Our Team
Valerie Rosenberg, Executive Director
As the inaugural Executive Director of Mobility Works, Valerie Rosenberg is focusing on strengthening our member network, expanding our areas of practice, and creating opportunities for mobility participant leadership in our advocacy efforts. She is a collaborative leader who strives to reinforce and leverage the many assets of her team members and stakeholders. She joined Mobility Works from the field of philanthropy, where she was Chief of Staff of two private foundations, providing nimble leadership across the foundations’ programs, operations, communications, and organizational development. Previously, she was Vice President of the Fund for Public Housing and Deputy Director of Public/Private Partnerships at the New York City Housing Authority, where she cultivated strategic investments in public housing communities. She has also worked in policy development and analysis, advocacy, education, and direct social service provision. Valerie holds a BA from Brandeis University and an MPP from the University of California, Berkeley.
Kristina Garrity, Community Engagement Director
Kristina Garrity joined the Mobility Works team as the Community Engagement Director in 2024. With experience in fields such as K-12 education, climate tech, and immigration, she is leveraging her skills in community building, programming, facilitation, and project management to expand the reach of Mobility Works’ current offerings. Kristina is also a committed organizer. As part of her current doctoral project on the mutual aid networks that developed in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic, she spends her time outside of Mobility Works engaging in various community care initiatives. Kristina is a graduate of Columbia University and holds an MSc from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where she is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology.
Jackie Rittenhouse, Special Projects Coordinator
Jackie Rittenhouse is the Special Projects Coordinator for Mobility Works and the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership. She is leveraging her skills in grants management, qualitative research, internal and external communications, and project management to contribute to Mobility Works’ field-building work. Previously, Jackie managed BRHP’s grant portfolio, supporting multiple special initiatives, and she conducted quantitative and qualitative research on interpersonal relationships at Johns Hopkins University. She has also worked in youth outdoor education and sustainability programming and research. Jackie holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University in Psychology and Anthropology.
Founding Organizational Members
Board Members
Olivia Barrow Strauss
Olivia Barrow Strauss is Vice President, Community Development, within Global Philanthropy at JPMorganChase. In this role, she works across Corporate Responsibility to lead philanthropic and policy strategies that advance the firm’s Housing Market Affordability priorities….
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Olivia previously served as the Deputy Director for National Policy and Advocacy at the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), a national non-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), where she helped lead a strategic influence agenda across affordable housing and impact lending. Prior to joining LIIF in 2019, she worked as a Senior Policy Analyst at Enterprise Community Partners and helped lead the organization’s affordable housing and community development tax credit advocacy efforts. Olivia received a bachelor’s degree in public policy and a master’s degree in public administration from The George Washington University.
Rob Breymaier
Rob Breymaier is the principal of Community Solutions Collaborative, which consults organizations and agencies on strategies to affirmatively further fair housing through equitable community development, expanding low-income housing choice, increasing the affordable housing stock in high-opportunity neighborhoods, and more. He was the Executive Director of the Oak…
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Park Regional Housing Center from 2006 to 2018, where he ran the nation’s foremost example of actively promoting the affirmative furthering of fair housing.
Rob began with the fair housing movement in 1996 as an intern at the Toledo Fair Housing Center. Later, he conducted investigations in Chicago and Albuquerque, including work for HUD’s 2000 Housing Discrimination Survey in both Phase I and Phase III. From 2004 to 2006, Rob spent time as the Director of Community Relations at the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities where he worked with staff implementing the Gautreaux II program in addition to leading fair housing research, organizing, and policy efforts. In 2008, Rob led a successful advocacy effort to ensure that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would not use zip codes or other geographic criteria as determinants in their pricing models and in 2014 he directed the Fair Housing and Equity Analysis for the Chicago Region through a contract with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning. Rob served as President of the Chicago Area Fair Housing Alliance for 10 years, where he played a key role in promoting source of income protection laws for voucher holder at the local and state levels. he also served as a Commissioner on the Cook County Commission on Human Rights. Rob has a Master’s degree in Geography and Planning from the University of Toledo where he studied urban geography and regional planning. He is a member of the Class of 2017 in Leadership Greater Chicago.
Adria Crutchfield
Adria Crutchfield is the Board Chair and President of Mobility Works. She is also an affordable housing and community development leader with public service experience that spans federal, state, and local government legislative and executive branches. Since February 2019, she has served as the Executive Director of the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership,…
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dedicated to helping families escape poverty through access to high-quality housing in areas with strong schools, low crime, and ample job opportunities.
