NTCIC Board of Directors
Terrian C. Barnes (Louisville, Kentucky) was elected to the Board of the National Trust Community Investment Corporation in 2002. She is the Director of Global Diversity at Yum! Brands, which includes A&W Restaurants, Long John Silver’s, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC. In this capacity, Ms. Barnes is responsible for leading and supporting Yum!'s diversity and inclusion initiatives related to multicultural markets, diverse talent, minority and women's business development and organizational effectiveness. She won the International Franchise Association Bonny LeVine Award in 2003, given in recognition of outstanding accomplishments in franchising and for being a role model for women in the franchising community. Ms. Barnes is a graduate of Windham College.
Bruce Block (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was elected to NTCIC's board in 2008. He is a shareholder and chair of the Reinhart Boerner and Van Deuren's Real Estate Department and has served on the firm's Board of Directors for more than a decade. An active member of the community, Bruce serves on server al nonprofit boards. He is president of the UWM foundation, a board member of the UWM Real Estate Foundation, a member of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, a trustee of the Public Policy Forum, a member of the Board of Curators of the Wisconsin Historical Society, president of the Wisconsin Historical Foundation, and president of the Wisconsin Preservation Fun. Additionally, Bruce has served his profession in a number of capacities, including eight years as a board member of the Construction and Public Law section of the Wisconsin State Bar, and has been a member of the prestigious American College of Real Estate Lawyers since 1992. Mr. Block is listed in Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2006: The Client's Guide, quotes market sources commending Bruce as "above and beyond everybody in the local real estate arena." A frequent speaker on real estate matters, land use, and zoning and tax incremental financing, Bruce is widely recognized in the business community as a knowledgeable and practical lawyer with the ability and relationships to get things done. Bruce is a graduate of Middlebury College, a History graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and graduated from Boston University School of Law in 1979.
Susan Guthrie Dunham (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) was elected to the National Trust’s Board in 1995 and is a founding member of the NTCIC Board. She is the former President of Capital Development Corporation and currently serves as treasurer of Capstone Financial Group, Inc. Ms. Dunham previously served as the chair of the National Trust’s Board of Advisors (1993-95) and was an Advisor from the state of Oklahoma (1986-95). Ms. Dunham received a B.B.A. from South Arkansas University and is a graduate of the Louisiana State University Graduate School of Banking.
Pete Garcia (Phoenix, Arizona) is the President and Founder of the Victoria Fund. From 1982 to 2005, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) though he worked for the organization in other capacities since 1972. CPLC is among the leading producers of single-family and multifamily housing in the nation and is a major employer of Mexican-American professionals in the state of Arizona. During his years as President, Garcia brought the organization's asset base from $15 million to more than $155 million and oversaw the purchase and acquisition of more than 2,400 units of affordable housing. He and his staff also worked with underwriters and financial institutions, including Fannie Mae, to preserve the housing by packaging several thousand units together with complex financing. In his more than 30-year career, Mr. Garcia also participated in the Intergovernmental Management Training Program at the Department of Health and Human Services and served as President and CEO of Valle del Sol. Mr. Garcia also advocates for consumers through his work with the Federal Home Loan Bank, Community Reinvestment Coalition and Rural Development Finance Corporation and assists communities in the United Kingdom. He received his bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California.
Terry Goddard (Phoenix, Arizona) was elected to the National Trust’s Board in 1992 and is a founding member of the NTCIC Board. In 2002, he was elected the Attorney General for the State of Arizona. From 1995 to 2002, Mr. Goddard served as the Arizona State Director for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He was elected Mayor of Phoenix four times, leading the City from 1983 to 1990. He established the first Phoenix Historic Preservation Commission, the first Arts Commission and a percent for arts funding program. In 1989 Mr. Goddard proposed and Phoenix voters passed a $15 million bond issue for historic preservation, earning him a 1997 Award of Merit from the National Trust. During his time as Mayor, Mr. Goddard was elected President of the National League of Cities and served as a Trustee of the U.S. Conference of Mayors from 1986 to 1990. Mr. Goddard graduated from Harvard University and the Arizona State University College of Law.
