2020 Azbee Awards of Excellence

Category

All Content > Group Profile > Mid Atlantic

Awarded to

Donna Kimura, Deputy Editor
Christine Serlin, Editor
Alice Ashe, Senior Graphic Designer
Chris DeJoy, Deputy Editor
John McManus, Vice President, Editorial Director

Entry details

"Wonder Women: These 10 Leaders are Taking Affordable Housing to New Heights"

Issue or publication date: March 2019 issue of Affordable Housing Finance; posted online March 8, 2019
Publication name: Affordable Housing Finance
Publishing company: Hanley Wood
Website home page: www.housingfinance.com

Please describe the publication's mission and readership:

AFFORDABLE HOUSING FINANCE is required reading for the affordable housing industry, online and in print. Its target audience consists of for-profit and nonprofit developers, community development bankers and financiers, and housing officials from all levels of government who are responsible for creating and preserving affordable housing across the nation. AHF serves the unique needs of its audience with high-level content focused on financing options, development strategies, and housing policy. A critical industry link, AHF also regularly shares the stories of developers through profiles and interviews. The magazine published eight issues in 2019, providing extensive coverage to approximately 11,000 affordable housing industry leaders who receive the publication in print. The magazine’s digital edition is delivered to the inbox of nearly 30,000 housing professionals, and a digital newsletter reaches more than 31,500 readers twice a month. Additionally, AHF brings the affordable housing community together under one roof at two annual events, including AHF Live: The Affordable Housing Developers Summit, the industry’s premier conference, attracting approximately 1,300 people each year.

Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:

Women make up nearly half of the nation’s workforce but are significantly underrepresented in senior leadership positions. Only about one in five C suite leaders is a woman, and only one in 25 is a woman of color. It’s no different in the real estate industry. To raise the visibility of women in affordable housing, Affordable Housing Finance magazine profiled 10 leading women who are making big waves in the industry. The women included developer Nina Janopaul, who is building innovative communities to help address the housing crisis in Virginia through her nonprofit Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing; Debby Jenkins, who leads Freddie Mac’s mighty multifamily housing lending business; and Lisa Rice, who is on the front lines fighting to end housing discrimination as president and CEO of the National Fair Housing Alliance.

The AHF editorial team selected the women from a pool of candidates, researched and conducted interviews, and reported on their inspiring work and industry contributions. The feature story served to either recognize or introduce the women, several of whom had recently been promoted and were taking on new and important positions, to our readers. To further promote women in the business, AHF also hosts a popular Women in Affordable Housing Luncheon as part of its annual industry conference, AHF Live: The Affordable Housing Developers Summit.

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https://www.housingfinance.com/management-operations/wonder-women_o

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