in experiences that merge economic and financial gains with positive social and community impact. Bustria-Glickman received a master's degree in Public Policy and Administration from the School of International & Public Affairs at Columbia University and bachelor's degree in Finance and Accounting from Boston College.
Howard Heitner is Chief Operating Officer of LaTerra Development, LLC, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment and development company. Heitner's broad multifamily experience includes work on more than 1,000 low-income housing tax credit transactions ranging from legal, investor and asset management to property management, compliance and disposition perspectives. Heitner began his career as an attorney at O'Melveny & Myers LLP and, after 17 years, was recruited to serve as the Chief Operating Officer of SunAmerica's affordable housing subsidiary. Prior to joining LaTerra Development, Heitner served as President of RP Strategies and before that he was President of the property and asset management divisions of JRK Residential America.
Heitner has held various leadership positions on nonprofit boards, including the Los Angeles Conservancy, Hollywood Community Housing Corporation, Menorah Housing and Shelter Partnership. He received his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago and a bachelor of arts degree in Economics from Bucknell University.
Ken Krug is partner of real estate development in the law office of Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP. Krug specializes in the financing of multifamily housing, where he represents banks, other institutional lenders and investors in connection with originating and structuring construction and permanent loans. He is also responsible for the private placement and credit enhancement of tax exempt municipals bonds. Krug is a principal California lawyer for a major national syndicator of low-income housing tax credits, and has structured and negotiated the acquisition of more than 300 real estate developments that qualified for such credits, either through competitive allocation or tax exempt bond financing. He earned his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Duke University in 1979, and has a doctorate from University of Chicago Law School in 1982.
Sean Spear is managing director of Hunt Mortgage Group, where he consults on the acquisition, development, financing and execution of affordable housing development transactions. With more than 20 years of community development and housing finance experience, Spear's distinguished career began with him serving as a city planner with the New York City Department of City Planning, and led to his roles in project and public finance with the San Francisco Housing Authority and the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency.
Prior to joining Hunt Mortgage Group, Spear served as the executive director of the California Debt Allocation Committee (CDLAC) administering the private activity bond program for California. He managed the agency's efforts in annually allocating more than $3.8 billion in tax-exempt bond authority to private projects that provide a defined public benefit in communities throughout the State. Subsequent to his role at CDLAC, Spear was the director of major projects for the former City of Los Angeles Housing Department where he was responsible for the City's rental housing production programs. Spear received his bachelor's degree in Urban and Regional Affairs and master's degree in Regional Planning from Cornell University.
Sindy Spivak is West Region Market Executive for Community Development Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Spivak manages a team of community development experts who provide financial solutions for affordable and mixed income housing developments, while also working closely with key partners to provide the full scope of bank products to clients. Spivak has over 25 years experience in underwriting, originating and managing financial products for a wide array of commercial real estate developments, including retail shopping centers, hotels, multi-family housing, for-sale housing, warehouses, office buildings, faith-based corporations, social services providers and quasi-government agencies. She currently serves as a board member of National Equity Fund.
Lucinda Starrett is a partner in the Los Angeles law offices of Latham & Watkins, where she is a member and former chair of the office's Environmental, Land and Resources Department. She co-chairs the Land Use Practice Group and the Climate Change Practice Group. Her practice includes approval for real estate development and infrastructure projects, advising on government contract issues, as well as related environmental and transactional matters. Her California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) practice focuses on administrative and pre-litigation counseling. Starrett served as the Chair of the Central City Association and was a founding board member of Genesis LA, a nonprofit devoted to economic development activities. Her community activities include service on the board of the Los Angeles Parks Foundation, which supports parks and recreation activities. She has been recognized as both a Leading Woman in Real Estate and as a Woman of Achievement by the Century City Chamber of Commerce, and named among the "Top 100 Lawyers in California" by the Daily Journal. Ms. Starrett graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs in 1979 and graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1984. She served as executive director of a University of Pennsylvania-Princeton study of philanthropy and was a Fulbright Scholar, studying women's roles in politics in developing countries.
Ronne Lynn Thielen is Executive Vice President of R4 Capital Inc., responsible for running west coast operations as well as acquiring tax-credit housing and bond-financed properties throughout the United States. Thielen has spent her 35-year real estate finance and investment career as an affordable housing advocate and has been a LIHTC industry leader since inception of the program in 1986. She also served as managing director in the Affordable Housing Group at Centerline Capital Group, where she managed its California office and grew its LIHTC portfolio into the largest segment of the company's tax-credit portfolio.
Thielen is the current chairman and immediate past president of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition, and remains an active member of several national and state associations that address affordable housing issues. She is past chairman and current board member of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, and a board member of the California Housing Consortium. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from Cornell University.