Tony Goldman (New York, New York and Miami, Florida) was appointed to the National Trust’s Board to fill a vacancy in 1996 and was elected for a full term in 1997. He is a founding member of NTCIC’s Board. Mr. Goldman is chairman and CEO of Goldman Properties, Co., a real estate and hospitality company that develops real estate, operates hotels and restaurants and provides consulting services on a host of urban issues. Mr. Goldman has purchased and rehabilitated over 100 properties, mostly historic, for residential, commercial, retail and hospitality uses in long-neglected urban neighborhoods in New York, Miami and Philadelphia. Mr. Goldman is founder and Chairman of the Ocean Drive Association, past Chairman of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau, past Chairman of the Board of the Historic Hotels of America and a Trustee of Project for Public Spaces. He has lectured and taught at New York University, Harvard and Columbia University and writes for various publications on urban affairs and Historic Preservation. Mr. Goldman holds a B. A. from Emerson College.
Curt Heidt (Des Moines, Iowa) was elected to NTCIC's Board in 2009. He is also on the Board of the National Trust's other subsidiary, NT CDFI. Mr. Heidt has been Vice President and Community Investment Officer for the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, Iowa since 1997. As a Community Investment Officer, Mr. Heidt develops and implements outreach and technical assistance programs in affordable housing and community lending. He assisted in the development of the Rural Leadership Development Program, the Regional Capital Advance Program and 4 regional conferences on rural issues. Mr. Heidt has 34 years of financial institution and non-profit experience ranging from the financing of housing to economic development strategies. Curt received his B. S. degree from Iowa State University in History and Political Science.
Irvin M. Henderson (Henderson, North Carolina) was elected to NTCIC’s Board in 2002. He is President of Irvin M. Henderson & Co., a consulting firm with expertise in community development finance and capital structure, collaboration and community involvement, community reinvestment and project design and management. He has developed or assisted in the development of a substantial number of projects in affordable housing, commercial development and enterprise development. As the Chair of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition and as a director for many state and national concerns, Mr. Henderson has consulted with and/or presented to community-based organizations and leaders, presidents, heads of state and federal agencies on these subjects.
Kevin Krulewitch (Indianapolis, IN) was elected to the NTCIC Board in 2009. Mr. Krulewitch has directed the redevelopment and new construction of over twenty five million dollars of real estate since 1987. A graduate, with honors, from Boston University, he is a non-practicing CPA with over twenty years of public and private accounting experience. Kevin currently serves as Chief Financial Officer to Musical DNA Software, LLC a technology start-up in Indianapolis. In 1988, Mr. Krulewitch co-founded DTA, LLC dba The Downtown Alternative, a real estate development and construction management company. Mr. Krulewitch is also Managing Broker of the Real Estate Alternative, LLC , which focuses on residential brokerage and sales and he is a member of the National Association of Realtors. Mr. Krulewitch and his development partners have received numerous awards acknowledging their redevelopment efforts, including Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana’s Sensitive In-fill Housing Award and Sensitive Historic Rehabilitation Award.
Lauri Michel (Washington, DC) was elected to the NTCIC Board in 2008. Ms. Michel serves as Vice President for Community Revitalization at the National Trust for Historic Preservation and as President of NT CDFI, the nonprofit subsidiary of the Trust. Prior to joining the Trust, she was a Managing Director of KEMA Advisors, Inc., a boutique financial advisory firm providing consulting services to small and mid-size companies and the federal government. She previously owned and operated the Hillsborough House Inn, a historic bed and breakfast in Hillsborough, NC, and served as Executive Director of North Carolina Bed & Breakfast and Inns. Ms. Michel has over fifteen years of experience in commercial real estate finance. She also served as Deputy Commissioner for Development at New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation & Development under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. In that position, she was responsible for designing and implementing Homeworks, a disposition program for vacant, city-owned houses, and Storeworks, the companion program for vacant, mixed-use commercial buildings. Both programs won HUD’s Best Practices Award in 2002. Ms. Michel serves on the Orange County Economic Development Commission, and is a member of the Historic Hillsborough Commission and the Hillsborough Preservation Fund. She holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters in Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley.
