Lawrence H. Curtis, the President and Managing Partner of WinnDevelopment and a member of the Board of Directors, has led a full range of real estate development and acquisition activities for more than 35 years. He has been instrumental in helping the company grow from 3,000 units in 1986 to more than 103,000 units, which Winn currently has under management in 23 states and the District of Columbia.

Mr. Curtis’ primary focus has been on the creation of affordable housing and historic rehabilitation developments. He is a past president of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association (NH&RA), a member of the Board of Directors for the National Multi-Housing Council, and a Trustee Emeritus for the Citizens Housing and Planning Association. Mr. Curtis was also recently named to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Board of Trustees.

Mr. Curtis served as the 2006 chairman of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) and as co-chair of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies’ annual campaign in 2008. He has also received numerous awards, including the Paul E. Tsongas Award from Preservation Massachusetts. In addition, Mr. Curtis co-founded New Lease, a non-profit based in Boston that provides a clearinghouse of affordable housing units for families staying in state-funded shelters and motels throughout Massachusetts.

Mr. Curtis received a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York and a master’s degree in Architecture and Urban Design from Harvard University, where he has been a Lecturer in Urban Planning and Design. He is a licensed architect in Massachusetts with national NCARB certification.

Adam joined WinnCompanies in 2009 and currently serves as Executive Vice President of WinnDevelopment where he is responsible for overseeing the company’s development initiatives across New England and upstate New York.

Mr. Stein has nearly two decades of experience in multi-family real estate development in the areas of new construction, acquisition rehabs and adaptive reuse and has been responsible for the successful creation of more than $700 million of real estate investments in various communities across the Eastern U.S. Prior to joining WinnCompanies, Mr. Stein served as a Development Manager at JPI Northeast, a conventional multi-family development company based in Irving, Texas and as Vice President of Development for the Norsouth Companies, a housing developer, general contractor and manager of mixed-income and mixed-use properties throughout the Southeast.

Mr. Stein earned his MBA from Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, an MFA in Historic Preservation from The Savannah College of Art & Design and a BA from Union College. He is also an active member of the Urban Land Institute's Boston chapter, NH&RA and holds his Massachusetts Real Estate License.

Mr. Angelo joined the WinnCompanies team in 2022 and now manages numerous development projects in Massachusetts, from residential adaptive reuse projects to urban infill projects. Previously, Mr. Angelo worked for 17 years at E.A. Fish Development, managing construction projects, such as the $110 million Waterworks project in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, the purchase, repositioning, and construction of 32 affordable family units of homeownership in Newport, Rhode Island, permits (40B) , financing and construction of 48 affordable rental units for seniors in Marion, Massachusetts, and permitting (40B) of the 66-unit complex. Before joining E.A. Fish, Mr. Angelo worked for Parencorp Development and Diamond Sinacori as a project manager. Mr. Angelo holds a BA from Hobart College and an MBA from Northeastern University.

Lauren Canepari is a Senior Project Director with WinnDevelopment. Prior to her role with WinnDevelopment, Lauren worked as a Development Consultant with Gatehouse Management Inc. In this role, Lauren worked as a consultant dealing with various issues in management and property development. Her role involved valuations of portfolio deals at the end of their compliance period, including valuations for sale, restructuring and refinancing of transactions. She also has experience with capital needs assessments, budgeting, managing an aging portfolio, historic tax credits, disposition of tax credit properties, and new developments including the tax credit application process.

Previously, Lauren worked with Red Stone Equity Partners as Vice President, Credit Underwriter. In this role, Lauren worked on the Credit team to complete underwriting for new LIHTC deals. She was responsible for projecting income and expenses for the life of the deal, reviewing all relevant documents, and completing site visits and market analysis. She was responsible for underwriting a minimum of 50% of all deals closed by Red Stone each year.

Lauren graduated from Union College with a B.S. in Mathematics. She received her Master’s in Applicable Mathematics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Mr. Colbert joined WinnCompanies in 2014 and currently serves as a Vice President of Development. He works on all aspects of the development cycle and is actively involved in various mixed-use and mixed-finance projects across the Northeast and Midwest. Development types include rehabilitation of existing housing, historic adaptive re-use, master planning and new construction.

He is responsible for implementing many of the company’s Boston- and Massachusetts-based development initiatives, including the $2 billion multi-phased redevelopment of Mary Ellen McComack, a 27-acre, 1,016-unit public housing community in South Boston that will be re-imagined into a mixed-use, ecosystem featuring 3,300 mixed-income housing units, structured parking, ground floor retail and community space; the $40 million redevelopment of Harborwalk Residences and Harbor125 Apartments in conjunction with the Boston Housing Authority; the $47 million development of The Watson in Quincy, MA, which features the largest number of middle-income housing units financed by MassHousing and recipient of the Urban Land Institute’s 2019 Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award; and the $200 million transformation of the historic Sibley Building in Rochester, NY, which created more than 280 units of mixed-income housing, 20,000 SF of retail and 80,000 SF of office and tech incubator space and has won multiple industry awards.

A lifelong Massachusetts resident, Mr. Colbert currently resides in Boston. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Geography from Colgate University.