Feng Xiao is principal for the architectural design firm of Torti Gallas in Los Angeles, where she is Head of Architecture for projects located in the western United States. She has a depth of experience in residential, commercial, retail and urban revitalization projects, all the while focusing her design vision on natural settings that extend beyond building walls. Her international experience includes work in China, and since joining Torti Gallas, she has led several of the firm's high-profile residential and mixed-use projects. Xiao is a registered architect in California and Maryland. She earned a Master of Architecture from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a Bachelor of Architecture from Tianjin University in China.
Aldava, Eugene: Director, Human Resources & Administration
Aliano, Gio: Vice President, Architecture
Aslan, Tamra: Junior Designer
Ayasta, Richard: Property Supervisor
Beltran, Danilo: Accountant
Benson, Holly: Executive Vice President & COO
Chao, Jason: Designer/Job Captain
Cho, Wei: Junior Designer
Convento, Ernest: Project Designer
Corona, Verenice: Associate Accountant
Cortez, Lupe: Project Management Associate
Dobbs, Megan: Accounting Associate
Flores, Raeven: Senior Project Manager
Folland, Megan: Director, Communication & Fund Development
Garcia, Miguel: Senior Project Manager
Hernas, Lucyna: Property Supervisor
Horsford, Chad: Business Development Associate
Hughes, Robin: President & CEO
Hung, Candice: Project Manager
Jimenez, Angelica: Property Management Assistant
Jones, Natashka: Services Coordinator
Kasumyan, Anna: Services Coordinator
Laforteza, Flor: Controller
Lauff, Karl: Director, Portfolio Management
McGhee, Faith: Lead Compliance Specialist
Murphy-Boyd, Connor: Junior Designer
Pang, Joyce: Associate Accountant
Pardini, Ilaria: HR Generalist & Payroll Manager
Park, Kimberly: Grants Manager
Pearson, Maegan: Senior Project Manager
Poli, Laura: Accounts Payable Specialist
Qiu, Cindy: Senior Accountant
Regus, Lara: Senior Vice President, Development
Reyes, Patrick: Asset Manager
Rodriguez, Miguel: Senior Job Captain
Rodriguez, Rene: Senior Project Manager
Saperstein, Rick: Executive Vice President & CFO
Soto, Luz: Vice President, Property Management & Resident Services
Toro, Noel: Senior Job Captain
Vernon, Summer: Communications & Fund Development Associate
Ventura, Jessica: Administrative Assistant
White, Rhonda: Accountant
Wright, Leslie: Property Supervisor
We value our residents. By observing and learning learn from their diversity and shared experiences, we are able to enhance the design, development and operation of communities that promote personal growth, family stability, and community pride.
Helping children thrive
Children in low-income families are disproportionately affected by the lack of quality, affordable housing. Their safety is endangered when they play in dilapidated, unsecured and unsupervised areas. They are more vulnerable to illness from asbestos, contaminated water, lead poisoning or other hazards. Their futures are at risk as well. Research shows that when children live in poor housing conditions or must move frequently, their education suffers.
We work with communities to assess their needs and coordinate with a network of local organizations, volunteers and government agencies to link children, youth, families and adults with social, educational, cultural and recreational services.
At Abode Communities family housing developments, we work in partnership with community groups to offer children and youth services such as:
The combination of safe, well-designed housing and academic and enrichment programs designed for children and youth helps reduce the educational achievement gap, with long-term benefits not only to our resident children, but also to our nation's overall economic competitiveness.
We value projects that transform and revitalize neighborhoods and will be a catalyst for progressive and positive physical, social and economic change.
Neighborhood Impact
The communities in which we work have usually experienced tremendous disinvestment. As we focus on place-based changes through affordable housing and supportive resources, we have witnessed how investment in neighborhoods, is a catalyst for stronger communities.
Many of those struggling to make ends meet live in neighborhoods with lack of adequate housing and community resources, and are among the hardworking individuals many of us rely on each day – janitors, child care providers, bank tellers, nurses' aides, security guards, retail clerks, truck drivers and teachers. The average incomes for these, and far too many other workers, are simply not enough to pay the rent on most apartment units in our urban areas. It is even more difficult for working parents to make ends meet, as the cost of child care is an additional, and expensive, burden.
Through comprehensive revitalization and placemaking, Abode Communities transforms entire neighborhoods and provides safe and stable homes for families. Building a better life and pursuing opportunity begins with having a place to live, and for more than four decades, Abode Communities has provided thousands of families with affordable homes.
