Michael Nguyen - President and CEO

Michael joined Atlantic Housing Foundation, Inc. in April, 2008 as President and Chief Executive Officer.

Michael has over 14 years experience as an executive in multifamily acquisition, development, rehabilitation, disposition and asset management. Prior to joining Atlantic Housing Foundation, Michael founded Cima Advisors, a real estate structured finance and asset management firm. Previously, Michael was a Partner at the Utley Group, a private equity firm with a key focus on multifamily acquisition and development. Before the real estate business, Michael was an investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, debt and equity placements. He was also a Principal with First Southwest Company in its corporate finance department and a Financial Analyst at Banque Paribas and Prudential-Bache in New York.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and MBA from the University of Texas.


Dan French - Executive VP

Dan is the Founder of Atlantic Housing Foundation and served as its President and CEO until 2008. He continues to serve as Chairman of its Board of Trustees and remains involved with Finance and Acquisition activities for the Organization. He has been involved in the Affordable Housing field since 1990 when he was made head of the Affordable Housing Department of the San Antonio office of the Resolution Trust Corporation. He went on to serve the San Antonio Housing Authority as Director of Development. He has also served as Housing Commissioner of the Town of Hilton Head Island, SC and Chairman of the greater Hilton Head Community Development Corp.

He has over 40 years of experience in the areas of development, finance, operation, appraisal and brokerage of real estate. He holds an MBA from the University of Texas, San Antonio.

Liz Snyder - Controller

Liz is a CPA with over 20 years of corporate financial management and public accounting experience, most recently in multifamily property management and development. Prior to joining Atlantic Housing Foundation, she served as controller for Tarragon Corporation in Dallas, Texas, a publicly traded multifamily real estate investment and development company. Prior to Tarragon, she worked in healthcare, serving as CFO for a large physician group practice in the Dallas area, and operations controller for one of the nation’s largest healthcare staffing companies. She began her career with Coopers &; Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) in Fort Worth, Texas. She holds a BSEd from Abilene Christian University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Damon Hartman - Information Technology

Damon has over 12 years of information technology and network administration experience in private, public and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining Atlantic Housing, Damon served as a Chief Pilot and Safety Manager for aviation companies based in the DFW area.

Damon graduated from Auburn University in 1994.

Keri Terrell - Compliance Manager

Keri has over 10 years experience in property management and compliance training and has worked for Atlantic Housing since 2003. She is a former member of the board of trustees for the Foundation, where the mission is to help residents improve their lives by providing them the necessary platforms needed to succeed. As a previous mentor manager she also assisted with new hire and AMSI training for the Company. In 2009, she was elected to serve as a chairperson for the Dallas Police Department Resident Shield Crime Watch Committee where she was a liaison between city employees and property managers in the North East division. Committed to quality customer service, Keri was voted Multi-Family Manager of the Year for 2010 and continues to serve as a volunteer for local organizations in her Community. She is a NAHMA designated Certified Professional of Occupancy (CPO) and a continuing member of the AAGD. Currently she is completing her CAM designation with the Texas Apartment Association.

Carmen McGraw - Director of Marketing & Community Services

Carmen has over 20 years experience in multifamily property marketing and management. Most recently, Carmen worked with Western Rim Property Services and was responsible for several new construction/lease up properties throughout Texas. Previously, Carmen served as a contract Regional Manager for Marcus & Millichap overseeing 1,400 units in Austin, TX. Carmen started her career in property management as a leasing consultant in Florida. With a flair for marketing and a passion for people, Carmen relocated to Texas and joined Metric Property Management. Through her 8 years with Metric, she was promoted to several different roles, including Regional Marketing Manager and District Manager for 3,200 units in South Texas. Carmen is actively involved in local and state apartment associations. Carmen studied early childhood development at the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Kent Foster - Asset Manager

Kent
joined Atlantic Housing in July, 2008. Kent has over 24 years experience in commercial real estate development, construction, asset management, leasing, disposition and account management. Kent has worked with Opus Corporation, Beck (HCB Contractors), Champion Partners and the Travelers Realty Investment Company. He has played an instrumental role in the sourcing, development and stabilization of a variety of project types including office, mixed-use, multi-family and industrial with an aggregate value in excess of $600 million. Kent holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas, is a past-Board member of the North Texas Commission and holds a Texas Real Estate License.