Neisha Colón is a Senior Project Director at WinnDevelopment, managing the acquisition, financing, design, government relations, community input, and construction of mixed income and mixed use real estate projects. Neisha is responsible for the project management of over 600 units and $300 million in total development costs at various projects across Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Her experience includes new construction projects, historic preservation and the renovation of existing housing. Ms. Colón has experience with state housing finance agencies financing guidelines, rental assistance demonstration conversions of public housing, federal and state LIHTC programs bond financing and other affordable housing programs. Neisha attended the Ithaca College, graduating with a BA in Economics. She attended Cornell’s Baker Graduate Program in Real Estate, completing a Master in Real Estate Studies and Urban Planning degree, concentrating in real estate development. At Cornell, Neisha served as a Board of Director in the Associate Real Estate Council, which focused on furthering members knowledge and their connections in real estate. Prior to attaining her Masters at Cornell, Neisha managed over 1,000 units and storefronts in the Greater Boston Area. As an Economic Development Coordinator, she also spearheaded an Asset Building Program establishing Individual Development Accounts (IDA’s) for residents living in transitional housing at the Elizabeth Stone House in Greater Boston.

Christopher Fleming, Senior Project Director, has worked in the development industry for more than 34 years and has been a member of the Winn team for more than 22 years.

Among his projects are: the $100 million redevelopment of the Castle Square Apartments, a 500-unit project on 11 acres in the South End neighborhood of Boston; the acquisition and redevelopment of the historic 1,000,000-square- foot Sibley Building in downtown Rochester, NY into a $150,000,000 mixed-use urban center; The Residences at Brighton Marine in Boston, MA, one of the first privately developed all veteran’s affordable housing projects in the United States, consisting of 101 apartments and veteran focused services and amenities with a total project cost of $50,000,000; and Sursum Corda, a joint venture redevelopment with a non-profit housing cooperative, of a 200-unit, 6 acre parcel of land off of N. Capitol Street in Washington, DC, into a 1.3 million square foot residential and retail development site.

Mr. Fleming is currently working on the proposed $1 billion redevelopment of the 27 acre,1,000-unit Mary Ellen McCormack housing project in South Boston, MA into a new mixed use, mixed income community consisting of over 3,000 units of housing and 100,000 square feet of retail and amenity space.

Prior to joining Winn in 1998, Mr. Fleming spent 15 years managing projects for a variety of corporate (NYNEX, American Optical, Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York), institutional (Temple University, New England Home for Little Wanderers), public (Government of Puerto Rico, City of Milwaukee) and private clients. Mr. Fleming started his career for the law firm of Ropes &Gray, LLP where he worked as a real estate attorney for four years.

Angela Gile is a Project Director with WinnDevelopment. As a Project Director, Angela is responsible for coordinating new construction, adaptive re-use, and occupied rehabs in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. Recently, Angela has worked on adapting mills in Southbridge and Lawrence, MA utilizing state and federal historic tax credits. Angela has experience with 40B permitting and is interested in meeting energy efficiency and sustainability goals such as achieving Passive House certification.

Before joining WinnDevelopment, Angela worked as an Acquisitions and Development Manager with The Schochet Companies. In this role, Angela managed projects from pre-development construction and into stabilization. Projects include affordable, mixed-income and value add properties throughout New England. She oversaw the development team, working closely with architects, general contractors, consultants, investors, and public and private lenders. Angela received funding awards through the City of Boston and closed deals totaling $93 million.

Angela has experience with LIHTC, Federal and State Historic Tax Credits, MassHousing funds, MA DHCD funds, City of Boston RFP and IDP funds, Private Equity funds, Tax exempt bond financing, and HUD 223(f) loans.

Angela graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.A. in Planning, Public Policy, and Management. She received a Master’s in Urban Planning from the Harvard University, Graduate School of Design.

James V. Harger has been in the real estate construction and maintenance industry for more than 38 years and at WinnCompanies for 36 years. As Vice President of Construction for WinnDevelopment, he creates construction budgets and specifications for potential acquisitions, and oversees the modernization of all acquisitions, including ensuring that LEED certification benchmarks are met.

Previously, Mr. Harger served as Vice President of Maintenance for WinnResidential. In this role, he was responsible for establishing and implementing maintenance procedures across the WinnResidential portfolio. He was also in charge of assuring that all bids and specifications were written to industry standards and that corresponding contract functions were performed to specification on all ongoing capital projects, as well as construction, modernization contracts and insurance claims.

Prior to joining Winn Companies, Mr. Harger owned his own company that specialized in the sale of industrial and educational television products. From 1966-1972, Mr. Harger worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at both the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL and the Nasa Center in Cambridge, MA. Mr. Harger also served in the United States Navy from 1964-1966.

Tim Mustacato has been with WinnCompanies for nearly a decade, most recently serving as an Acquisition Associate. Mr. Mustacato began with the company as a Project Financial Analyst with the finance and asset management team. While on the team, he was responsible for the underwriting, diligence and closing of more than $200 million in financing.

In his current role as Director of Acquisitions, Mr. Mustacato is responsible for identifying potential development, acquisition and investment opportunities in WinnCompanies’ core markets, as well as identifying potential new markets for multifamily ownership opportunities.

Mr. Mustacato holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Management from Northeastern University and is an active member of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board’s Real Estate Finance Association (REFA).

Jason Quinn, Vice President of Construction has been with the WinnDevelopment team since 2013. He brings with him 18 years of construction experience as an estimator and project manager. Jason’s extensive knowledge of the construction industry also includes expertise in budget analysis, project management, value engineering, constructability reviews, quality control, and project closeouts. Jason also maintains exceptional contractor and client relationships.