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August 14, 2014
KABC Evening News Highlights Riverwalk at Reseda, Abode Communities' Newest Affordable Family Development Featuring 77 Homes
August 13, 2014
Riverwalk at Reseda, Abode Communities' Newest Affordable Family Development Featuring 77 Homes, Featured in Daily News
April 29, 2014
Holly Benson Featured in Pasadena Weekly Article Discussing the Shortage of Affordable Housing for Seniors in the City of Pasadena
April 17, 2014
Abode Communities' VP, Housing Development Holly Benson Featured on KPCC Discussing Housing Affordability in Los Angeles
November 1, 2013
Los Angeles Downtown News Features Hope Street Margolis Family Center Designed By Abode Communities Architecture
October 10, 2013
Abode Communities Collaborates with Trust South L.A. on Community-Driven Transit Oriented Development Guide
July 22, 2013
Terra Bella, Abode Communities' Newest Affordable Senior Development, Featured on LA Now
June 6, 2013
Abode Communities' Newest Affordable Senior Development Opens in Bell Gardens
May 30, 2013
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard Joins Abode Communities for Grand Opening of Terra Bella
April 19, 2013
Evergreen, Three Rehabilitated Multi Family Affordable Developments, Opens in Long Beach
March 15, 2013
Grand Re-Opening of Abode Communities' Evergreen Apartments Highlighted on EverythingLongBeach.com
March 12, 2013
Abode Communities President & CEO Robin Hughes Discusses the Need for Affordable Housing in Los Angeles with NBC Southern California
January 17, 2013
Robin Hughes Comments on the Future of Affordable Housing Financing on EGPNews.com
January 16, 2013
President & CEO Robin Hughes Offers Opening Remarks at Mayoral Forum on Affordable Housing
January 15, 2013
Los Angeles Wave Interviews Robin Hughes Regarding Mayoral Candidates' Stance on Affordable Housing
November 27, 2012
Casa Dominguez Reimagines Concept of Affordable Housing
November 11, 2012
Joint-Use Glassell Park Apartments Pairs Early Education Center with Affordable Housing"
November 1, 2012
Abode Communities Presented with "Outstanding Affordable Project" Award by U.S. Green Building Council
October 2, 2012
Abode Communities' Hudson Oaks Selected as Senior Housing Project of the Year by Pasadena Star-News
September 12, 2012
TRUST South L.A. and Abode Communities Acquire Rolland Curtis Gardens Affordable Housing Development
August 17, 2012
Abode Communities' Beyond Homes Resident Services a Hit at Las Brisas
May 12, 2012
Abode Communities and Century Housing Welcome Hudson Oaks
April 23, 2012
Rio Vista Featured in the "Modern Design for Affordable Homes" Article Published by American City and County
April 9, 2012
Rio Vista Apartments Touted as Broadband Communities Property of the Month
April 1, 2012
Abode Communities Partners with LAUSD on First Joint-Use Affordable Housing Development on School District Surplus Land "
March 2, 2012
Abode Communities Embarks on $25.8M in Renovations for Affordable Housing Developments in Long Beach
March 2, 2012
Abode Communities' Evergreen Apartments Receives $25.8M in Renovations in the City of Long Beach
February 29, 2012
Abode Communities and Long Beach Housing Development Company Partner to Renovate Three Affordable Housing Developments
February 28, 2012
Revitalization of Evergreen Apartments Brings Much-Needed Upgrades to Long Beach Affordable Housing Properties
February 28, 2012
Rio Vista, Abode Communities' Joint-Use Development Combining Early Education and Affordable Housing, Highlighted in Multi-Housing News
February 14, 2012
Councilman Eric Garcetti Joins Abode Communities for Grand Opening of Rio Vista Apartments
January 31, 2012
ArchitectureWeek Spotlights Abode Communities' LEED Platinum Development Rio
November 9, 2011
Casa Dominguez Solar Installations Featured in Los Angeles Times
September 30, 2011
Multi-Housing News Spotlights Abode Communities'' "Green Living Youth Program" at Ivy Terrace"
August 1, 2011
President & CEO Robin Hughes Named "Champion of Affordable Housing" by National Real Estate Investor
August 1, 2011
Abode Communities' Award Winning Development Casa Dominguez Featured on National Real Estate Investor"
January 1, 2011
Robin Hughes, CEO and President, Discusses Green Living Youth Program at Ivy Terrace"
November 27, 2010
Glassell Park Community Housing Featured in the Los Angeles Times
November 23, 2010
Robin Hughes, Abode Communities President, Chosen as Huffington Post's "Greatest Person of the Day"
October 27, 2010
Abode Communities Awarded $4 Million by U.S. Treasury
October 11, 2010
Ivy Terrace Opens in Van Nuys
July 30, 2010
California Construction Highlights Our LEED Platinum Certification
June 3, 2010
Five Developments Making Eco-Friendly Living Affordable
June 15, 2010
Casa Dominguez Hits Globe Street
April 10, 2010
The Los Angeles Times Features Our Newest Affordable Community, Casa Dominguez
March 10, 2010
Read about our newest affordable community, Casa Dominguez, on The Green Architecture and Building Report (GAB Report)
American Planning Association
Planning Implementation Award
Lohart Neighborhood
Revitalization Plan, 1999
Social Change and Diversity Award