Immediately prior to joining BRHP, Adria served as Chief of Staff at the New York City Department of Buildings where she advised the Commissioner on the administration and execution of agency priorities including organizational restructuring, improving the safety of construction sites, and the Mayor’s goals to develop affordable housing; support small businesses; and build a more sustainable, and equitable City.
Previously, Adria worked as the Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Capital Projects at the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing authority in the country. In this capacity, she supported the day-to-day operations and management of 400 employees responsible for planning, designing, and delivering a $2 billion, five-year construction program. She has held roles in external affairs, issue advocacy, and coalition building focused on improving the quality of life of vulnerable populations and creating vibrant cities. Adria is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis where she studied architecture and American University where she earned her master’s in public policy.
Bryan Greene
Bryan Greene is Vice President of Policy Advocacy at the National Association of REALTORS® where he oversees all legislative and regulatory advocacy on behalf of the association’s 1.4 million members. Bryan joined NAR in November 2019 and spent his first year at NAR raising the association’s profile in Washington and nationwide on all fair housing-related…
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policy matters as NAR’s first Director of Fair Housing Policy.
Before joining NAR, Bryan served for ten years as the highest-ranking career official in HUD’s Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), where he oversaw the policy direction and operational management of the 600-person office enforcing the nation’s housing anti-discrimination laws. Under Bryan’s leadership as FHEO General Deputy Assistant Secretary, HUD pursued large-scale, high-profile cases that addressed systemic discrimination and provided widespread relief. Bryan also managed HUD’s Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP) and HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), which together provide over $70 million to state and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations fighting discrimination in local communities.
Bryan has held other senior positions at HUD during his three decades at the agency, including a stint as the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs in HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), where he worked to reduce regulatory barriers to affordable housing. Bryan was the 2007 recipient of the Presidential Rank Award, the highest federal honor bestowed upon federal senior executives for outstanding service. Bryan earned his degree in Government from Harvard University.
Catherine Johnson
Catherine Johnson, Executive Director of Housing Choice Partners, has worked in affordable housing and mobility counseling programming for more than 25 years. Catherine started her career as a Housing Counselor for the Leadership Council for Open Communities in 1991, and had the opportunity to work with the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program. The Gautreaux…
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Program resulted from the nation’s first public housing desegregation lawsuit which later became an integral part of housing policy. Catherine also worked as a Housing Specialist at CHAC Inc./Quadel, when the organization administered the Chicago Housing Authority’s Housing Voucher Program. Since 2000, Catherine has been integral to Housing Choice Partners’ Chicago and suburban housing mobility programs. She is an expert in mobility program best practices and effective program design. Catherine is a HUD Certified Housing Counselor and also certified in HUD Housing Quality Standards, federal Housing Choice Voucher program policies, and homeowner and foreclosure counseling. She received her BA in Public Relations from Mississippi State University and is a 2024 Civic Leadership Academy Fellow at the University of Chicago.
Rical King
Rical King is from Illinois where, as a young child, she watched her parents (her mom was a nurse for more than 45 years, her father a long-time Post Office manager) and many people in her neighborhood work long hours, yet they did not have opportunities to live in communities that were flourishing. She believes that families deserve opportunity and support so they can better their…
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circumstances, and she is motivated to help those who have been left behind, and to help her community as a whole.
Rical was able to participate in a mobility program, which made all the difference in the world for her and her family, so she serves on the Mobility Works board, which is an opportunity for her to pay in forward and serve as many people as possible. She believes that in working with Mobility Works, she can use her skills, creativity, and experience to improve the lives of others. She has worked and volunteered at other nonprofits and is currently a member of the Housing Choice Partners Participant Advisory Council. In addition to volunteering, she enjoys attending church and meeting the needs of her community.
Ann Lott
Ann Lott is an affordable housing leader dedicated to expanding and preserving housing for low-income families. She is the current Executive Director of the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP). In this role, Ann leads the charge to increase low-income families’ access to housing in thriving communities that provide a clear path to high-performing schools and gainful employment….
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ICP works closely with housing developers and allies to build affordable housing in low-poverty neighborhoods and addresses the fair housing impediments clients face when moving to these communities. Before joining ICP, Ann was President & CEO of a large public housing authority. During her tenure, she spearheaded its housing mobility program and led the mission to revitalize public housing communities and build public housing in low-poverty neighborhoods.
LaKita Royal
LaKita Royal is an administration and community advocacy professional with over 13 years of experience advancing housing stability, client advocacy, and equitable access to opportunity. Raised in Long Island, New York, she brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work, understanding firsthand how stable, opportunity-rich housing can transform lives.
