Kevin Marchman

Who is Kevin Marchman?

NOAAH Prime Publisher and NPHC Member

Kevin Marchman began his housing career as an intern at the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority (CHFA) in 1978 while completing a master’s degree in public administration,
subsequently joining full-time as an Assistant Housing Development Officer with a focus on multifamily affordable housing and municipal bond finance. He advanced to Deputy Executive Director at CHFA before transitioning to Denver Mayor Federico Peña's cabinet as Deputy Chief of Staff, where he served as liaison to CHFA, the Denver Housing Authority, and the Denver Urban Renewal Authority. He was then appointed Executive Director of the Denver Housing Authority, where he initiated rehabilitation of the North Lincoln public housing development and secured HUD funding to begin its transformation.

In 1994, Marchman joined HUD in Washington, D.C., to oversee the newly established HOPE VI program — working with distressed public housing authorities nationwide and advising the HUD Secretary, the White House, and Congress — before being appointed Assistant Secretary. Following his tenure at HUD, he founded the National Organization of African Americans in Housing (NOAAH), a housing industry association spanning residents, developers, housing finance authorities, and national organizations, where he continues to serve as Managing Director. He subsequently returned to Denver, joining CHFA’s board of directors, chairing the Stapleton Development Corporation during the redevelopment of the former airport site into what is now the Central Park neighborhood.

Important Update on 2026 NOAAH National Housing Conference

July 15, 2026

Dear NOAAH Board Members, Colleagues and Supporters:

I am pleased to share that the 2026 NOAAH National Housing Conference will be held September 24–26 in Richmond, Virginia, at Virginia Union University.

This year’s theme is “The American Dream at 250.” As the country celebrates its 250th anniversary, we have an opportunity to seriously examine what the American Dream now means in the context of housing, homeownership, community stability, and economic mobility.

That conversation could not come at a more important time. Across the country, communities face deep pressure regarding affordability, fair housing, access to capital, aging housing stock, public housing transformation, and the long-term future of homeownership. At the same time, new policy conversations are taking shape in Washington, including the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which has passed both chambers of Congress and could influence the national housing agenda in the months ahead.

NOAAH’s conference will meet this moment. It will bring forward the experience, judgment, and ideas of people who understand housing not only as policy but also as a lived reality in neighborhoods, institutions, and markets across the country.

Please send us your recommendations for topics, speakers, panels, or issues you believe should be part of the Richmond conference. We are especially interested in ideas that speak to the future of equitable housing, affordable housing development, homeownership, fair housing, community reinvestment, public-private partnership, housing finance, and the next generation of leadership in our field.

Your suggestions do not need to be fully developed. If there is a question we should ask, a speaker we should hear from, a policy issue that deserves more attention, or a conversation NOAAH is uniquely positioned to lead, please send it to me. kevinmarchman.noaah@gmail.com

We are also coordinating our timing with other national organizations, including the NAACP, whose national convention will be held in Chicago later this month. Our goal is for NOAAH’s conference to add to the larger national conversation and give our members a clear forum for the issues most important to our work.

Please send your ideas by Friday, July 24, so we can begin shaping the agenda for Richmond.