New Dana Strand, 2008
Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals
Hermes Creative Award, OpEd, 2013
Black Business Association
Executive Leadership Award, 2013
California Community Foundation
Unsung Hero Award, 2009
California Council of the American Institute of Architects
Community Housing and Assistance Honor Award 1995, 1996
California Preservation Foundation
Design Award
Mary Andrews Clark Residence, 1995
Design Award
Young Apartments, 1996
California Redevelopment Association
Award for Excellence in Multi-family Housing
Las Brisas Community Housing, Phase I, 2006
Award for Excellence in Multi-family Housing
Grisham Community Housing, 2005
Award for Excellence in Multi-family Housing
Orange Grove Gardens, 2007
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Commission
Historic Preservation Award of Excellence
Mary Andrews Clark Residence, 1996
City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission
Certificate of Merit for Outstanding Volunteer Service, 1979
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Housing Commissioner's Special Recognition Award, 1994
Best Practices Award, Community Planning and Development
Lohart Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, 1999
Great Western Financial Corporation
Leslie N. Shaw, Sr. Memorial Award, 1988
Gold Nugget "Best in the West"
Award of Merit
Mary Andrews Clark Residence, 1995
City of Los Angeles Community Development Department
Award of Excellence in Community Development Block Grant Programs, 1997
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Founder's Award, 1989
Los Angeles Business Council
Beautification Award for Remodeled Multi-family Residence
Hollywood El Centro, 1996
Beautification Award for Remodeled Multi-family Residence
Mary Andrews Clark Residence, 1995
Beautification Award for Historic Preservation
Young Apartments, 1996
National Real Estate Investor
Outstanding Women in Real Estate, Champion of Affordable Housing – Robin Hughes, 2011
Senior Housing Council of the Building Industry Association of Southern California
SAGE Merit Award Winner – Project of the Year
Heritage Court Apartments, 2001
Southern California Association of Non-Profit Housing
Project of the Year, Orange Grove Gardens, 2006
Project of the Year, Heritage Court Apartments, 2001
Developer of the Year, 1996
Project of the Year, Hollywood El Centro, 1995
Project of the Year, Young Apartments, 1995
Project of the Year, Orange Grove Gardens 2006
Project of the Year, Hart Village 2008
Developer of the Year, 2009
Project of the Year, Casa Dominguez, 2010
Project of the Year, Ivy Terrace, 2011
Senior Housing Project of the Year, Hudson Oaks, 2012
U.S. Green Building Council
LEED for Homes Platinum, Casa Dominguez, 2010
LEED for Homes Platinum, Ivy Terrace, 2011
Best Affordable Project, LEED for Homes, Rio Vista, 2012
U.S. Green Building Council – Los Angeles
Sustainable Innovation Award – Water Efficiency, Casa Dominguez, 2011
Sustainable Innovation Award – Innovation in Design Honorable Mention, Casa Dominguez, 2011
Sustainable Innovation Award – Sustainable Sites, Rio Vista, 2012
Women in Business
Outstanding Nonprofit Executive Director – Robin Hughes, 2012
LEED Property Management Manual
SCANPH 2009: Post Construction Hand Off
UCLA Extension 2009: Increasing Housing in the Midst of a Crisis
Union Bank 2009 Green Housing Conference
ULI LA Housers – AIM Process 2011
USGBC GREEBUILD 2011 – Project-Specific Utility Allowance
SCANPH 2011 – Maximizing Cost Efficiencies
Rolland Curtis Gardens: A Guide to Community-Driven Transit Oriented Development Planning
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Beyond Homes, the Abode Communities resident services program, must now fill an even greater void for families who have experienced jobs loss, have limited access to support services, or may be on the verge of homelessness.
Your donation can support on-site services that make hop a reality for the families who call Abode Communities' developments "home."
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Abode Communities would like to thank the following corporations, organizations and individuals for their generous support and for helping us build hope.
AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust
Agiliant, Inc.
Alpha Construction Co. Inc.
Arroyo Insurance Services
Bank of America
Binney, Chase & Van Horne, Inc.
Bocarsly Emden Cowan Esmail & Arndt LLP
Boston Private Bank & Trust Company
Broadway Federal Bank
California Community Foundation
California Community Reinvestment Corporation
Capital One
Center for Creative Land Recycling
Century Housing
Citi Community Capital
Citi Foundation
Community Development Department of the City of Los Angeles
Community Economics
Coory Engineering
Craig Lawson & Co., LLC
Dreyfuss Construction
Egan | Simon Architecture
Enterprise Community Partners
Enterprise Green Communities
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Felman, Daggenhurst & El Dabe
Gabriel's Carpets
Holthouse, Carlin & Van Trigt, LLP
JPMorgan Chase
Latham & Watkins
LINC Housing
Low Income Investment Fund
Manufacturers Bank
Ming Yang Yeh & Associates, Inc.
Morley Builders
MVE Institutional, Inc.
