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NOAAH Board of Advisors

NOAAH Board of Advisors

Senior Advisors

Kevin Marchman

Kevin Marchman

President of the Northeast Park Hill Coalition

In 1978, while attending graduate school at University of Colorado Denver, Kevin Marchman began an internship at CHFA. He held this role for a year and half, inputting information to process single family loan applications at CHFA’s first location on Grant Street in Denver. Not long after completing his studies and earning a master’s degree in public administration, Kevin was hired full-time as an Assistant Housing Development Officer.

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Michael P. Kelly

Principal Industry Housing Professional, Albuquerque | Co-Founder, NOAAH

Michael P. Kelly is an architect and urban planner with over 30 years of experience in the affordable housing industry. He has led the public housing authorities of several major U.S. cities, including New Orleans, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and the New York City Housing Authority — the largest housing authority in the nation. Notably, Kelly became the first registered architect to serve as Acting Executive Director of a public housing authority in the United States. A leading voice in public policy, he remains a tireless advocate for affordable housing at the national level.

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Edward L. Moses, Sr.

Retired Regional Public Housing Director, U.S. HUD | Co-Founder, NOAAH

Edward L. Moses, Sr. is a retired affordable housing and economic development consultant with over 45 years of experience in the industry. He retired in May 2020 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), where he served as Regional Public Housing Director for Regions 9 and 10. In that role, he held primary responsibility for the management, oversight, and monitoring of all HUD public housing programs — including public housing, Section 8, and repositioning programs — across all western states and territories.

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Muriel Williams

Federal Political Coordinator, National Association of Realtors | President, Denver Board of Realtist

Muriel Williams serves on the HUD Cabinet for Colorado State Senator James Coleman, President of the Colorado State Senate. She is a Federal Political Coordinator for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and a member of the National Association of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB) National Executive Board of Directors. Muriel proudly serves as President of the Denver Board of Realtist, bringing extensive expertise in real estate advocacy and policy to the NOAAH advisory board

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Floyd May

President, Floyd May, LLC, Washington, D.C.

Floyd May is a nationally recognized expert on Federal Fair Housing Law with over 35 years of experience in the investigation and conciliation of fair housing complaints. He has provided Fair Housing training to a wide range of public and private entities, including federal agencies, state governments, and local jurisdictions. In 2004, Floyd founded the National Fair Housing Training Academy, where he continues to teach courses on fair housing law, policy, and compliance.

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Arthur S. Milligan, Jr.

Executive Director, Charleston Housing Authority

Arthur S. Milligan, Jr. has built a distinguished career spanning large-scale commercial real estate and public housing leadership. He has served as an executive at three of the nation's largest property management companies, including Carroll Management Group and H.J. Russell & Company, which specialize in multifamily, mixed-use, and retail real estate development. Mr. Milligan has also served as President and CEO of three major southeastern housing authorities — the Tampa Housing Authority, the Housing Authority of Winston-Salem, and, most recently, the Housing Authority of the City of Charleston — where he currently serves as Executive Director.

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Brittni West-Ware

Chief Operating Officer, NOAAH

Brittni West-Ware serves as Chief Operating Officer of NOAAH, where she oversees organizational operations, growth, and strategic execution. A mission-driven leader with over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit and public sectors, Brittni has a proven record of scaling programs, securing significant funding, and advancing equity-centered initiatives. Her expertise spans organizational development, fundraising, licensing, and community impact strategy. She is widely recognized for building sustainable organizations, mobilizing resources, and delivering measurable results that strengthen communities.

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Erik Solivan

Housing Director, City of San Jose, CA

Erik Solivan has 17+ years of experience in affordable housing production and preservation. At the Philadelphia Housing Authority, he led a $500 million Choice Neighborhoods investment that revitalized communities and preserved 3,500 units.
In Denver, as Executive Director of the Office of Housing and Opportunity, he managed a $150 million housing fund that created 400 workforce units and preserved 600 homes. In Tulsa, he helped add and preserve 1,700+ units as Chief Development Officer and Chief of Staff at the Tulsa Housing Authority. An attorney and housing consultant, Erik holds a J.D. from Rutgers Law School and a B.A. from Haverford College.

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Roger Cobb

Senior Advisor, NOAAH

Roger brings a strong academic background in social sciences and political science, with studies at the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and University of Colorado Denver.
A lifelong community leader, he has built his career in organizing, advocacy, and mentorship, including youth sports coaching and life-skills development. As Executive Director of Denver’s Weed and Seed Program, Roger transformed the organization into a community resource hub, creating partnerships with city agencies, public safety departments, and HUD while advancing affordable housing initiatives. He also launched after-school programs, a computer lab, workforce development resources, and community events.
Roger currently serves as Senior Advisor to the National Organization of African Americans in Housing (NOAAH), supporting policy initiatives and national housing advocacy.

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Rescheduling of July Conference

NOAAH

May 20, 2026

Dear NOAAH Members, Partners, and Stakeholders:

I write to you today on behalf of the NOAAH Board of Advisors to formally announce the ​rescheduling of our July conference. This decision was not made lightly, but it reflects our unwavering commitment to the communities we serve and the extraordinary urgency of this historic moment.

On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais — a decision that has effectively gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the crown jewels of the American civil rights movement. The ruling dismantles federal protections that required states to draw electoral maps giving racial minority voters a meaningful opportunity to elect candidates of their choice. In practical terms, the Court has all but legalized the racial gerrymandering of Black and Brown communities into political silence.

The consequences of this ruling are sweeping and immediate. States across the country have already moved to redraw congressional and state legislative maps, eliminating majority-minority districts that were drawn to ensure Black representation. In Tennessee, legislators swiftly moved to eliminate the state's only majority-Black congressional district centered in Memphis. In Louisiana itself, more than 100,000 voters had already cast early ballots in a primary election that was subsequently suspended — their votes rendered meaningless. The ruling extends far beyond Congress, threatening to reshape state legislatures, county commissions, city councils, and school boards across America.

For NOAAH, this is not an abstract legal matter. It strikes at the very heart of our mission. The vote is the foundational tool through which communities secure the political representation needed to fight for affordable housing, equitable neighborhood investment, and fair lending protections. Less Black representation in Congress and in statehouses means fewer voices advocating for the housing resources our communities urgently need — and fewer checks on the policies that displace, exclude, and marginalize us. Homeownership remains the primary vehicle through which American families build wealth and intergenerational stability. Stripping communities of the political power to defend that access is an assault on Black economic life itself.

In light of all of this, the NOAAH Board of Advisors and I have determined that our time and resources are most critically needed on the front lines of this fight—working alongside the NAACP, the National Urban League (NUL), and their local affiliates and branches to respond to this moment with the urgency it demands. We cannot, in good conscience, proceed with a conference schedule as if it were business as usual.

As a concrete first step in this coordinated effort, NOAAH Board Member Floyd May and I will attend the NAACP National Conference in Chicago this July. Our participation will focus on deepening our collaboration with the NAACP and aligned organizations—aligning our message, sharpening our methodology, and building the unified framework that our communities need as we chart the path forward together.

Our July conference, still in Richmond, will be ​rescheduled to a date to be announced. We remain fully committed to reconvening and will communicate all details as they become available.

NOAAH has always held that housing justice and civil rights are inseparable. Today, that conviction calls us away from the conference room and into the broader struggle. We are grateful for your understanding, your partnership, and your shared sense of purpose.

Kevin Marchman
Co-Founder & National Director,
NOAAH Publisher, NOAAH Prime

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