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The National Congress for Community Economic Development has named John A. Schall, as president and chief executive officer. Schall served as a domestic policy adviser to President George H.W. Bush and deputy of the White House Domestic Policy Council. He was also chief of staff to Lynn Martin, the first President Bush’s secretary of labor, and held positions in the White House Office of Management and Budget.

The Housing Action Council’s board of directors selected Cushing N. Dolbeare to receive the Clay Cochran Award for rural housing service with national impact. Four other individuals received the Skip Jason Community Service Award: David Arizmendi, Proyecto Azteca; Jerome Little, Tallahatchie Housing; Jack Rivel, Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises; and Mario Villanueva, Diocese of Yakima Housing Services.

The Ford Foundation announced the 2004 Leadership for a Changing World Awardees. Among the 18 recipients are Pablo Alvarado, National Day Laborer Organizing Network, Los Angeles, CA; Hugh Espey, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement, Des Moines, IA; Anthony Flaccavento, Appalachian Sustainable Development, Abingdon, VA; Diana Bustamante, Rubén Núñez and Mary Ann Benavidez, Colonias Development Council, Las Cruces, NM; Dázon Dixon Diallo, SisterLove, Inc., Atlanta, GA; and Monifa Akinwole-Bandele, Pamela Sah and Sarah Ludwig, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocacy Project, New York, NY.

Leslie Steen has resigned from her position as president and chief executive officer of Community Preservation and Development Corporation to become vice president for Policy and Business Development with the Boston-based Housing Partnership Network, a peer network and business cooperative of 80 of the most accomplished affordable housing nonprofits in the nation. Steen led CPDC since its inception in 1989.

David Cortiella has resigned as president of the Development Training Institute. DTI’s board of directors has selected its executive vice president, Jeff Nugent, to serve as acting president until a successor is named.

The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation named Aly Kassam-Remtulla program officer in the general program. Kassam-Remtulla previously was a senior associate at Boston-based executive search firm, Isaacson Miller; he was also a consultant to Lehman Brothers in London and a research assistant for Nobel chemistry laureate Paul Berg. He also serves on the boards of the ACLU of Illinois and the Philadelphia-based Rainbow Endowment.

Richard D. Baron, one of the nation’s most successful developers of inner-city mixed-income communities, has been selected as the fifth annual laureate of the Urban Land Institute J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development. Baron is co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of the St. Louis-based McCormack Baron Salazar, Inc., a for-profit firm that specializes in the development of economically integrated urban neighborhoods.

The Nehemiah Corporation of America created the Nehemiah Code of Conduct, a guideline of policies and standards based on the company’s existing best practices, and called on others to adopt similar standards. Nehemiah has offered to partner with HUD to institutionalize reforms that will better educate and protect homebuyers. The Code of Conduct can be found at www.getdownpayment.com/pdfs/codeofconduct.pdf. www.nehemiah.org.

Reynoldstown Revitalization Corporation of Atlanta and Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative of Boston were the recipients of Enterprise Foundation’s 2004 Jim and Patty Rouse Award.

The Columbus Foundation awarded $3.1 million in grants to organizations that are addressing needs in the social services field. Among the grant recipients were the Godman Guild Association, which was awarded $100,000 to implement a strategic plan for seven settlement homes serving more than 54,000 residents; the Mid-Ohio FoodBank, which was awarded $75,000 to continue five special-delivery programs; Columbus Urban League, Inc., which received $25,000 to promote the full participation of African-American and other citizens in their community, as well as advocacy and crisis intervention for fair housing and family development; Community Shelter Board, which was awarded $100,000 to provide operating support for additional resources to eliminate homelessness and the Homeless Families Foundation, which received $30,000 to implement a pilot project for permanent supportive housing for homeless families by providing case management services and rent subsidies. www.columbusfoundation.org.

The Enterprise Social Investment Corporation (ESIC) and its parent company, The Enterprise Foundation, have formed a partnership with the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH) to create the Supportive Housing Investment Partnership (SHIP), the largest public-private endeavor of its kind to provide supportive housing to people with special needs. The partnership combines planning grants, technical expertise, low-interest loans and equity investments through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit to increase the supply of permanent affordable housing for some of America’s neediest families. The partnership will have a particular focus on people who have experienced homelessness over long periods of time. www.enterprisefoundation.org and www.esic.org.

Six organizations that help transform the lives of people living in poverty received MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing. In the Supportive Housing Category, the First Place recipient was Association for Community Housing Solutions’ Del Mar Apartments, San Diego; Second Place went to Harbor Interfaith Services’ Accelerated Learning and Living Program, San Pedro, CA; and Third Place went to Greyston Foundation’s Issan House, Yonkers, NY. In the Property and Asset Management Category, First Place went to homeWORD’s Fireweed Court, Missoula, MT; Second Place to Downtown Emergency Service Center’s Lyon Building, Seattle; and Third Place to Community Partnership for the Homeless’ Veterans Re-Entry Program, Austin, TX.