NDH Search Worldwide
ParexUSA/La Habra Stucco
Pasadena Community Foundation
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Reznick Group
Seabreeze Landscaping
Torti Gallas and Partners, Inc.
Total Maintenance Group, Inc.
Turner Construction
U.S. Bancorp Community Development
U.S. Bank
U.S. Treasury Department
Union Bank
Union Bank Foundation
US Bancorp Foundation
US Green Building Council
Walton Construction Services
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo Foundation
Individual Supporters
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Holly Benson
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Maria Bustria-Glickman
Ted Chandler & Julie Solberg
Helen Dunlap
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Gerald Hart
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Cindy Starrett
William Syrkin
Ronne Thielen
Myron & Victoria Weisse
Leslie Wright
Feng Xiao
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Hudson Oaks, originally built in 1971, was rendered uninhabitable after a devastating fire in 2005. In a major rehabilitation and modernization, Abode Communities has maximized affordability and increased resident quality of life by combining its high-quality standard of living with Project-Based Section 8; reconnecting the site to its surrounding neighborhood and adjacent Washington Park; and providing on-going resident services for active, independent and healthy aging.
The development operates 56% more efficiently than California Title 24 standards, providing substantial utility cost savings directly to residents. Sustainability highlights include a bioswale for site drainage; solar thermal pre-heat combined with central boiler system; and a photovoltaic system that feeds all common area electricity.
44, one-bedroom, one two bedroom
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Seniors earning at or below 30% of Area Median Income
Accessibility upgrades, community room opening into central courtyard, private balconies and porches, on-site property management, laundry
LEED® for Homes Platinum
Case management; benefit assistance; health, nutrition and wellness workshops; social activities; financial education; and gardening club
California Community Reinvestment Corporation
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee
Century Housing
City of Pasadena Housing Department
County of Los Angeles
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Los Angeles County Innovation Fund
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This Web page provides information regarding the development of the MOBILE6 and MOVES Vehicle Emission Modeling Software. MOBILE6 has been replaced by MOVES as EPA's official model for estimating emissions from cars, trucks and motorcycles. Information about MOVES, including policy guidance on when it must be used for State Implementation Plans and transportation conformity determinations is available here. Information about the MOBILE6 model is available here.
MOBILE6 Workshop #4, November 7, 2002:
A 3-day modeling workshop was held in Ann Arbor, MI, November 5 through 7, 2002. Only the third day of the workshop (November 7) was devoted to MOBILE6 model. The first and second days were devoted to the NONROAD model and MOVES model, respectively.
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In honor of the crowd of admirers at the TV studio, Jimmy helped 5SOS play a hilarious prank on the legion of ladies. One by one, each girl stepped into a room with a TV in front of them, thinking they were going to send a special message to the band ... until one of the guys appeared on the screen telling them they were trying to break the world record for most fan kisses in one day, through the video chat.
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S.C. novelist Rash to open 'Caught in the Creative Act' series
South Carolina author Ron Rash will open this year's "Caught in the Creative Act," the University of South Carolina's popular series of readings and lectures given by well-known writers, which begins Monday, Oct. 19.
"Caught in the Creative Act" is a course for people in the community to read books and discuss them as a class with Carolina Distinguished Professor Janette Turner Hospital and then attend a lecture two days later featuring the writer. Sessions will take place from 5:45 - 7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays in Gambrell Hall auditorium.
The series runs through Nov. 18. The course is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Proof of registration is required for entrance. Because of the popularity of the authors, early arrival is encouraged.
To register for upcoming sessions, send name and address to Janette Turner Hospital by mail, email or fax. Contact information: "Caught in the Creative Act," department of English, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208; fax 803-777-9064; email firstname.lastname@example.com.
The first book in the series is Rash's most recent novel, "Serena." Turner Hospital will discuss the book Oct. 19 before Rash speaks Wednesday, Oct. 21. A native of Chester Springs, Rash is the Parris Distinguished Professor in Appalachian Cultural Studies at Western Carolina University. In 1994, he published his first book, a collection of short stories, titled "The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth." Since then, Rash has published three collections of poetry, three short-story collections and four novels, all to wide critical acclaim.
Rounding out this year's series will be novelist Ceridwen Dovey, "Blood Kin" (Oct. 28); Time Magazine Book Critic Lev Grossman, "The Magicians" (Nov. 4); novelist Tom Perrotta, "Little Children" (Nov. 11); and novelist Jane Alison, "The Sisters Antipodes" (Nov. 18). Allison will replace naturalist Terry Tempest Williams, author of "Finding Beauty in a Broken World," who has had to cancel because of health concerns. For more information on each of the authors, visit the "Caught in the Creative Act" Web site: http://www.cas.sc.edu/CICA/.