Barbara Sidway (Baker City, Oregon) was elected to the Board of the National Trust Community Investment Corporation in 2007. She is Principal and Founder of Sidway Investment Corporation, which rehabilitated the Geiser Grand Hotel in Baker City, winner of the Governor’s Livability Award and a National Trust Honor Award (1998). Other award-winning projects include the Odd Fellows Building in McMinnville, Ore., the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla., and the Freedom Tower in Miami, Fla. Ms. Sidway was appointed by the Oregon Governor to the Oregon Heritage Commission, where she also served as a past chair. She is also Chair and President of Oregon 150, was elected to the Board of Trustees for the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 2005 and is founder and board member of the Oregon Heritage Trust. Ms. Sidway has served on the Boards of Historic Baker City, Inc. and the Baker County Chamber of Commerce. She was a co-recipient of the 2009 Leadership Award from the National Trust Main Street Center. Ms. Sidway holds a B. A. in Economics from the University of Michigan and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
Mark Sissman (Baltimore, MD) was elected to the NTCIC Board in 2009. Mr. Sissman is the President of Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc., a Baltimore community development intermediary that provides market driven strategies and capital to increase home values. Sissman has previously acted as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Hippodrome Foundation, a Baltimore development partner for the redevelopment of the abandoned Hippodrome Theater. He also served the Enterprise Foundation for fourteen years as President of the Enterprise Social Investment Corporation and Vice Chair for Strategic Initiatives. Under his leadership, ESIC was the nation's foremost syndicator of the Low Income Housing Tax Credits. In January 1999, he joined Bank of America as Senior Vice President to organize the Bank of America Catalyst Fund, an equity initiative to support the rebuilding of America’s cities. Prior to assuming the presidency of ESIC, Mr. Sissman was the Deputy Housing Commissioner for the City of Baltimore between 1979 and 1984. Mr. Sissman is an attorney and served as Chairman of the Maryland Credit Assurance Review Committee, the Advisory Board of the Housing Development Reporter, the Board of the Empower Baltimore Management Corporation, and the Board of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. In Maryland, he served on the Board of the House of Ruth, a shelter for battered women, and has served as the Vice-Chairman of the Maryland Housing Policy Commission. Mr. Sissman was President of the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning and served on the board of the Downtown Housing Council. He serves the Baltimore Community Foundation on its Community Development Committee and as a board member of its Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc. subsidiary.
Camille J. Strachan (New Orleans, Louisiana) was elected to the National Trust Board in 1993 and is a founding board member of the Board of NTCIC. She is an attorney in private practice with more than 30 years experience in historic inner-city neighborhood preservation and revitalization. In New Orleans, she is a member of the board of First Trust CDC and several nonprofits, including Felicity Street Redevelopment Project Inc, Relocate New Orleans, Le Petit Salon and the Home for Incurables and, with her husband, founded the Coliseum Square Association, a past Trust Honor Award winner. Ms. Strachan is a native of Florida and a graduate of Rollins College and Tulane University School of Law.
W. Robert White (Salt Lake City, Utah) was elected to the National Trust Board in 1997 and became Vice Chair of the Board in 2004. He is a founding member of the NTCIC Board and also is National Trust Advisor Emeritus from Utah. Mr. White is the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the W.R. White Company, a family-owned business for three generations that manufactured concrete pipe products. He has been a board member of the Utah Heritage Foundation since 1984 and currently serves as its Executive Director. Mr. White is a past president of the Egyptian Theater Foundation in Ogden, Utah. He has a B.S. in Economics from the University of Utah and an MBA from Harvard University.