Karen Hatcher
CEO, Sovereign Realty & Management
HouseATL’s members carry out their work through Working Groups. Each Working Group is led by Co-Chairs who are elected by the Working Group to carry out a set of responsibilities described here. For more information about the Working Groups and how to join, please click on the button below.
Meet our Working Group Co-Chairs
Homeownership
Dr. Christie Cade, PhD.
Vice President, Southern Region, NeighborWorks America
Funders Collective
Sarah Kirsch
Managing Director, Housing Funds, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
Meaghan Shannon-Vlkovic
VP & Market Leader Southeast, Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Policy and Advocacy
Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Advancing Communities Together, Inc.
Kristin Allin
Senior Planner and Housing Specialist, Atlanta Regional Commission
Chelsea Arkin
Senior Housing Policy and Development Manager, Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
Prioritizing Communities
Wykeisha Howe
Co-Founder, Parent Avengers
Cole Thaler
Managing Attorney, Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation’s Saturday Lawyer Program
Rental Housing Preservation
Darion Dunn
Principal, Atlantica Properties
Sara Patenaude
Development Manager, Decatur Housing Authority