"Caught in the Creative Act" has brought many award-winning authors to campus, including Nobel laureate Derek Walcott; Pulitzer and/or National Book Award winners Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Ford, Robert Pinksy, Richard Rhodes, Robert Olen Butler and Geraldine Brooks; Commonwealth Prize winner Shauna Singh Baldwin; and many other distinguished writers, from Salman Rushdie and Stanley Crouch to E.L. Doctorow, Susan Vreeland and Josephine Humphreys.
Hospital, creator of "Caught in the Creative Act," is also an award-winning writer. Her latest novel, "Orpheus Lost," was named to Booklist's Top 30 novels of the year and the American Library Association's Best 25 Books of the Year. Hospital grew up in Queensland, Australia, and taught at universities in Australia, Canada, England, France and the United States before joining the English department as a distinguished writer-in-residence, a post previously held by the late James Dickey.
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Coordinator: Dr. Deborah Ware
The Sport Pedagogy program can be completed entirely online, and includes thirty semester hours in five components: methodology, science, socio-culture, administration, and elective. The primary focus of the program is instructional expertise in sport-related settings. The elective component of the program consists of six hours of subject area work that may be programmed to meet the specific needs of individual students. This program does not include recommendation for graduate-level NC teaching licensure.
Admission Requirements
Admission requirements are the same as those for entry into other master's degree programs in the Graduate School at Gardner-Webb with one addition. Students without undergraduate coursework in teaching methodology and exercise science/physiology will be required to take pre-approved undergraduate courses in these areas prior to full admission.
Graduate courses for the Master of Arts in Sport Pedagogy are designed to assist in the advanced preparation of individuals who are involved with sport and fitness-related endeavors. These fields of endeavors may include physical education programs, coaching environments, fitness centers, sport clubs, and other physical activity settings. The development of skills will be accomplished through coursework, research, and pedagogical experience. Students will benefit from a synthesis of current and applicable information derived from both theory and practice.
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- Provide in depth study in a carefully selected curriculum specifically intended to foster the development of individual potential for becoming optimally effective in their chosen professions.
- Provide advanced preparation for ethical leadership in sport pedagogy.
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- Develop the capacity to interpret and then apply the findings of research to actual practices.
- Develop skills and understanding of the numerous teaching styles used in effective instruction.
- Foster a responsibility to make positive change in the student's chosen profession and the global community.
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A. Methodology (6 credit hours)
SPED 600 Research in Sport Pedagogy (3 hrs.)
SPED 601 Instructional Strategies (3 hrs.)
B. Science (6 credit hours)
SPED 602 Scientific Principles of Human Performance (3 hrs.)
SPED 603 Contemporary Concepts of Wellness (3 hrs.)
C. Socio-Culture (6 credit hours)
SPED 604 Sport in Society (3 hrs.)
SPED 605 Sport and Physical Education for Diverse Populations (3 hrs.)
D. Administration (6 credit hours)
SPED 606 Sport and Physical Education Administration (3 hrs.)
SPED 607 Legal Issues of Sport and Physical Education (3 hrs.)
E. Elective (6 credit hours)
SPED 608 Psychology of Sport (3 hrs.)
SPED 609 Supervision and Evaluation of Instruction (3 hrs.)
SPED 610 Theories of Motor Development (3 hrs.)
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Solis strikes out eight in Mesa's win
Washington lefty finding stride post-Tommy John surgery
By Jake Seiner / MiLB.com | October 15, 2013 3:28 PM ET
Now about 20 months removed from Tommy John surgery, Washington's No. 11 prospect Sammy Solis feels like he's back to his old self -- a potentially fast-moving left-handed prospect with three quality pitches.
After returning to the Class A Advanced Carolina League with strong results this summer, Solis came back to the Arizona Fall League -- he also pitched there in 2011 -- and has been dominant thus far. In his second start Tuesday, the 25-year-old Mesa starter struck out eight Scottsdale hitters while allowing one earned run over four innings in a 7-4 victory.
Solis' eight strikeouts were the most he's had in any outing since punching out nine in an AFL game on Nov. 4, 2011. He limited the Scorpions to three hits and two walks, allowing his only run on a leadoff homer to Cory Vaughn in the fourth inning.
"Honestly, I felt like everything was working," Solis said. "I was throwing all of my pitches for strikes, and out here, that's what really matters."
Through two AFL outings, Solis (2-0) has a 1.17 ERA with 10 strikeouts and three walks over 7 2/3 innings. The left-hander said his feel for off-speed pitches has been better in the AFL than during the regular season, when he sported a 2-1 record with a 3.43 ERA in 13 appearances -- 12 starts -- with Potomac.
"I think I'm finally hitting my stride," the University of San Diego product said. "I didn't anticipate it being such a grind. Finding the feel on my pitches has been the tough part.
"The fastball came back pretty quick, but the off-speed, the curveball and the changeup, it's been really tough to find. At any level, if you can't throw those for strikes, you will get hit. "
Solis had all three offerings working Tuesday, even when Vaughn took him yard. The home run came on a 3-2 fastball after the Mets outfield prospect took a series of close off-speed pitches that didn't bother Solis despite the outcome.