Jason graduated from Mansfield State Univerity of Pennsylvania in 1999, with a degree in Biology. He currently serves on on the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Green Communities Committee for his hometown of Dighton, MA.

In his role as assistant project director, Mr. Robayna oversees development of the affordable and mixed- income projects that WinnCompanies owns and manages in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Jersey. He works on project implementation, playing a strategic role from entitlements through design, construction and lease-up. Mr. Robayna offers five years of experience in the affordable housing industry, with expertise in finance and project development. His current active projects include ongoing adaptive reuse redevelopments of the former East Haven High School in East Haven, CT and Mechanic Mill in Attleboro, MA, and the occupied rehabilitation of Sencit Liberty Apartments in Atlantic City, NJ and Enterprise Abbott Apartments in Waterbury, CT. Prior to joining WinnDevelopment, Mr. Robayna previously worked at the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) on the underwriting and funding Low Income Housing Tax Credit projects throughout Massachusetts. Prior to that, he worked as a project manager for a small non-profit developer in Chelsea, MA, creating small-scale supportive housing projects in Chelsea and Revere, MA. He earned his Master in Science in Real Estate Development and Master of City Planning degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and BA from the University of Miami.

Ramie joined WinnDevelopment in 2021 and has nearly a decade of ground up, market rate residential experience. She currently serves as a Senior Project Director, managing a variety of projects in the New England region. Prior to joining WinnCompanies, Ramie worked at HYM Investment Group overseeing the 161 acre Suffolk Downs redevelopment Project. In addition, Ramie previously worked for the Bozzuto Group on their development team overseeing ground up construction projects in the Mid Atlantic and Boston regions. Ramie holds a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration Degree with a Concentration in Real Estate from Boston University. Ramie is member of ULI Boston and NH&RA.

David W. Thunell, Senior Vice President of Construction, has served WinnDevelopment as an experienced construction professional since 2005. David’s extensive knowledge of the construction industry includes expertise in budget analysis, project management, value engineering, constructability reviews, quality control, and project closeouts. David also maintains exceptional contractor and client relationships. All of these best practices have led WinnDevelopment to win various LEED accreditations, Historical Preservation Awards, and Energy Conservation Incentives.

WinnDevelopment’s most recent achievements under Mr. Thunell’s direction include: Oliver Lofts, a historic adaptive reuse mill which obtained LEED construction Platinum rating; Castle Square Midrise Apartments, a deep energy solar thermal project, which received a LEED Platinum rating; and Malden Mills, a historic adaptive reuse mill that is LEED certifiable.

Prior to joining WinnDevelopment, Mr. Thunell served as Vice President of Properties and Director of Engineering, Construction & Maintenance for 16 years at Filene’s-Kaufmanns, May Companies. Preceding that, David was Chief Engineer for Apex Oil/BP-Sohio.

Mr. Thunell has a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

Darien L. Crimmin has been in the business of sustainability for over 20 years. As Vice President of Energy and Sustainability for WinnCompanies and co-founder of Open Market ESCO, he is responsible for managing a range of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects across Winn’s portfolio of residential properties. Combining technical building science with energy policies and entrepreneurial financing has Mr Crimmin has developed a wide ranging portfolio of energy projects, including megawatts of solar photovoltaic, dozens HVAC and insulation upgrades, water conservation improvements, and innovative energy financing demonstrations. Through Mr. Crimmin’s leadership, Winn has partnered with local, state, and federal agencies to promote investments at the intersection of affordable housing and sustainability. Most recently, Mr. Crimmin has pioneered the application of community solar to benefit low- and moderate-income households.

Prior to joining WinnDevelopment in 2009, Mr. Crimmin was responsible for managing Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability Green Building Services. Among other accomplishments, Mr. Crimmin helped develop Harvard’s (then) largest solar hot water installation, designed training modules for Harvard University’s Operations Services, and created utility measurement and verification tools to track energy performance across the University. Mr. Crimmin was a teaching fellow at Harvard University’s Extension School for Green Buildings: Design, Construction, and Operations.

Mr. Crimmin actively engages with many energy and sustainability organizations and is a frequent speaker at national and regional conferences. He is currently involved in the National Community Solar Partnership, focused on expanding LMI access to community solar, and the City of Boston’s emissions performance standard where he served on the Technical Advisory Group. Other affiliations include the Low-Income Energy Affordability Network, Massachusetts Chapter of the US Green Building Council, the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, and NH&RA’s Council for Environmentally Friendly Housing. Mr Crimmin is a Senior Fellow in the Environmental Leadership Program and on the Multifamily Technical Working Group of the Investor Confidence Project. He holds degrees from Tufts University and the University of Vermont.

While not problem solving for climate change and social justice, Darien enjoys spending time in nature with his two young children and his dog Everest.

