HOUSING CONSORTIUM OF THE EAST BAY

Staff

Darin Lounds - Executive Director

Darin Lounds has worked in the affordable and supportive housing fields for over 15 years as direct services staff, Operations Director and Administrative Director for two community based non-profits in San Francisco, CA, and as Program Officer with the Corporation for Supportive Housing. Darin has focused on developing and sustaining housing for youth emancipating from foster care, homeless families, and adults with disabilities. His work at CSH included advocating for the creation of important capital funding sources for supportive housing as well as providing assistance to organizations applying for and utilizing HUD and Tax Credit resources. Due to his varied roles, Darin brings an understanding of all aspects of housing for people with special needs.

Brianne Steinhauser - Housing Development Project Manager

Brianne Steinhauser comes to HCEB with eight years of residential and institutional architecture experience, with a focus on affordable housing and sustainable community development. She has served as the Project Manager for both large and small student housing and multi-family housing projects, and spearheaded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification process of a small community center as a LEED Accredited Professional. (A LEED Accredited Professional has passed the accreditation exam given by the Green Building Certification Institute.) This experience, along with volunteer and personal experience in construction and housing design, brings a holistic approach to the development of HCEB's projects.

Brianne manages HCEB's housing projects in development and assists in Property Management.

Jessie Radford - Program Manager - Properties

Jessie Radford comes to HCEB with over twenty-three years of non-profit housing experience. His non-profit housing career started with the Portland Housing Authority in 1982. Jessie took his first non-profit housing executive management position with the County of Marin Housing Authority after relocating to the Bay Area in 1991. Jessie’s extensive non-profit housing management experience covers various affordable housing programs through HUD conventional public housing, Section 8, Section 236, Section 202 including special needs, senior/disabled and other non-profit housing agencies. He also brings a wealth of housing experience that covers staff supervision & training, maintenance operations, HUD reporting, program implementation, monitoring and development.

Jessie will manage Lincoln Oaks, HCEB’s new PRAC 811, 11-unit special needs housing development in Fremont. Lincoln Oaks is specifically designed and built for individuals with developmental disabilities. Jessie will also manage HCEB’s homes developed through the Bay Area Housing Plan for individuals leaving Agnews Developmental Center in Santa Clara County.

Eleanor Atkins - Housing Development Associate Project Manager

Eleanor, the younger sibling of a man with special needs, brings an emphasis on advocacy for people with developmental disabilities. Originally brought onto the HCEB team as the Project Management Intern while finishing her undergraduate studies at UC Berkeley, she now works full-time to support the Executive Director and Project Manager with planning, finalizing, and executing the completion of development activities, including definition of project size and scope, predevelopment loan completion, site selection, the creation of funding proposals, and collaboration with private and public entities, governing jurisdictions, and fellow advocates. In an effort to determine where HCEB’s advocacy efforts are best met and to uncover opportunities for new development, Eleanor corresponds with over 20 local jurisdictions to advocate for the inclusion of people with developmental disabilities into local Housing Elements.

Clay Harada - Program Assistant

Clay provides program assistance and is coordinator for the Oakland office. He is the main point of contact for all office functions at HCEB.