"That guy, he just battled me to death," Solis said. "I threw him a couple of good pitches, ones that were working earlier, and he just spit on them. It was a changeup first and then a curveball later in the count. I threw a pitch outside, a fastball away, and I left it up a little and he recognized it, and well, hats off to him.
"He hit it hard. That's what hitters in this league do, they make mistakes count. I thought it was a good at-bat on my part, that I pitched him well, but he just got the better of me."
Solis bounced back to strike out Pirates prospect Alex Dickerson, Braves prospect Robby Hefflinger and Saturday's Bowman Hitting Challenge champion Peter O'Brien (Yankees) to end the frame and finish his day.
"Now I have a few innings under my belt from the regular season. My arm is starting to come back in shape and I'm finding some more feel," he said. "It was just a matter of time, and hopefully now I can keep it going."
Solis and the Mesa pitching staff got some help from the Solar Sox defense. Angels No. 13 prospect Zach Borenstein recorded two outfield assists for Solis and another in the top of the ninth with the Tigers' Corey Knebel on in relief.
At the plate, Cubs No. 2 prospect Albert Almora was 2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and a run, while No. 2 Angels prospect C.J. Cron belted a three-run homer in the third.
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Alumni July Newsletter
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Alumni and Supporters,
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I'm wanting to do some kickboxing training to go with the grappling i've started doing but i can't even get my leg chest height.Its really bugging me but i'm interested to hear how other people found their first kickboxing session.
I think an important thing to add is that I had reconstructive knee surgery on my left knee about 4 years ago as my acl snapped.They used hamstring as my new acl and my knee is so tight.Cant even touch my toes on the left side.My hand is almost 6 inches away from my foot before its agony.So i have 3/4 hamstring,if that makes sense.If anyone can describe this better please do.
So...mobility,fitness and the first time at kickboxing....GO!


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Here is a article my partner wrote
Install Backtrack 4 On Windows 7 In A Virtual Machine Using Windows Virtual PC
When I type in startx to boot into the GUI, I get errors and then it just goes back to the command prompt. Can anybody help? It boots in VirtualBox, but I'd rather use Virtual PC..
I am on an MSI Wind U100, running Windows 7 Ultimate.
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X: warning; process set to priority -1 instead of 0
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Here is a article my partner wrote
Install Backtrack 4 On Windows 7 In A Virtual Machine Using Windows Virtual PC
Please do not egregiously add color to your posts. This makes it hard for others to see (white text and white background) and possibly help you.
I apologise, it seems my browser made a mistake with the preview pane.. Then I couldn't even get back to my post after until now, dunno why.
Thanks, I shall look at this guide and let you know how I get on.
I may in the near future dual boot BT4 with my 7 install, what would be the best way to do this? Baring in mind I have no DVD drive on this machine..
Okay the guide you linked me to had no information I didn't already have, that I could get to. However there was a dead link in it, so I wasn't able to access the bits about once you get to the boot screen.
I don't know why I can't get it working in Virtual PC.. It runs in VirtualBox more or less perfectly.. I believe there may be a compatibility issue with my graphics chip, and perhaps VB works around that.. I'm not sure..
But I am now starting to find this very tedious, I've never had any problems in the past with Linux in virtual machines.. I'm rather interested in BT4, so I won't give up.. Is there any way to install it over a network? Because I'll dual boot if I have to..
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You may have already found this or chosen another method but in case you haven't or someone else stumbles across this thread...
To get X running you need to use the command 'fixvesa' before 'startx'.
And the broken link in the guide linked above should point to:
Backtrack 4 Final Installation in VMware with VMware tools
Once I found the fixvesa command setting up BT4 in Virtual PC was easy and so far seems to run fine.
It worked for me too, thanks!


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Los Angeles Archdiocese kept sexual abuse in the shadows » Father James M. Ford
Father James M. Ford's career in the Los Angeles Archdiocese didn't end until 2005, though he faced questions back to the early 1980s about inappropriate contact with male students and was known to have had an affair with a former seminary student who died of AIDS, according to his personnel files. | Related: Exhibit 47, Page 111
Ford's file includes a letter in 1983 that a male student had reported "an ongoing relationship with Father Jim Ford."
But the letter from Father Stafford Poole, the rector at St. John's Seminary, written to Cardinal Timothy Manning, also expressed skepticism about the report, saying the student is a "disturbed person" and prone to fantasy.
A 1987 letter in Ford's file reports a call from a monsignor that "The seminarian also told him that Jim Ford tended to be involved with high school boys and that, in his estimation, inappropriate activity was involved."
It also relates that a former seminarian whom Ford had been involved with was dying of AIDS. The unnamed person who took the call said he would not relate the information to Ford "for the reason that the people involved in these activities usually are aware of these matters."