Christina McPike manages various energy efficiency and sustainability projects for the WinnCompanies portfolio. During her seven years at WinnCompanies, Ms. McPike has coordinated and implemented nearly $20 million worth of energy efficiency upgrades, including, but not limited to, LED lighting retrofits, weatherization work, and heating system installations. With Ms. McPike’s expertise and cross-disciplinary approach, WinnDevelopment successfully integrates energy and sustainability goals and targets into every project, from occupied moderate renovations to historic adaptive reuse projects. Ms. McPike has experience working with grant agencies and utility companies in D.C., Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York where she manages several projects, including those pursuing Enterprise Green Communities, Energy Star, and LEED certifications. In addition to supporting acquisition rehab projects, Ms. McPike also often interfaces with WinnResidential property and asset management staff on energy retrofit opportunities, energy usage benchmarking, resident engagement, and green operations and maintenance. Ms. McPike is a member of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association, where she received the Kate Goldstein Fund award in 2016, and has participated in numerous speaking engagements with NESEA. Ms. McPike is also a member of the Massachusetts Chapter of the US Green Building Council. As the Co-Chair for USGBC’s Greening Greenbuild Host Sub-Committee, Ms. McPike facilitated a group of volunteers who reduced the environmental impact of Greenbuild, the largest high performance buildings conference in the world, on the City of Boston in 2017. She is an active member of Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), the United States Green Building Council of Massachusetts and the Women's Exchange for Leadership and Living Well (WELL). Ms. McPike holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Environmental Studies from Boston College and a Master of Science in Urban and Regional Policy from Northeastern University.

Meade Curtis joined WinnDevelopment in January of 2016. He is responsible for executing business and fostering institutional investment relationships throughout New York and New Jersey.

Meade has over a decade of real estate experience, having previously served as Vice President at AllianceBernstein Real Estate Partners, where he was responsible for sourcing investments on the behalf of the $1.2 billion real estate opportunity fund. Additionally, he has held positions at Blackstone and Merrill Lynch.

Meade holds a dual degree in Finance and Economics from Washington University in St. Louis.

David Ginsberg is a Vice President at WinnDevelopment, managing the acquisition, financing, design, government relations, community input, and construction of mixed income and mixed use real estate projects.

His specialization has been in the development and preservation of critically needed affordable and workforce housing utilizing Federal and State Tax Credit programs and the adaptive reuse of structures on the National Register of Historic Places.

David attended the University of California-Berkeley, graduating in 2010 with highest honors in Urban Studies. David attended Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (GSD), completing a Master in Urban Planning degree with distinction, concentrating in real estate and urban design. During his time at Harvard he was awarded a Taubman Fellowship from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, won the American Planning Association's graduate student paper-contest in the Transportation category, and was awarded the GSD Academic Excellence Award and the GSD Award for Excellence in Urban Design for his studio work seeking to improve the affordable housing delivery systems of Mexico.

Chris French is responsible for overseeing the acquisition, financing and development of affordable housing and mixed-income projects primarily in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.

Prior to joining WinnDevelopment, Mr. French owned and operated CRF Development, LLC, a real estate development and consulting company focusing primarily on the development and preservation of quality affordable housing as well as market rate multi-family property. Prior to founding CRF Development, Mr. French was first an asset manager, underwriter and banker for ten years first at Centerline Capital and then Citi Community Capital, the community development division of Citigroup. Following his tenure with Citi Community Capital, Mr. French worked developing hotels in the Tri-State area utilizing the EB-5 Program for a company called Manhattan Regional Center. Mr. French has structured and/or underwritten well in excess of $1 billion in multifamily, hospitality and senior care/assisted living projects across the country.

Mr. French has a B.S. from Cornell University and an MS in Real Estate Finance and Investment from New York University.

Steve Gilbert is responsible for development projects in Philadelphia and northern New Jersey. Steve has over 35 years of experience overseeing development projects in the Mid-Atlantic.

Prior to joining Winn, he was a Managing Director of General Electric Capital in charge of the Mid-Atlantic Region where he was responsible for over $2.4 billion of GE real estate investments and development projects. Prior to GE, Steve was with Turner Construction in Philadelphia.

Mr. Gilbert is a graduate of Wharton School and has a Masters of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.

Christopher Jones is a Senior Project Director at Winn and manages development projects in the Mid Atlantic.
Prior to joining WinnCompanies, Christopher managed oversaw the full life cycle development of over $1 Billion in mixed-income and market rate multifamily developments. Christopher has experience acquiring, entitling and constructing projects across the country.
Christopher has a Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BA in Planning and Economics from Rutgers University. He is an active member of ULI and other professional organizations.

Jack Kerry is an accomplished developer of affordable homeownership and rental units. During his extraordinary career, Jack has managed the creation of over 2,500 affordable rental and owner-occupied housing units by overseeing the projects from concept to ribbon-cutting. To accomplished this remarkable track record, Jack has secured over $300 million in financing from a wide range of sources including HUD mortgage insurance programs, Public Housing capital funds, Section 8, Block Grants, LIHTC, tax exempt bonds, private equity, Federal weatherization funds, FEMA, 312 loans, 115 grants, SBA loan guarantees, insurance proceeds and Red Cross funds.

In the 1980s Jack worked at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development as the Director of the Rehabilitation Division and helped create the Neighborhood Strategy Area program. Under his leadership, the program work closely with Mayors to distribute over 50,000 Section 8 Substantial Rehabilitation units. In addition, he co-authored legislation that created HUD’s 203 K program, which helps homeowners secure low-interest home improvement loans, and managed the nation’s Section 8 program. To cap off his stellar career at HUD, in the 1990’s Jack trained and supervised 40 staff and identified and redeveloped over 600 of HUD’s most troubled multifamily properties.

