ULI SF, in partnership with the City and County of San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD), has selected its 2023-2024 Bay Area Developers of Color Cohort. This opportunity is designed to provide participants with a deep knowledge and understanding of the affordable housing development process within the City and County of San Francisco. Guided by ULI SF and SF MOHCD, participants will exit the program equipped with the tools and skills to access development opportunities in San Francisco. The program, now in its second year, is funded by a Partnership for the Bay’s Future Policy Grant from the San Francisco Foundation to accelerate work focused on advancing equitable housing policies and supporting developers of color in San Francisco. The cohort will meet for a program kickoff at the end of this month.

ULI SF and MOHCD received 35 applications, and 20 participants were selected for this year’s program. This year’s participants are (in alphabetical order by last name):

• Diana Alfaro, Development Manager, Workbench
• Lily Trinh Ciammaichella, Director, KTGY
• Todd Clayter, Development Project Manager, Tabernacle Community Development Corporation
• Shawn Danino, Housing Policy Specialist, California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD)
• Delvin Hall, Associate Manager – Acquisition & Planning, BRIDGE Housing
• Ed Hernandez, Real Estate Broker, Bay East Legacy & Associates
• Melissa Jeng, Development Manager, Lendlease
• Preston Lam, Founder, Densify Lab
• Martin Leung, Director for Acquisitions and Planning, BRIDGE Housing
• Forrest Martinez-Myers, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, William and Mary Holdings
• Andrew Morcos, Principal, Haven Residential LLC
• Evelyn Perdomo, Senior Project Manager, Mercy Housing California
• Kim Pipkin, Executive Director, Black Developers Forum
• Hilda Ramos, Portfolio Associate, Housing Accelerator Fund
• Kyle Rawlins, Principal, BIG Oakland
• Maurice Robb, Project Manager, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces
• Habib Sahar, Founding Principal, East Bay Investments
• Kion Sawney, Senior Project Manager, Mercy Housing
• Jacky Tang, Senior Project Manager, OWC LLC
• Andy Wang, Senior Development Manager, Treasure Island Development Group

We look forward to working with this year’s cohort participants. For more information about this program, please visit our Developers of Color Cohort webpage.