EAH HOUSING - Key Persons


Anna Gwyn

Job Titles:
  • Simpson / Vice President, Resident Services / Real Estate Management

Barney (Bernard) Deasy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Carole M. Lau

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Division, First Hawaiian Bank

Cathy Macy - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • in 1989 As the Director of Accounting
Cathy Macy joined EAH Housing in 1989 as the Director of Accounting and is currently Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Macy is responsible for the complete financial data for all EAH Housing managed properties (230 properties), corporate offices, pre-development, and development accounting. Ms. Macy has over thirty years of accounting experience. Prior to joining EAH, she was Assistant Controller for the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation for Receivership Operations. Among other services, this company took over troubled banking associations. Ms. Macy was also employed for five years as an accounting supervisor for a savings and loan association, with subsidiary companies in areas that included construction, mortgage and real estate. She was responsible for all aspects of accounting for the various companies acquired by the savings and loan. Ms. Macy volunteers as Treasurer for Women's Cancer Awareness Group, headquartered in Petaluma, California. She became Chief Financial Officer at EAH Housing in 2009.

Chan U Lee

Job Titles:
  • President and CEO, Devine and Gong, Inc

Colleen Mizuno

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Retired / Formerly Vice President Preconstruction / Business Development, Unlimited Construction Services, Inc

David Harris

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Risk Management

Dean Hirabayashi

Job Titles:
  • First Vice President & Relationship Manager, American Savings Bank

Emily Cadik

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition ( AHTCC )

Joseph F. Walsh

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Kamara Green

Job Titles:
  • EVP, National Director of Affordable Housing Production, Bellwether Enterprise

Karen Belanger

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Larry Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Retired / Formerly CFO, Central Pacific Bank

Laura Hall - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
Laura Hall has been with EAH Housing since 2008, and became president and CEO in 2019. As president and CEO, she is responsible for the operations, real estate development, real estate management and services for over 25,000 residents and over 700 employees. Ms. Hall has more than 25 years of leadership experience, including real estate development - new construction and acquisition/rehabilitation, facilities management and client services. Prior to her tenure at EAH Housing, Ms. Hall was responsible for strategic planning, operations management, and regulatory compliance of a corporation providing community-based programs, totaling nearly 1,000 employees and $70 million in revenue. She managed projects spanning from site acquisition and response to Requests for Proposals (RFP), to supervising the transition from business development to operations. She possesses substantial expertise in the areas of contract negotiations, customer development and retention. In addition, she worked to raise awareness within the legislative, judicial and executive branches of the government regarding the need for community services. She has a California Broker License and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.A. in Political Science. She received a Master's in Business Administration, Strategic Leadership, from Dominican University in San Rafael.

Laura Wilder

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Partner, CohnReznick

Linn Warren - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board

Lissa De Leon

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Human Resources

Marin Classified

Job Titles:
  • Publisher and Founder 1968

Mohammad Hakimi

Job Titles:
  • President and CEO, J.H. Fitzmaurice

Omar Carrera

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Canal Alliance

Patrick Cashman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

Paul Marx

Job Titles:
  • CEO, Paul W Marx & Associates LLC

Paul S. Foster

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board of Directors

Sara Lin

Job Titles:
  • Broadband Initiatives Communication Specialist, University of HawaiĘ»i

Sterling Higa

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Housing Hawai'I 's Future

Todd K. Apo

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Community Partnership & Public Affairs, Hawaii Community Foundation

Welton Jordan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Secretary
  • Chief Real Estate Development Officer
As the Chief Real Estate Development Officer (CREDO) / Assistant Secretary at EAH Housing, Mr. Jordan is responsible for all real estate development activities including, business development, real estate acquisition, rehabilitation and new construction activities in California and Hawai`i. He presides over a current active pipeline of 60 deals totaling nearly $2 billion while leading a team of more than 25 development professionals, including several newly created positions such as director of development and director of portfolio finance and policy. Mr. Jordan has been with EAH Housing since 2013 and is the first person to be appointed to the CREDO position in EAH Housing's 50+ year history. Under his leadership, he has increased overall visibility of EAH within the industry, grew and spearheaded a reimagination of the real estate development department, and has expanded the organization's footprint into Sacramento, Southern California and the Central Coast. He has more than 15 years of experience in real estate development, construction and finance for new construction and rehabilitation of a variety of multifamily developments. He has worked with many private and public funding sources to build affordable/family, market rate, mixed income, mixed use, workforce and permanent supportive housing. Prior to joining EAH Housing, Mr. Jordan was a Development Project Specialist for the Housing Authority of the City and County of Fresno (HACCF). Originally from Portland, Oregon, Mr. Jordan holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with a minor in Finance from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and earned a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He has worked in public and private sector housing finance throughout California and received certification as a Housing Development Finance Professional from the National Development Council.