Ford, who was born in Los Angeles in 1940, was ordained in 1960. He was assigned to at least eight parishes throughout the region — including Our Lady of Lourdes in Orange, San Buenaventura in Ventura and Our Lady of Peace in Sepulveda — until his retirement from St. Roque in Santa Barbara in 2005 amid a canonical investigation.
Among the documents are references to a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged Ford had molested him from 1968 to 1971 at Orange County's Mater Dei High School and Holy Family Parish. The victim, who was 14 when the incidents started, eventually received a $225,000 settlement from the Orange Diocese and a larger amount from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 2007.
That man told church authorities in a five-hour meeting in March 2005 that he was sexually confused as a youth and Ford preyed upon that confusion.
When confronted with the allegations, Ford vehemently denied them. He and his supporters questioned the man's claims, describing him as troubled and saying it was impossible for Ford to have time alone with him in the rectory and in the church.
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SKATE DIRECTOR: We have a relative who was an attorney who, several years ago, did a little time in the joint for something we seem to recall as some shady dealings in hiding some money for some people we like to think of as being involved in organized crime. A few years after he got out, we asked him how he was doing, inasmuch as he'd lost his license.
"Great!" he said. "I'm on a bunch of boards of directors, and I get money for doing nothing."
It was at that moment we got the brilliant idea to become an attorney, do a little stand-up time in the pokey, lose our license and get ourself on a bunch of boards of directors and get money for doing nothing.
We took a giant step toward that goal - skipping gaily past the whole law-practice hurdle - when we joined the board of directors for the Action Sports Kids Foundation (ASK) Wednesday in a glorious ceremony at the foundation's world headquarters.
Now comes something we had nothing to do with, but will nevertheless put on our list of accomplishments as a director: The Action Sports Kids Foundation Benefit Concert starting at 4 p.m. Sunday at diPiazza's Restaurant & Lounge, 5205 E. Pacific Coast Highway.
You get some great sounds and sideshows, including Long Beach's mighty Paperplanes, the Sly Digs and Plasma Cannon. You get the Sirena Serpentina Tribal Fire Bellydancers. You get the comedic stylings of MC Tony "The Ruckus" Rucker. And you get a shot at some great silent auction stuff, like skateboard decks, sk8r shoes, gift certificates for McKenna's and Legends and more.
You're looking at a $60 retail value for all that entertainment, but it costs you just $8, which goes toward the efforts and programs of ASK, which is dedicated to providing youth an alternative to the streets and gangs through sports, education and the arts.
The directors get nothing, which isn't in keeping with our dreams and plans, but we're just starting out.
The show is open to all ages. For more info, check out www.asklongbeach
JUSTICE OF THE PIECE OF PIE: Add to our board of directing a lifelong passion for the judicial system, in which we practice our own brand of frontier justice in determining the highest quality in things ranging from tribute bands to human-powered flying machines and, of course, the bread and butter of judgmanship: chocolate.
We'll be among the judging panel for the ninth year when the Belmont Shore Chocolate Festival comes to Second Street from 1-4 p.m. Feb. 9.
If you're wondering why we're waking you up this early to tell you about something a couple of weeks in the murky future, it's because if we're going to do our job, we're going to need something to judge which, to review, in this case, means chocolate.
The festival is looking for entries in the categories of Cakes & Pies, Cookies & Brownies and the always exciting Unique Chocolate Treats.
To enter, download rules and an entry form at www.belmontshore.org, or pick them up at the Belmont Shore Business Association office at 200 Nieto Ave., Suite 200B. Forms should be entered, with an entry fee of $10, by Feb. 1.
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If you're bereft of a barrel, Hughes Middle School's Eco-Club is throwing a Do-It-Yourself Rain Barrel Workshop at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Expo Arts Center, 4321 Atlantic Ave., in Bixby Knolls.
The idea of a rain barrel isn't to just set it out in the yard to catch whatever falls into it, but rather to collect what's flowing off your roof. This can add up to a staggering amount of water - hundreds of gallons in just one good downpour; thousands of gallons over a rain season.
In the free workshop, you'll learn how to make rain barrels and how to hook it up to catch water cascading from your roof.
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Lindholm, Megan and Robin Hobb. The Inheritance and Other Stories
Robin Hobb is one of my favorite authors, and though I knew she also wrote under the name Megan Lindholm, I had never read Lindholm previously. This anthology is a wonderful introduction to both of the author's signature styles. Standouts in the Lindholm section include the delightfully odd tale of "The Fifth Squashed Cat," and the first story, "A Touch of Lavender." The real standout in the Hobb section was, again, the first story, "Homecoming." Sure to appeal to any fans of Hobb's Liveship Traders series, "Homecoming" provides a fascinating glimpse at the early years of Rain Wilds settlements.
Over all, this is a most satisfying collection. Whether you're a Lindholm fan, a Hobb fan, or a fan of both, you will find much to enjoy here!