Our Board - Housing Alexandria

As a community development organization, we are all about our people.

Housing Alexandria’s staff and board are made up of passionate professionals who feel that the path to community growth runs right through access to housing people can afford. The majority of us live within the City of Alexandria; all of us are passionate about the future of this city and our region.

Our Board of Directors

Daniel Abramson

Daniel Abramson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Abramson Properties, a real estate development firm in Alexandria that specializes in developing residential projects on urban sites and in historic neighborhoods. Danny is the Housing Alexandria Board Chair and is one of five incorporating board members.

He has extensive affordable housing experience, including serving on the Board of Directors of AHC Inc. from 1982 to 1988 and on the City’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for several years. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Inova Alexandria Hospital Foundation and has also served on both the Virginia State Council of Higher Education and the University of Virginia Board of Visitors. Danny was also appointed by Governor Kaine to the Virginia Foreclosure Prevention Task Force. Danny is the Housing Alexandria Board Chair and is one of five incorporating board members.

John (Jack) Corrado

John (Jack) Corrado is a recently retired partner of Baker & Hostetler, a law firm focused on trial litigation in state and federal courts. Before joining Baker & Hostetler, Jack was a litigation partner with Morrison & Forester and Hazel & Thomas, P.C., where he was a member of the firm’s Board of Directors.

He is a past president of the Northern Virginia chapter of the Federal Bar Association. In his free time, he lectures on topics in continuing legal education. Earlier in his career, he was an adjunct professor at George Mason University School of Law and a philosophy instructor at Duke University. Jack was also a member of the City’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for over ten years.

Charles Pittman

Charles Pittman is is Vice President of The Franklin Capital Group, a real estate investment and development firm in Alexandria, VA specializing in residential rental properties. He is primarily involved in asset management and development activities with an emphasis on the properties developed or controlled by Franklin Capital Group.

Before joining Franklin Capital Group in 2004, he worked as regional property manager for KSIM, Inc., a Virginia-based real estate development and property management firm known today as KETTLER. Prior to that, he served as a District Manager for Charles E. Smith Residential and worked for Avalon Properties, Inc., both national multi-family development and management firms. He is a graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor’s in Residential Property Management.

Christina Stacy

Christina Stacy is a senior research associate in the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center at the Urban Institute, where she specializes in urban economics and applied econometrics. Christina currently serves as the Board Vice Chair.

She is also a fellow with the Interdisciplinary Research Leaders program, led by the University of Minnesota. Christina’s work focuses on the intersection of economics and urban spaces. She studies how housing, local economies, and crime interact, how to improve personal financial health, how to increase housing affordability, and how neighborhoods and cities can become more inclusive and supportive of their marginalized residents. Christina earned her bachelor’s degree from Boston College, her master’s degree in public and international affairs from the University of Pittsburgh, and her doctorate in agricultural, food, and resource economics from Michigan State University.

Michael Caison

Michael Caisonis a federal leasing and commercial real estate professional with the United States Postal Service. Prior to joining USPS, he was an associate vice president for Cushman & Wakefield, managing the federal leasing efforts of the General Services Administration in the National Capital Region. Mike is one of five incorporating board members.

Over Mike’s fifteen-year leasing and property acquisition career, he has worked with several organizations, including Trammell Crow Corporate Services, ManorCare, Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) and Prince William County. He actively advocates for affordable housing in Alexandria, serving as Chairman of the City’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee. He has also been a City Council appointee to the Potomac Yard and Beauregard Corridor redevelopment advisory groups. In addition, Mike volunteers with Rebuilding Together Alexandria.

Alyson Miniter

Alyson Miniter serves as a consulting CFO in the Arlington, VA office of CliftonLarsonAllen, a national CPA firm. In this capacity, she is focused on delivering financial reporting and improving financial processes, procedures, and outcomes for clients. Alyson currently serves as the Board Treasurer.

She has over 15 years of accounting experience in public accounting and with various nonprofit organizations in the Washington, D.C. metro area, including The Brand USA, The American Psychological Association, and The Heritage Foundation. Alyson earned her accounting degree from Montana State University and her MBA from George Mason University. She is licensed as a CPA in both Montana and Virginia.

Joseph Resende

Joseph Resende is President and a principal owner of The Franklin Capital Group, a real estate investment and development firm in Alexandria, VA specializing in residential rental properties. Prior to forming Franklin Capital Group in 1996, he practiced law for twenty years in the Washington, D.C. area, with a practice focused on real estate transactions, investments, and finance.

He is also active in several trade associations and civic groups, including as a Director of the National Multi-Housing Council, a member of the National Rehabilitation and Housing Association, a member of the Urban Land Institute, and an advisor to the Journal of Tax Credit Investing.

Catherine White

Catherine White is recently retired as the Senior Vice President – Associate General Counsel of AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a real estate investment trust in the business of developing, acquiring, and managing multifamily rental communities. Catherine currently serves as the Board Secretary.

During her time at AvalonBay, Catherine provided counsel and legal support to various operational groups, including property operations, risk management and IT. Before joining AvalonBay, she worked at Cooley, LLP, and Hunton & Williams law firms. In addition to her legal work, she spearheaded the Affordable Housing Team, responsible for overseeing and managing affordable housing projects in nine states. She is a graduate of Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana, and holds a law degree from Michigan Law School, where she was a member of the Law Review.

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Our Board of Directors

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