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LaKita has deep knowledge of Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8), LIHTC-assisted housing, Fair Housing protections, and community-based housing systems. She works closely with families in Long Island and Queens, collaborating across housing, education, and nonprofit sectors to reduce barriers and support long-term stability. She also has experience in K–12 education as a substitute teacher, giving her insight into the needs of families and children in her community.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business from St. John’s University and a Master of Arts in Public Relations from Full Sail University, and is currently pursuing a doctorate in Human Services with a specialization in Leadership and Organizational Management. LaKita lives and leads by her guiding principles of passion, purpose, and persistence, believing that everyone should take steps toward opportunity and own their path forward.
Barbara Sard
Barbara Sard retired from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in June 2019, where she had led the Housing team for more than 20 years (with the exception of 18 months as Senior Advisor for Rental Assistance to then HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan). Previously, she was a legal services attorney, primarily in Boston. For much of her career, Barbara focused on improving the…
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federal Housing Choice Voucher program, particularly with the goal of expanding families’ access to neighborhoods where their children can thrive. She now works as a housing policy consultant.
Chanttani Schrock
Chanttani Schrock is based in the Dallas area and currently works as an executive assistant at a large insurance company, where she supports six sales leaders. She holds a degree in paralegal studies and is a self-taught housing voucher advocate and an active member of the Inclusive Communities Project’s client advisory board. Chanttani is the founder of the CY3 Consulting Firm,…
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which helps clients create budgets, build and repair credit, and more. She is also the founder of the Facebook Group: “Housing Choice Voucher (FORMERLY Section 8) Empowerment and Prosperity Group” and the proud mother to her only daughter who is currently pursuing her bachelor’s degree at an out of state HBCU.
She has the gift of empathy, radiates joy in any room that she is in, and has a servant’s heart. She has always had a passion for helping others, but it was not until her own unfortunate experience as a Housing Choice Voucher recipient, that she had dealt with enough of the “legal” discrimination against her family that it lit the fire for her to speak out and to speak up for other voucher holders who were afraid.
Chanttani aspires to educate, empower, and help voucher participants evolve toward self-sufficiency while taking full advantage of what the program offers. She also seeks to educate landlords on the benefits of renting to voucher participants and to remove the negative narrative behind “Section 8”.
Adam Shriver
Adam Shriver is an experienced finance professional who brings a people‑first approach to every organization he serves. As the founding Client CFO of The Home Care CPAs, he partners with home care agencies across the country as a fractional CFO, guiding owners through financial reporting, forecasting, risk management, mergers and acquisitions, and other strategic decisions…
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so they can focus on what matters most: helping people live safely, comfortably, and independently at home. Prior to his current role, Adam spent more than eight years in PwC’s Deals practice supporting clients with complex transactions across a wide range of industries. He graduated summa cum laude with a B.A. in Economics, Mathematics, and Spanish and earned his Master of Accountancy from Vanderbilt University. He is passionate about applying his financial expertise to advance solutions to fundamental housing challenges.
Thomas Silverstein
Thomas Silverstein is a national leader in multiple approaches to advancing fair housing and community development, including impact litigation, amicus participation, regulatory and legislative policy advocacy, and the provision of technical assistance to states, local governments, and public…
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Technical Assistance & Training Contributors
Lautaro Cantar
Lautaro Cantar is a data scientist and economist specializing in data-driven solutions for policy and business decisions. He currently develops AI automation systems at SMS Sudamérica. As an independent consultant, he has crunched data and created R Shiny platforms for the Massachusetts…
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State Office of Housing and Community Development and other housing authorities. He focuses on building interactive dashboards and reproducible analytics that make complex data actionable for decision-makers. Lautaro holds an MS in Urban Informatics from Northeastern University (Fulbright Scholar) and a BA in Economics from Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentina).
Charles Chear
Charles Chear is a clinical associate professor in the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Social Work. Previously, he was a federal statistician in the Administration for Children and Families and taught in the social work programs at Rutgers University, University of Connecticut, and University…
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of North Texas. He is a licensed social worker and worked in social work-related roles in Philadelphia, Boston, Tucson, the Tohono O’odham Nation, and Cambodia, following an earlier IT career as a Linux systems administrator. His interests are economic and geographic mobility, interest-free lending, digital trace data, and social welfare socio-technical systems. Charles holds an MSW from Boston University and is a PhD candidate in Social Work at Rutgers University, with additional methods training from Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Pete Cimbolic
Pete Cimbolic is the managing director of operations and program evaluation at BRHP. His responsibilities include the oversight of organizational operations and developing new lines of business. He is also responsible for evaluating and enhancing core programs. Previously, Pete worked at the ACLU of…
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Maryland assisting with the Thompson v. HUD lawsuit, and supporting other fair housing work. Pete holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Catholic University. In his free time, Pete enjoys walking his dog and enjoying all that Baltimore has to offer.