After his career at HUD, Jack served as lead originator for a MAP lender and originated over $63 MM in HUD insured loan for numerous nonprofit owners. Together with other sources, these MAP loans successfully produced or preserved 567 units of affordable housing in projects totaling over $70MM in total development cost.

Jack has had two Winn careers. Career one in the 1980s included developing Winn’s original DC portfolio. After Winn career one, he headed up HUD’s SWAT program and then became a HUD MAP lender. He rejoined Winn in 2015 as Director of Development in the Washington DC Winn Regional office.

Recently, Mr. Kerry helped create a partnership between Winn, residents of Winn properties, Hendley Elementary School, the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy, UPO (DC’s largest service provider), and local universities. The partnership links low income residents of three Winn properties with the many educational and cultural facilities throughout Washington, DC. In addition, Jack has assisted Winn pioneer an entrepreneur program that helps residents start their own businesses and then become Winn vendors.

Jack received a bachelor’s degree from Seattle University and a master’s degree in Urban Affairs from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee under a selective Ford Foundation fellowship program.

Laura has been developing sustainable affordable and mixed-income housing projects in the Mid-Atlantic area since 2011 with AHC Inc., A&R Development Corporation, and Telesis Corporation.
Laura graduated from Yale with a bachelor's in American studies and has a master's degree in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was a member of a team that won the New Orleans Chase Competition while attending M.I.T.'s School of Architecture and Planning. This annual competition highlights the skills of students nationwide to support and foster the redevelopment of communities in New Orleans. She participates actively in local housing industry organizations and serves on the steering committee for the Urban Land Institute's Women's Leadership Initiative.

Aimee McHale joined WinnDevelopment in 2019 and has over 15 years of affordable housing and community development experience. She currently serves as a Vice President, managing a team and projects in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies, Aimee managed redevelopment projects for the District of Columbia Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, National Housing Trust Communities and Universal Companies.

Aimee holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from the University of Maryland College Park and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She also completed a fellowship through the Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence (CUREx) at the University of Pennsylvania.

Patrick M. Appleby, a veteran of WinnCompanies for more than two decades, serves as President of both WinnResidential and WinnResidential Military Housing Services. In this role, he is responsible for directing the property management operations for the 105,000 apartment homes in the company's owned and managed portfolio, including more than 41,000 homes managed under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI).

He assumed responsibility for all WinnResidential operations in 22 states and the District of Columbia after serving for 16 years as the executive in charge of the company’s privatized military housing affiliate, which operates through a joint venture with Lendlease.

As president of the two management companies, he oversees more than 3,600 team members.

A member of WinnCompanies senior leadership team and their Board of Directors, Mr. Appleby also has strong prior experience in the market rate, affordable and tax credit housing fields. Prior to joining WinnCompanies in 1999, Mr. Appleby was a Principal at Boston Financial/Lendlease Residential, where he was responsible for a diverse portfolio of apartment homes.

Mr. Appleby has served on the Military Housing Committee of the National Apartment Association (NAA) since its inception, as well as the NAA’s Apartment Careers Committee. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the NAA Educational Institute as well as a member of the NAA Investment Sub-Committee.

He is a Certified Property Manager with the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), as well as a Certified Specialist in Housing Credit Management (SHCM) with the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA).

Terri Benskin serves as Chief Operating Officer for WinnResidential. In this role, she oversees all operations for the organization's residential management portfolio.

Terri joined WinnCompanies in 2018 as an Executive Vice President and has more than 24 years of experience in all aspects of property management with a focus on operations. Prior to joining WinnCompanies, Terri held the title of Chief Operating Officer with Ledic Realty Company for more than eight years. Earlier in her career, she held positions at other property management companies, working closely with property assessments, appraisals and new construction.

Ms. Benskin also served for six years in the United States Naval Reserves.

Terri achieved her Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and is a Housing Credit Certified Professional (HCCP) through the National Association of Home Builders.

As Executive Vice President, Lynn is responsible for directing property management operations for 70 properties in WinnResidential’s portfolio, totaling more than 14,000 apartment homes and 800,000 square feet of commercial space. Ms. Bora’s portfolio includes market rate communities, Section 42, Section 236, Section 8, HOME-financed properties and Public Housing.

Prior to taking on this role, Ms. Bora served as Senior Vice President of Operations Support Services (OSS), overseeing Marketing, Resident Services, Compliance, Procurement and Quality Control for WinnResidential's entire management portfolio.

Ms. Bora has extensive experience in multiple aspects of property management, including profitability, budget and forecast preparation, property operations, procurement, and marketing strategies. She has also spearheaded the development of best practices needed to recruit, retain, train and support employees at all levels.

Prior to joining Winn she was employed by Equity Residential as Vice President overseeing a 10,000 unit portfolio of market rate and affordable units plus 350,000 square feet of commercial and retail space in New England. While at Equity, Ms. Bora was a charter member of their Women in Leadership and a member of their Diversity Council. Prior to Equity, Lynn was employed by AIMCO as Regional Vice President overseeing 14,000 units in New England, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.

Ms. Bora currently chairs the Virginia Tech Residential Property Management Advisory Board; National Apartment Association Regional Vice President representing New England, New York and New Jersey; Greater Boston Real Estate Board of Directors and MAA past president.

