William C. Kelly, Jr.
President, Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future (SAHF)
William Kelly is the co-founder of SAHF and its President. Immediately prior to launching SAHF, Bill served 25 years as a partner in the law firm of Latham & Watkins. Before that, he was an advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and at the start of his career, he served as a law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Frank Coffin and Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. A graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, Bill is a director of Ashoka Innovators for the Public, the International Senior Lawyers Project, the Governance Institute, and the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. He was awarded a Purpose Prize Fellowship, which recognizes leaders over 60 who have launched second careers innovating in the social sector. Bill has received awards for his legal pro bono work from the DC Bar, the American Bar Association, and many others.
Contact: bkelly@sahfnet.org or call
Richard Samson
President, SAHF Energy (a division of SAHF)
Rick Samson is president of SAHF Energy, a division of SAHF focused on developing government policies and programs that promote energy efficiency among the members while making available to members a variety of energy services such as benchmarking, auditing, renewable energy, and energy retrofits to existing properties. Immediately prior to joining SAHF, he served as a consultant for Genworth Financial Europe analyzing its single family mortgage insurance portfolio. Rick’s experience includes being a founder and principal of the Federal Practice Group a Washington-based consulting firm providing affordable housing and real estate related services to Federal departments and agencies such as HUD, USDA, VA and DOD. Earlier experience includes being a partner at Coopers & Lybrand (now Price Waterhouse Coopers), counsel and director to the Denver regional office of the Federal Asset Disposition Association and counsel and a principal in a regional real estate development company. A graduate of Colby College and the University of Maine Law School, Rick was a law clerk in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Contact: rsamson@sahfnet.org or call
Paul Weech
Senior Vice President for Policy, SAHF
Paul Weech is a federal housing policy expert with more than 25 years of eclectic experience in the housing and financial services fields. Immediately prior to joining SAHF, Paul worked as a consultant to a diverse client base through Innovative Housing Strategies, LLC – a business he established in September 2008. Before that, Paul served in a variety of affordable housing and public policy leadership positions, including vice president for mission strategy and execution at Fannie Mae, chief of staff at the United States Small Business Administration, and staff director for the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Paul received a master of public policy degree from the Ford School for Public Policy Studies at the University of Michigan in 1981 and a bachelor of arts in political science from Duke University in 1978. He serves on the boards of the Homeownership Preservation Foundation and the Bollinger Foundation.
Contact: pweech@sahfnet.org or call
Anne Marie Brady
Policy Associate, SAHF
Anne Marie Brady previously worked as a Research Associate for the Young Foundation in London where she conducted a qualitative study on UK housing policy. Her research cumulated in a report titled Good Neighbours: Housing Associations’ Role in Neighbourhood Governance. Prior to that, Anne Marie worked as a Senior Campaign Finance Analyst for the Federal Election Commission. While at the FEC, Anne Marie was the recipient of a Robert Bosch Foundation fellowship to work in the German federal parliament comparing the laws governing the financing of political parties in the U.S. and Germany. Anne Marie, a recipient of a J. William Fulbright Fellowship, holds a BA in History and German from Creighton University, an MA in Medieval History from Fordham University and an MSc in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics.
Contact: ambrady@sahfnet.org or call
Bonnie Temple
Counsel, SAHF
Bonnie Temple, a member of the D.C. Bar, has many years experience in private law practice, most recently specializing in representing developers and owners of multifamily properties that receive rental subsidy or mortgage assistance under federal and state affordable housing programs. She also has practiced in commercial and multi-family residential real estate, corporate and partnership law, and project finance. She earned a B.A. from Radcliffe College/Harvard University, a master's degree in urban planning from New York University, and a J.D. degree from the Georgetown University Law Center, where she was an editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.
Contact: btemple@sahfnet.org or call
Coordinator, SAHF
Contact: sspring@sahfnet.org or call 202-737-5976
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SAHF SUMMER 2010 LAW CLERKS
Stephen Glatter
Steve Glatter is a third-year law student at The George Washington University Law School. Prior to joining SAHF, he interned at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Steve also holds a BA in political science from The George Washington University.
Jemma McPherson
Jemma McPherson is a third-year law student at Georgetown University Law Center. Prior to joining SAHF, Jemma worked at the Kennedy School of Government and interned at Human Rights First in Washington. Jemma has a BA from Wellesley College.