Board, Staff & Partners

Board Members

Carolyn Champion, Chair

Dominion Energy
Carolyn Champion is a Philanthropy Consultant for Dominion Energy. Prior to this role, she served as the Director of Finance and Human Resources at Peter Paul RVA, and before that the Corporate Social Responsibility Director at Genworth, managing the company’s philanthropic Foundation and sustainability reporting. On the weekends, she can be found spending time with...

Jeisson Apolo Armas, Vice Chair

Homeowner, Johannas Design Group
Jeisson Apolo graduated from Cornell University where he received two bachelors degrees in architecture and urban planning. Jeisson joined Baskervill in 2023 and has worked on connecting the practice of architecture with the community and the user. He became a MWCLT homeowner in October of 2018.

Laura Lafayette, Immediate Past Chair

Richmond Association of REALTORS®
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...

Whitney Brown, Secretary

Homeowner, City of Richmond
Whitney Brown, M.P.A. is a public service and government relations professional born and raised in Richmond, VA. She has a heart for public service and transforms her passion for social and racial equity into action. Whitney holds a Bachelor of Science in Science (Legal Studies, Government Services, and Public Policy option) from The Pennsylvania State...

Nelson Reveley, Treasurer

Alpha Omega Wealth Management
Nelson Reveley is an Impact Analyst and Investor at Alpha Omega Wealth Management. Nelson is also the board president of RVA Rapid Transit, a grassroots nonprofit that educates, organizes, and advocates for regional public transportation in metro Richmond. He previously served as the Collaboration Coordinator for RVA Thrives, an initiative along the Jefferson Davis corridor...

Gabriel Boudali

Homeowner, VMFA
Gabe Boudali is a MWCLT homeowner who grew up in Petersburg and Richmond. He shares his home with his partner Hannah and their two boys, Zev and Milo. Gabe works in Collections Management at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

Duron Chavis

Duron Chavis started his career in community advocacy as first a volunteer then an employee of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of VA. While there founded the highly acclaimed Happily Natural Day festival as a grassroots effort to supplement the summer jazz concert that was held annually at the institution. The festival is...

Chanel Dixon

Dominion Energy
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...

Allison Domson

Williams Mullen
Allison Domson is an attorney with the law firm of Williams Mullen. Allison focuses almost exclusively on representing real estate developers, commercial lending institutions and syndicators in connection with tax credit financing transactions involving low-income housing tax credits, historic rehabilitation tax credits and New Markets Tax Credits. She works with real estate developers, bankers and...

Tiffany Goodman

The Steward School
Tiffany Goodman is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coordinator at the Steward School.

Mike Mulvihill, APR

Carter Ryley Thomas Marketing & Communications Counsel
Mike Mulvihill is principal of Richmond-based Carter Ryley Thomas Marketing & Communications Counsel. He has been involved in the affordable housing sector for nearly two decades as a member of the Virginia Local Initiatives Support Corporation (Virginia LISC) Leadership Advisory Committee (LAC) including three terms as LAC chairman.  Mike has extensive experience leading major regional...

Jamie Seagraves

Capital One
Jamie Seagraves, Community Impact and Investment Grants Manager at Capital One, has over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit, civic engagement, and philanthropy sector in Richmond. Following his graduation from Christopher Newport University, Jamie committed a year of volunteer services to the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corp program, based in Vinton, Iowa. The AmeriCorps...

Ashleigh Shannon

Homeowner, Navy Federal Credit Union
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...

Adrienne Snead

Homeowner, SOAR365
Adrienne Snead works in the mental health field, assisting individuals with intellectual disabilities as a Supported Employment Specialist at SOAR365. In this role, she helps prepare individuals with disabilities for the workforce by conducting assessments, job training, and job search activities that are consistent with her clients’ interests, desires, and needs. She became a Maggie...

Michelle Taylor

Homeowner, Social Worker
Michelle Taylor is a proud homeowner in the south Randolph area thanks to the support of the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust. Michelle is a Licensed Social Worker and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer where she worked and lived in the Philippines as a Youth and Family Development Volunteer. Michelle currently works for an international non...

Staff

Erica Sims

Chief Executive Officer
Erica Sims has worked in the non-profit management, affordable housing development and community organizing fields for over 17 years. Her focus has been on social and economic justice through housing and economic development. Ms. Sims has held private sector, nonprofit and government roles and has overseen the development of over 2,500 units of affordable housing...

Lark Washington

Chief Operating Officer
Lark Washington is the new Chief Operating Officer at Maggie Walker Community Land Trust and a Senior Associate for HDAdvisors. In her Maggie Walker CLT role, she leads the implementation of the strategic plan and fund development. In her role with HDAdvisors, she works as a consultant that specializes in housing and community development studies...

Eric Mai

Director of Acquisition
Eric is a Senior Associate at HDAdvisors, where he specializes in policy research and outreach to gain a comprehensive understanding of affordable housing needs and opportunities. He received his Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University, where he focused his research on affordable housing development in diverse, inner-ring suburban communities. Previously, Eric...

Candice Turner, MSW

Director of Homeownership
Candice is the Homeownership Director for Maggie Walker Community Land Trust.She is also a psychotherapist and social worker with extensive knowledge with families experiencing low income and housing instability. Her work has focused on the trauma, mental, and physical health barriers that often serve as roadblocks in persons meeting their personal goals surrounding wellness and...

Elizabeth Munyan

Home Purchasing Coordinator
Elizabeth is the Home Purchasing Coordinator at the Maggie Walker Community Land Trust. Her main role with MWCLT is assisting prospective homeowners throughout the homebuying process. Elizabeth started at MWCLT in 2021 as the AmeriCorps VISTA to follow her passion for community land trusts, land banks and equity work. She has a background in community...

Daronte Rollins, MSW

Construction Project Manager
Daronte Rollins, MSW is the Construction Project Manager with Maggie Walker Community Land Trust. As a career social worker, he sees his role as critical in creating homeownership opportunities in underinvested communities. He is most passionate when it comes to Clean, Affordable, and Accessible Housing for all communities which he serves. His biggest career achievement...

Flora Valdes-Dapena

Richmond Land Bank Coordinator, Communications Coordinator
Flora is the Communications Coordinator MWCLT. In this role, she oversees the CLT’s websites, social media presence, email communications, online information sessions, and more. She also works as the Richmond Land Bank Coordinator alongside Director of Acquisitions, Eric Mai to oversee public engagement with the land bank, review applications, and manage the Citizens Advisory Panel....

Leah Coltrane

AmeriCoprs VISTA Member
Leah is an AmeriCorps member in the VISTA program serving with Maggie Walker Community Land Trust. Their role is to increase data collected by the organization to expand community outreach. Maggie Walker Community Land Trust attracted Leah’s enthusiasm due to the organization’s efforts to increase wealth opportunities and access to homeownership for families in Virginia....

Partners

Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Virginia
project:HOMES
Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity
 The Richmond Community Development Alliance
Henrico County
Chesterfield County
Richmond City