Oke Johnson, Executive Vice President of WinnResidential, joined WinnCompanies in 2020. He currently oversees all aspects of property management operations for a portfolio of 197 properties comprised of more than 17,000 apartment homes in Arizona, California, and Illinois. Mr. Johnson’s specialty is affordable housing programs including Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Project Based Section 8, and Tax-Exempt Bonds.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies, Mr. Johnson worked for Envolve Client Services Group and Kettler Management and has over 24 years of experience in property management.

Mr. Johnson holds a Housing Credit Certified Professional (HCCP) designation through the National Association of Home Builders, and Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation through Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). He has also served as a past chair for the HCCP Board of Governors twice.

He holds a Bachelors in Sociology and Economics from University of Virginia.

John Kuppens, Executive Vice President of WinnResidential, has been a member of the Winn team for 20 years. He currently oversees all aspects of property management operations for a portfolio of 140 properties comprised of more than 8,000 apartment homes spanning the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Kuppens also works with his developer clients on acquisitions, new development and refinancing.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies, Mr. Kuppens worked in the banking industry at both State Street Bank & Trust and the Boston Company.

Mr. Kuppens is a certified Specialist in Housing Credit Management (SHCM) and a National Affordable Housing Professional – Executive Level (NAHP-e). He holds a Master in Business Administration from Boston College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Massachusetts.

Jonathan Lane, Senior Vice President of Facilities, joined WinnCompanies in 2021 and currently oversees maintenance, capital improvements, safety and procurement for the national WinnResidential portfolio.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies, Jon ran Maintenance & Engineering for Bozzuto Management. He also worked in a variety of manufacturing related facilities, engineering, and operations roles before moving to the commercial sector to oversee facilities and security for Pandora Jewelry Americas.

Jon holds Bachelors in Business Administration from East Carolina University.

Susan Middleton joined WinnCompanies in 2019 as a Divisional Vice President managing the El Paso region for WinnResidential under the leadership of Chief Operating Officer, Terri Benskin. Susan has more than 34 years’ experience in affordable multi-family housing. She has achieved the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation, as well as Tax Credit Specialist and HUD Occupancy Specialist designations. Susan started her property management career as a property management accountant and held positions including Property Management Accounting Supervisor, Portfolio Manager, HUD Compliance Manager, Compliance Training, and Regional Manager working with various owner managed and fee-based clients. She is currently overseeing the operations team in El Paso, TX managing approximately 4,200 units that includes a variety of housing programs throughout the region.

Michael Milko has been in the Property Management business for 25 years.

As Divisional Vice President for WinnResidential, he is responsible for overseeing the management operations of more than 40 mixed-use properties totaling nearly 5,000 units, for more than 10 clients, with numerous ownership entities in Massachusetts, Maryland, DC, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.

Mr. Milko is also responsible for the overall operations of each community and administers all aspects of property management including annual budgeting, cost control, financial planning and recommendations for capital improvement. In addition, he ensures the completion and processing of all reporting required by Federal, State and local agencies, as well as the implementation of corporate policies and procedures. In addition, Mr. Milko manages all on-site property personnel, is involved in all personnel decisions and fosters employee relations, including annual and quarterly performance evaluations as well as the execution of the employee bonus structures.

Mr. Milko joined WinnCompanies in 1995. He has held positions of Senior Property Manager, Executive Property Manager, Regional Vice President and Divisional Vice President and was promoted to Senior Vice President in December of 2017.

Ms. Ricci’s first assignment for Winn in 2011 was to successfully manage the operational transition of a 1,238-unit Section 8 property in south Bronx, NY – one of Winn’s first NYC management engagements.

Currently, Ms. Ricci and her team manage 61 properties, totaling more than 7,000 units and 114,156 square feet of commercial space, in Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Her portfolio includes market-rate, tax-credit and Section 8 apartments, many layered with multiple programs.

Prior to joining Winn, Ms. Ricci spent five years in ARAMARK’s Education division managing a team of facility managers and technical experts supporting properties in the higher education and education sector from Maine to New Jersey including facility services for the cities of Manchester, NH and New Haven, CT.

She started her career in property management working for Picerne Real Estate Group where she honed her skills by holding a variety of positions over her ten year tenure for that organization.

Ms. Ricci is known for cultivating successful business relationships through professional integrity, identifying and implementing solutions and effectively managing change.

Trevor Samios has worked at the intersection of community development and collective impact for more than a decade. As Senior Vice President of Connected Communities at WinnResidential, he is responsible for the growth and sustainability of WinnResidential’s high-impact resident services platform, with a mission to create Communities of Opportunity across WinnCompanies’ growing portfolio.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies, he was the Director of Community Impact for Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), a Boston-based, national non-profit affordable housing policy, development and management organization. While there, Mr. Samios led Community Impact, POAH’s outcomes-based partnership development and services department charged with the design, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive strategy to support the growing needs of POAH’s residential communities. He has led projects including POAH’s 85-community Outcomes Initiative, the implementation of HUD’s first Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Multifamily program and the community development strategies on multiple HUD Choice Neighborhoods grants.

Mr. Samios also served as Senior Operations Manager for The Community Builders, Inc., (TCB) a Boston-based national non-profit affordable and mixed-income housing developer. There he helped to launch Community Life, a place-based initiative that utilizes stable housing as a platform for residents and neighborhoods to achieve greater economic stability. Trevor oversaw the support and assessments of protocol, policy and innovative implementation strategies to assist residents of mixed-income housing.

