Laura Lafayette is the Chief Executive Officer of the Richmond Association of REALTORS® and the Central Virginia Regional Multiple Listing Service—two organizations that serve the over 4,700 REALTORS® in the Central Virginia area. In addition, she serves as the Executive Director of the Partnership for Housing Affordability, a non-profit dedicated to ensuring that an adequate...

Schirra Hayes is a Program Manager for Lending at Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Virginia LISC), where he provides general management and oversight of Virginia LISC’s lending program. Virginia LISC works with community organizations to revitalize underserved Richmond-area neighborhoods, which has led to physical improvements, safer streets, increased property values, and highly engaged residents. Virginia...

Jeisson Apolo graduated from Cornell University where he received two bachelors degrees in architecture and urban planning. Jeisson joined Johannas Design Group in 2017 and has worked on connecting the practice of architecture with the community and the user. He became a MWCLT homeowner in October of 2018.

Currently, Chanel Dixon works as a customer credit representative at Dominion Energy. She works with the Virginia Department of Social Service and other non-profits across Dominion’s service territory. She consults these agencies on how to utilize federal, state, and Dominion sponsored funding to best serve their customers. She is deeply passionate about her opportunity to...

Will Martin is a commercial loan officer at Virginia Community Capital, a Community Development Financial Institution. His focus is on financing the renovation of historic properties and multifamily affordable housing developments.  Prior to joining VCC, Will worked for Virginia Commonwealth University’s Real Estate Services where he acquired and developed properties for the VCU Real Estate...

Ashleigh Shannon is a Mortgage Loan Officer at Navy Federal and a Maggie Walker CLT homeowner. She received her education from Virginia Commonwealth University in Sociology. Ashleigh hopes to provide information to those who are seeking to gain more knowledge about real estate and the process behind it. She believes knowledge is power, but there...

Bob Adams has a wide, diverse expertise in both housing finance and public policy. In addition to serving as Executive Director of Housing Virginia, he is also President of Housing & Development Advisors, which he founded in 2006. Bob previously served as the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer of Community Housing Partners for...

Flora is the Administrative Associate for HDAdvisors. Before starting at HDA, Flora worked as a Development Intern at the Avalon Center in Williamsburg, which aides victims of domestic and sexual violence, while finishing her BA in Sociology at William & Mary.

Julia started as an Americorps VISTA at HDAdvisors, and has now transitioned to a permanent role as Project Manager. Her work for MMWCLT includes researching and refining the Richmond Land Bank policy and working on acquisitions for the CLT property pipeline in Chesterfield. Before moving to Richmond, she worked at a college support program for...

Nikki D’Adamo-Damery serves as the Community Coordinator for the MWCLT.  She has a B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University, and a M.S. in Sustainable Agriculture and Sociology with a certificate in Social Justice from Iowa State University.  Nikki grew up in the Richmond area, and has worked on community development and justice issues in Arkansas, Alabama,...

Will serves as the summer AmeriCorps VISTA member for the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust in conjunction with LISC Richmond. His service term focuses on assisting the Richmond Land Bank with resource creation and an explorative planning study in Richmond’s North Jackson Ward neighborhood. Wil graduated from the University of Virginia in 2017 with a...