Board of Directors
Christie Marra, Chair
Attorney, Virginia Poverty Law Center
Lee Householder, Vice-Chair
CEO, project:HOMES
Chris Yenson
Director of Housing, Commonwealth Catholic Charities
Kelly King-Horne
Executive Director, Homeward
Olivia Leon
Student advocate
Durwood Usry
President, Usry Inc.
Mary Wickham
Retired, Sacred Heart Center
Staff
Jonathan Knopf, vice president of HDAdvisors, serves as the Executive Director of MHCCV. In this role, he helps lead the organization in fulfilling its mission through policy, resource building, and networking.
Erica Sims, president of HDAdvisors, serves as Senior Real Estate Associate. In this role, she assists the organization in understanding the cost and other implications of potential real estate development transactions and assists in performing due diligence related to projects MHCCV is associated with.
Eric Mai, a senior associate at HDAdvisors, serves as Senior Community Revitalization Associate. In this role, he assists the organization in developing relationships with local government, park owners and residents, as well as organizations around Virginia interested in joining the Coalition.
Marquelle Benn is the AmeriCorps VISTA member at Manufactured Home Community Coalition of Virginia. She is a recent graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor’s in Applied Economic Management with an emphasis in Community Economic Development. She will be assisting MHCCV with many special projects that are centered around improving and preserving Virginia’s existing manufactured home communities (MHCs), advancing the public image of MHCs, educating and empowering MHCs residents, and helping to position MHCCV as the statewide resource hub for mobile home park revitalization.