Adria Crutchfield
Adria Crutchfield is the Board Chair and President of Mobility Works. She is also an affordable housing and community development leader with public service experience that spans federal, state, and local government legislative and executive branches. Since February 2019, she has…
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served as the Executive Director of the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership, dedicated to helping families escape poverty through access to high-quality housing in areas with strong schools, low crime, and ample job opportunities.
Immediately prior to joining BRHP, Adria served as Chief of Staff at the New York City Department of Buildings where she advised the Commissioner on the administration and execution of agency priorities including organizational restructuring, improving the safety of construction sites, and the Mayor’s goals to develop affordable housing; support small businesses; and build a more sustainable, and equitable City.
Previously, Adria worked as the Senior Advisor to the Executive Vice President for Capital Projects at the New York City Housing Authority, the largest public housing authority in the country. In this capacity, she supported the day-to-day operations and management of 400 employees responsible for planning, designing, and delivering a $2 billion, five-year construction program.
She has held roles in external affairs, issue advocacy, and coalition building focused on improving the quality of life of vulnerable populations and creating vibrant cities.
Adria is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis where she studied architecture and American University where she earned her master’s in public policy.
Alexandra Curley
Alex Curley is principal of AMC Research and Consulting, LLC, and is a Research Affiliate at the National Initiative on Mixed-Income Communities at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. She specializes in program development and…
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evaluation of housing mobility programs, mixed-income communities and other housing policies and programs.
Alex has worked with the Urban Institute, the American City Coalition, the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, as well as the OTB Research Institute for Housing and the Urban Mobility Studies in the Netherlands. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Boston University.
Catherine Johnson
Catherine Johnson, Executive Director of Housing Choice Partners, has worked in affordable housing and mobility counseling programming for more than 25 years. Catherine started her career as a Housing Counselor for the Leadership Council for Open Communities in 1991, and had…
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the opportunity to work with the Gautreaux Assisted Housing Program. The Gautreaux Program resulted from the nation’s first public housing desegregation lawsuit which later became an integral part of housing policy. Catherine also worked as a Housing Specialist at CHAC Inc./Quadel, when the organization administered the Chicago Housing Authority’s Housing Voucher Program. Since 2000, Catherine has been integral to Housing Choice Partners’ Chicago and suburban housing mobility programs. She is an expert in mobility program best practices and effective program design. Catherine is a HUD Certified Housing Counselor and also certified in HUD Housing Quality Standards, federal Housing Choice Voucher program policies, and homeowner and foreclosure counseling. She received her BA in Public Relations from Mississippi State University and is a 2024 Civic Leadership Academy Fellow at the University of Chicago.
Shamira Lawrence
For more than 20 years, Shamira Lawrence has served the community in various roles ranging from teacher to program director to housing counselor. Her work has encompassed the worlds of education, nonprofit, and government, and has allowed her to serve adults, families, and students….
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Shamira has worked at ICP for more than 10 years, first as a mobility counselor and now as the mobility program director.
Ann Lott
Ann Lott is an affordable housing leader dedicated to expanding and preserving housing for low-income families. She is the current Executive Director of the Inclusive Communities Project (ICP). In this role, Ann leads the charge to increase low-income families’ access to housing in thriving…
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communities that provide a clear path to high-performing schools and gainful employment. ICP works closely with housing developers and allies to build affordable housing in low-poverty neighborhoods and addresses the fair housing impediments clients face when moving to these communities. Before joining ICP, Ann was President & CEO of a large public housing authority. During her tenure, she spearheaded its housing mobility program and led the mission to revitalize public housing communities and build public housing in low-poverty neighborhoods.
Philip Tegeler
Philip Tegeler is Senior Counsel at PRRAC and is an expert on federal housing law and policy, specializing in the intersection of federal civil rights law and federal and state housing program implementation. Philip has authored a number of publications on the Housing Choice Voucher program, federal…
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housing policy, and the reciprocal relationship between housing and school policy. He is a graduate of Columbia Law School.
Gretchen Weismann
Gretchen Weismann focuses on policy design, program development and implementation, and research and evaluation of rental housing and supportive services models at the local, state and national level. She contributes to a…
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variety of Mobility Works technical assistance projects. Other recent work includes the development and analysis of a large survey of Boston metro area HCV participants’ experience and location outcomes when searching for housing. Gretchen has worked for the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, Abt Associates, Greater Boston Legal Services, The City of Boston, at The Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development managing the Moving to Work program and homeless initiatives, and with the Urban Institute on a multi-site mixed-method evaluation of the Moving to Opportunity Program. She has an MPA from Northeastern University and a Ph.D. in Planning and Urban Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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