THA’S TRAINING TEAM
(in alphabetical order)
BRANT ALLEN is the Deputy Director for New Boston Property Management and Bowie County HA, Maud HA, and Naples HA, Public Housing and Section 8/515/New Construction programs and conventional programs. He has served as the Procurement Officer and Capital Improvements Coordinator. He has been in housing for 13 years. He serves on the Member Services and Conference Committees for Texas Housing Association. He is a Real Estate Agent, Certified Section 3, Procurement, Texas Certified Housing Administrator/Public Housing and Texas Certified Occupancy Professional/Public Housing.
NAOMI BYRNE has over 20 years of experience in the housing and non-profit industries, managing multiple types of public housing and multi-family housing programs. She has experience in all aspects of running a Housing Authority, including accounting, human resources, capital funds, development, and property management and maintenance. She also has experience rehabbing/ developing single-family and multi-family using HOPE VI, LIHTC, RAD, and conventional funding sources. She has served as President of Fort Worth Housing Solutions, the Executive Director of Texarkana Housing Authority and Georgetown Housing Authority, and Chief Operations Officer for the Pittsburgh, PA Housing Authority. In 2018, she formed her own consulting firm, Stinger Consulting LLC, to provide guidance and assistance to PHAs in operations and development, and provided training and consulting to PHAs nationally through contracts with national consulting firms such as Nan McKay and Associates and EJP Consulting Group, LLC, and as a Faculty Trainer with NAHRO. As of March 2020, she has joined EJP Consulting Group, LLC full-time as a Senior Associate, and her focus area is assisting PHAs to evaluate, reposition and recapitalize their Public Housing assets. Naomi has certifications in Public Housing Rent Calculation, Occupancy and Management, Housing Choice Voucher Specialist and Program Management, Certified Professional of Occupancy, Maintenance Management, Tax Credit Specialist, Public Housing Executive Management, Project-Based Voucher Specialist, and Section 3. Naomi joined the THA training team in 2013.Thanks to our partners, you can find ties online to suit every preference and budget, from budget to top-of-the-range super stylish models.
CAL DAVIS is a real estate agent, former schoolteacher, business owner, author, and US veteran. He began his housing career at New Boston Property Management as Finance Specialist but became the Executive Director in 2000. Since 2013, he acquired management at the housing authorities of Bowie County, Maud, and Naples currently totaling 345 leases. His portfolio includes Public Housing, Section 22 Conversion, Section 8/515/New Construction, two Public Facility Corporations, private rentals, and a local commercial property. He has developed policies, published articles, and authors children’s book. Over the past twenty years, Cal has served on state boards and as various committee chairs for both Texas Housing Association and Rural Rental Housing Association (RRHA). He is a Certified Public Housing Manager, a Certified Professional of Occupancy, Certified Income and Rent Specialist, Texas Certified Housing Administrator/Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher and Texas Certified Occupancy Professional/Public Housing. He won the 2004 Manager of the Year award from RRHA. He became a trainer for THA in 2009. Cal has been married to Stephanie for over thirty years. They have two children and four incredible grandchildren.
CRISTI LAJEUNESSE began working with the Public Housing and Section 8 housing programs in 1996. In 2002 she was hired as Executive Director of the Kenedy Housing Authority, in 2006, Executive Director of the Karnes City Housing Authority and since has acquired management of Three Rivers, Smiley, Borger, Nixon, Falls City, Yoakum, Schertz, Spearman and Gonzales Housing Authorities. She manages Low Rent Public Housing and Section 8 programs and is well versed in the rules and regulations governing both programs. In 1999, Cristi began consulting for other housing authorities assisting them with the transition to the new HUD reporting systems. She continues to assist with Agency Plans, EPIC – Five Year and Annual Plans, Policy Development, PIC error resolution, staff training, Low Rent and Section 8 program policy and regulations. Cristi is a Certified Public Housing Manager, Executive Section 8 Manager, Senior Public Housing Manager, Texas Certified Occupancy Professional/Public Housing, and Texas Certified Housing Administrator/Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher. Cristi joined the THA training team in summer of 2009.
KIM McGILVRAY has been the Executive Director for the Decatur Housing Authority for the past 15 years where she has maintained a high performance standard during all those years. Kim takes pride in helping her tenants and keeping her units full. She is in charge of a small PHA so she wears many and all hats. With years of experience, Kim has built up knowledge in all areas of the business. For 9 years, Kim has been the regional president of Big Country Housing Association. For over 9 years, she has served on the Board for Texas Housing Association where she is currently the President. She holds a Bachelors Degree with Education and has taught school for 14 years. Her biggest pride and joy is spending time with her 3 little grands. She has served on local charity boards to help local families and children. Kim enjoys traveling and soon hopes to cross off Alaska on her bucket list. She loves attending and watching all sports events.
STACIA WATERS has been working with Public Housing since 2006 when she was hired as the Executive Director of Atlanta Property Management (Housing Authority). She began managing Hughes Springs Housing Authority in 2017 and Linden Housing Authority in 2018. She loves working with Public Housing and enjoys encouraging and inspiring other agencies to help their residents be successful. In addition to her Public Housing experience, Stacia has over 25 years of experience in office administration, file management, finance, and accounting. She has worked for a Texas-licensed residential childcare facility, an architectural manufacturer, and a travel agency with an in-house attorney where she developed policies and procedures, wrote waivers, handled all aspects of finance and accounting, developed inventory and purchasing systems, and interpreted blueprints and contracts. Stacia is a Texas Certified Occupancy Professional/Public Housing, a Texas Certified Housing Administrator/Public Housing, Certified Rent and Income Specialist, Public Housing Occupancy Specialist, and a Texas Real Estate Agent. She has served on several Emergency Services Districts, Community Service boards, and helped other organizations develop Bylaws, Articles of Incorporation and assisted them in obtaining their Tax-Exempt status. Stacia has served on various committees and boards for THA. Stacia has been married to Jason since 2005 and she has one daughter, McKenslei.