Ken Lyons, President and CEO, NeighborWorks Home Solutions
                        

Enforcers of the repressive regime abducted Alain Rwage from his home in Burundi one night in 2011. Alain worked as a hotel manager and was in college studying communications. He also was helping organize young people to push for democracy in the African nation riven by violent political and tribal conflict. He had endured persecution, prison and torture for his efforts.

Robert Corley, Executive Director, NeighborWorks Southern Mass

Jim Grenfell, Executive Director, Wyoming Housing Network

Kelley Coates, Director of Neighborhood Building, Neighborhood Housing Services of Greater Berks, Inc.

Cathy Williams, President/CEO NeighborWorks Columbus

Inland Empire resident Monica McVey tried to purchase a home in 2012, but the deal fell apart at the last minute. “It wasn’t the best time in my life,” she recalls. “I had to cancel the purchase the week before my closing was scheduled.”