Chief Housing and Real Estate Officer and Chief
Operating Officer Named
ATLANTA,
May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Terri M. Lee has announced the first new leadership
appointments to the Atlanta Housing's Executive Team.
- Dr. Alan Ferguson, Sr.,
Chief Housing and Real Estate Officer
- Dwayne Vaughn, Chief Operating Officer
When appointed to lead the 86-year-old
organization in January 2024, Lee
stated that one of her primary focus areas would be to enhance the
agency's ability to implement innovative solutions to expedite the
delivery of affordable housing for Atlanta families. Her first two leadership
appointments reflect that priority as she continues to drive
Atlanta Housing toward the fulfillment of its strategic goals, the
first of which is to create or preserve 10,000 units of affordable
housing by 2027.
"Addressing one of the most critical issues of
our time will require us to drastically reshape the way we think
about serving Atlantans," said Terri M.
Lee. "Atlanta Housing will move forward with a renewed
sense of urgency to deliver vital services which will uplift
people. We have set audacious goals, and to achieve them we must
move from a posture of transactional activity to transformative
leadership. This will, in many ways, require a cultural shift for
this historic institution, but we are prepared to leverage our real
estate portfolio using creativity and innovation to preserve access
to Atlanta for all people, across
all income levels, who wish to call this city home. Leaders with
the experience, reputation, and track records of Alan Ferguson and Dwayne
Vaughn will encourage that evolution. Welcoming Alan and
Dwayne to my executive leadership team is a significant step
in that direction."
Mayor Andre
Dickens said that he values his partnership with
Terri M. Lee and Atlanta Housing.
"My administration is proud to have Atlanta Housing's partnership
as we work to move Atlanta forward
to a city of opportunity for all," said Mayor Dickens. "I
applaud the bold decisions Terri has made in the early days of her
tenure, setting the tone for the significant role Atlanta Housing
will play in ensuring the affordability of our city for generations
to come. Terri's ability to recruit a leader as accomplished as
Alan Ferguson and retain and elevate
someone with the depth of experience as Dwayne Vaughn says a lot about the vision she
has set forward. I am proud to welcome them in their new roles and
look forward to their collaboration as our offices work together to
ensure that all Atlantans have access to safe, quality, and
affordable housing options."
"The Atlanta Housing's Board is excited by the
momentum coming from Terri and her team as they continue to bring
forward new opportunities to advance the mission of Atlanta
Housing," said Larry Stewart, Atlanta Housing's Board
Chairman. "We welcome Alan
Ferguson to Atlanta Housing and look forward to deepening
our relationship with Dwayne Vaughn
as he officially transitions from General Counsel to Chief
Operating Officer."
Chief Housing and Real Estate Officer
Dr. Alan Ferguson,
Sr. brings extensive experience and expertise in affordable
housing, neighborhood revitalization, and community and economic
development. Known for creating and advancing future-forward
solutions to address Atlanta's
affordable housing availability, Alan most recently served as the
President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity in Atlanta, Inc., where he led the organization's
return to full production post-COVID-19 pandemic, diversified
funding, established new partnerships, and advanced strategies to
pursue denser housing development. Alan formerly worked at Invest
Atlanta and, during his 8-year commitment to the organization, led
teams focused on building vibrant communities and increasing
economic prosperity for all Atlantans. This involved bringing
together policy, strategy, and innovative tools to create and
deliver diverse housing, development, and revitalization
opportunities in the City of
Atlanta. While at The American Opportunity Foundation, Inc.,
he led affordable workforce housing acquisition and investment
activities. Alan's previous experience at Fannie Mae includes a
number of roles, one in particular at Fannie Mae's American
Communities Fund, where he led debt and equity investments for
neighborhood housing community revitalization investments for the
Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.
Throughout his career, his dedication and focus
to completing complex transactions in the areas of housing,
commercial real estate, business finance, public finance, and
equity investments furthered his broad experience in community and
economic development leadership.
Alan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Banking and
Finance from Morehouse College, an MBA
from The Goizueta Business School at Emory
University, and a Master of Science in Real Estate from the
J. Mack Robinson School of Business
at Georgia State University. Alan
pursued doctoral studies (ABD) in Real Estate Finance at
Georgia State University and earned a
Ph.D. in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at The University of the
Cumberlands.
"I'm excited to join the amazing team at Atlanta
Housing under the leadership of President and Chief Executive
Officer, Terri M. Lee. Together, we
share a core belief that quality housing provides more than
shelter. Housing provides a pathway for both individual and
community transformation, a means to address inequities, and an
opportunity for prosperity. I'm looking forward to continuing and
expanding Atlanta Housing's efforts to open doors for
everyone."
Alan's role as Chief Housing and Real Estate
Officer is effective June 3, 2024
Chief Operating Officer
Dwayne C. Vaughn
is an experienced and respected leader with a track record of
guiding static and comfortable organizations and business units
toward vibrant market-sustainable entities focused on serving
families and other clients with honor, respect and equity. Most
recently serving as Interim COO for Atlanta Housing, Vaughn has
devoted more than 30 years of increasingly complex legal and
operational experience to assist Boards, policy makers and
executives enhance and reposition programs and affordable assets.
Prior to being tapped to serve as interim COO, Vaughn led Atlanta
Housing's legal team as General Counsel for nearly three years,
working closely with the Board of Commissioners, Chief Executive
Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and executive team to provide
legal leadership for Atlanta Housing's affordable housing and human
development services initiatives.
For more than two decades, Dwayne has practiced
real estate, corporate, employment and civil rights law and spent
many years in executive and senior-level positions with housing
authorities in the Southeast. Dwayne joined Atlanta Housing in 2021
from Atlanta BeltLine, Inc., where he served as Vice President of
Housing Policy and Development.
Dwayne earned a bachelor's degree from
Howard University and a Juris Doctorate
from Rutgers University School of
Law.
"Atlanta Housing has entered a new era,
necessitating innovative approaches to the challenges of today's
accelerated housing market. There are few goals that are more noble
and necessary than making quality housing opportunities available
to Atlanta's families. I am proud
to focus my service to Atlanta Housing as Chief Operating Officer,
enhancing the lives of Atlantans across the socio-economic
spectrum. I am honored that Terri M.
Lee has entrusted me to help actualize her vision of an
Atlanta Housing organization that leverages housing as a starting
point to elevate people to economic success."
Dwayne's role as Chief Operating Officer is
effective immediately.
ABOUT ATLANTA
HOUSING
President and Chief Executive Officer
Terri M. Lee leads The Housing
Authority of the City of Atlanta,
Georgia (AH), the largest housing authority in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation.
One of 139 Moving to Work (MTW) public housing authorities in
America, AH is an industry leader in providing and facilitating
affordable housing resources for nearly 27,000 low-income
households comprised of approximately 45,000 people, including
AH-owned residential communities, tenant-based vouchers, supportive
housing, as well as down payment assistance, where innovation leads
the approach to making the dream of home ownership attainable for
more Atlantans. Programs are funded and regulated by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Visit AH at atlantahousing.org or follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn at @housingatlanta.
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