Choni serves as Executive Vice President in the Mid-Atlantic region of the WinnResidential portfolio.

Choni holds the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation with Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and the Housing Credit Certified Professional (HCCP) designation with the National Association of Home Builders.

She previously oversaw operations as Executive Vice President with Edgewood Management and Vantage Management and spent fourteen years in a variety of positions at Bozzuto Group.

Patrick M. Appleby, a veteran of WinnCompanies for more than two decades, serves as President of both WinnResidential and WinnResidential Military Housing Services. In this role, he is responsible for directing the property management operations for the 105,000 apartment homes in the company's owned and managed portfolio, including more than 41,000 homes managed under the Military Housing Privatization Initiative (MHPI).

He assumed responsibility for all WinnResidential operations in 22 states and the District of Columbia after serving for 16 years as the executive in charge of the company’s privatized military housing affiliate, which operates through a joint venture with Lendlease.

As president of the two management companies, he oversees more than 3,600 team members.

A member of WinnCompanies senior leadership team and their Board of Directors, Mr. Appleby also has strong prior experience in the market rate, affordable and tax credit housing fields. Prior to joining WinnCompanies in 1999, Mr. Appleby was a Principal at Boston Financial/Lendlease Residential, where he was responsible for a diverse portfolio of apartment homes.

Mr. Appleby has served on the Military Housing Committee of the National Apartment Association (NAA) since its inception, as well as the NAA’s Apartment Careers Committee. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the NAA Educational Institute as well as a member of the NAA Investment Sub-Committee.

He is a Certified Property Manager with the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), as well as a Certified Specialist in Housing Credit Management (SHCM) with the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA).

Thomas L. Adams serves as Vice President of Military Housing for WinnResidential. Tom is responsible for the oversight and management of the daily operations of the Hawaii portfolio, which is comprised of 10,500 homes in Hawaii serving the Army, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. Tom joined WinnResidential after previously managing the Military Housing Property Operations at Ft. Leonardwood, Missouri. He became the Director of Property Management (DPM) of Ft. Knox in 2007. Later in 2010, he was promoted as DPM of the Army’s largest privatized military housing project, Army Hawaii Family Housing.

Tom Adams joined the US Army in 1978 and retired as a Garrison Command Sergeant Major. He served in every enlisted position in the US Corps of Engineers during his service. Tom’s service included several overseas tours and deployments over the course of his 28 years. He has a BS in Business Management from Daniel Webster University in New Hampshire, is an active member of IREM, and holds a CAM certification through NAA.

As a former soldier and the father of two sons actively serving our nation, Tom is committed to improving the quality of life for the men & women and their families that proudly serve our nation.

Matthew J. Buckley serves as Vice President of Facilities for WinnResidential Military Housing Services. He is responsible for providing facilities support for the entire portfolio and for overseeing the portfolio's contracts team.

Matthew joined WinnResidential in 2013 and has managed facilities for over 20 years, with a focus on the residential and hospitality industry. Matt joined WinnResidential in 2013 as the Director of Facilities (DoF) for Ft. Knox Family Housing, followed by a move to Alaska in 2015. In 2016, he was promoted to Regional Director of Facilities for the Hawaii and Alaska regions. This region includes the Army's largest privatized military housing project, Island Palm Communities.

Prior to joining WinnResidential, Matthew was of Capital Projects and Engineering for a national hospitality REIT. He also held several facilities leadership roles at leading hospitality and residential companies, including Hilton, IHG and AIMCO.

He holds a Certified Facilities Management (CFM) designation through the International Facilities Management Association and Certified Hospitality Facilities Executive designation from the American Hotel Lodging Association (AHLA).

Douglas A. Jones serves as Chief Operating Officer of WinnResidential Military Housing Services. A Certified Property Manager (CPM) and Certified Defense Privatization Manager (CDPM levels I - III), he currently shares the responsibility for directing the property management and maintenance operations at nearly 40,000 homes at 14 military installations across the U.S., including operations in Alaska and Hawaii, as well as more than 1,000 employees.

Mr. Jones directly oversees North Haven Communities in Fairbanks, Alaska; Fort Hood Family Housing in Killeen, Texas; Campbell Crossing at Fort Campbell in Kentucky; Tierra Vista Communities in San Pedro, California; and Colorado Springs in Colorado.

Mr. Jones has nearly three decades of experience in the real estate management industry, during which he has worked with a variety of commercial, multi-family, for sale and rental properties. Prior to joining Winn, Mr. Jones spent more than 20 years with Picerne Real Estate Group and Picerne Military Housing. He most recently served as Executive Vice President of Picerne Military Housing, where he was responsible for the full range of property management operations across the company’s entire privatized military housing portfolio. In his role, he led Picerne’s property management function for privatized military housing beginning with the company’s entrance into privatized military housing in 1997. He began working exclusively in privatized military housing in 2005.

In addition to his CPM and CDPM designations, Mr. Jones earned a Bachelor’s degree in Management, as well as his MBA in Marketing from Babson College in Wellesley, MA. He is also an active member of the National Apartment Association’s (NAA) Privatized Military Housing Committee. Mr. Jones is married with one son and lives in Franklin, Tenn.

Megan Klosner serves as Senior Vice President of Military Housing for WinnResidential. Megan is responsible for the oversight and management of the property management and facilities operation at Fort Drum Mountain Community Homes in Fort Drum, NY; Campbell Crossing at Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Knox Hills at Fort Knox, KY; and Atlantic Marine Corps Communities at Tri-Command in Beaufort, South Carolina.

With over 20 years of managerial experience in the hotel and property management field, Megan began her career at Fort Drum Mountain Community Homes at the company’s inception in 2005. She held the position of Director of Property Management until December 2017 when she was selected to be the Project Director.

Prior to joining Fort Drum Mountain Community Homes, Megan worked at a hotel and property management company based in Rochester, NY which manages franchises such as Marriott and Hilton. During her tenure Megan took on increasing responsibilities and held positions of General Manager, Regional Manager, Director of Operations and Vice President of Hotel Operations.

She earned a Bachelor of Science in Hotel/Resort Management from Rochester Institute of Technology. She also serves on the board of directors of the Association of the United States Army Fort Drum chapter.

Martin McNeill is Senior Vice President of Facilities for WinnResidential Military Housing Services. Mr. McNeill is responsible for overseeing and supporting a portfolio of more than 40,000 homes in 12 states. Martin has managed residential facilities for over 25 years and has worked in military housing since 2005. Martin joined the WinnCompanies team in 2011, managing facilities at Knox Hills, located at Fort Knox, a U.S. Army installation in Kentucky, and later at Fort Hood Family Housing, located at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army installation Texas, before becoming Facilities Portfolio Manager out of the Nashville corporate office. He was promoted to Vice President of Facilities for WinnResidential Military Housing Services in 2022.

As Senior Vice President, Accounting, Julie Barr Plexico manages accounting operations for WinnResidential Military Housing Services. She also oversees accounting policy and procedure for military accounting teams, and is responsible for establishing proper internal controls regarding financial reporting.

Prior to joining WinnResidential in 2010, Ms. Plexico served as Audit Manager at Grant Thornton LLP, one of the world's leading organizations of independent audit, tax and advisory firms. There, she spent seven years practicing in public accounting as part of the Construction, Real Estate and Hospitality practice. Providing assurance, accounting and consulting services to real estate clients gave her a keen understanding of industry issues and sharpened her skills in financial reporting and technical research.

Ms. Plexico earned a Master of Professional Accountancy (Concentration in Assurance and Management Services) at Clemson University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (with an emphasis in accounting) from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, S.C.

As Executive Vice President for WinnResidential Military Housing Services, Kirstin N. Rich is responsible for the strategic support functions for the Lendlease-owned and WinnResidential-managed military housing communities nationwide including technology, facilities, marketing and operation support. She is also responsible for 3,758 homes for airmen across four western U.S. states.

Ms. Rich previously served in corporate functions as Senior Vice President, Director of Operations Support and as Operations Support Specialist for WinnResidential Military Housing Services. In these roles, she provided training and support to all levels of the organization, including process improvement, policy and procedure implementation assistance, and facilitation for operational challenges. Ms. Rich was the Deputy Director of Property Management for Fort Drum Mountain Community Homes, which operates more than 3,500 homes for service members at Fort Drum, N.Y.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies in 2005, she worked as a Computer Information System Business Consultant for a Fortune 500 consulting firm and in marketing and event management for a regional chamber of commerce.

Mai Dang is responsible for managing strategic partnerships and promoting the expansion of our Connected Communities platform for resident services. Previously, she served as COO of Urban Strategies, Inc. (USI), where she oversaw all community development projects in Louisiana, including Section 3 training and recruitment, resettlement, human capital planning, sustainability planning, and ongoing family support. . service benefits. Mai has supervised or assisted in the administration of numerous Choice Neighborhoods and Jobs Plus implementation grants, totaling more than $122 million in federal funds. Prior to working for USI, Mai supported regional efforts around neighborhood transformation initiatives with The Community Builders Inc. and worked in affordable housing development. She also worked for the Mary Queen of Viet Nam Community Development Corporation for several years as a community organizer in New Orleans, LA, supporting Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts.
Mai has a bachelor's degree in Women’s Studies from George Washington University and a master's degree in City Planning with a focus on Housing and Community Economic Development from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Trevor Samios has worked at the intersection of community development and collective impact for more than a decade. As Senior Vice President of Connected Communities at WinnResidential, he is responsible for the growth and sustainability of WinnResidential’s high-impact resident services platform, with a mission to create Communities of Opportunity across WinnCompanies’ growing portfolio.

Prior to joining WinnCompanies, he was the Director of Community Impact for Preservation of Affordable Housing (POAH), a Boston-based, national non-profit affordable housing policy, development and management organization. While there, Mr. Samios led Community Impact, POAH’s outcomes-based partnership development and services department charged with the design, implementation and evaluation of a comprehensive strategy to support the growing needs of POAH’s residential communities. He has led projects including POAH’s 85-community Outcomes Initiative, the implementation of HUD’s first Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Multifamily program and the community development strategies on multiple HUD Choice Neighborhoods grants.

Mr. Samios also served as Senior Operations Manager for The Community Builders, Inc., (TCB) a Boston-based national non-profit affordable and mixed-income housing developer. There he helped to launch Community Life, a place-based initiative that utilizes stable housing as a platform for residents and neighborhoods to achieve greater economic stability. Trevor oversaw the support and assessments of protocol, policy and innovative implementation strategies to assist residents of mixed-income housing.