Rebecca Arthur is a partner with the Government Consulting and Valuation Advisory Services (GoVal) group and manages the metro Kansas City, Mo., area office of Novogradac & Company LLP. She has extensive experience in market analysis and appraisal of multifamily developments, including those with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTCs), USDA, Section 8, conventional developments and for Freddie Mae, Fannie Mac and Federal Housing Administration financing. Additionally, she specializes in consulting for developers and state housing agencies, as well as preparing valuations of general and limited partnership interests and Year 15 valuation issues. Before joining Novogradac & Company LLP, Ms. Arthur was an analyst with the corporate finance group of Deloitte and Touche LLP, specializing in business valuations and acquisitions. She received her bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Ms. Arthur is a designated member of the Appraisal Institute, a member of the Kansas City Commercial Real Estate Women organization, a member of the National Council of Housing Market Analysts, and a certified general real estate appraiser in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico and Texas.

Carl Wise has more than 30 years of experience in affordable housing both as an investor and working to raise investor equity. Mr. Wise assists Jeffrey Weiss with tax credit syndication activities of the company. Previously, Mr. Wise was a senior vice president with Alliant Capital, responsible for overseeing the firm's property level investments and its multi-investor syndication platform as well as placing proprietary investments with select investors. Before joining Alliant, Mr. Wise was senior managing director for DaimlerChrysler Capital Services where he was responsible for lending activities as well as equity investments in income producing properties and in affordable housing funds and properties. He also served on DaimlerChrysler Capital's Board of Directors and Credit Committee for 10 years. Mr. Wise is a graduate of University of Massachusetts and from New York Law School. He is a member of the bar in New York and Connecticut.

Kimberly Taynton is a MAP-approved Underwriter with Paragon Mortgage Corporation. Prior to working for Paragon, Ms. Taynton was the Multifamily Development Supervisor with the U.S. Department of HUD in Phoenix where she reviewed, underwrote and closed nearly $2 billion in HUD-insured loans. Ms. Taynton has worked in the multifamily development industry since 1999 and has experience ranging from land entitlement and development to asset management. She is an underwriter for numerous HUD programs including projects involving the RAD Program. Ms. Taynton also has experience underwriting loans for the HUD Section 232 program.  

As chief executive officer of the Housing Authority of the City of El Paso–one of the nation's largest and highest-performing providers of affordable housing programs for low-income families–Gerald Cichon manages a $91 million budget that supports 430 employees, 6,500 public housing units, 5,600 Housing Choice Vouchers and 2,400 tax credit and non-subsidized units that collectively house some 40,000 El Pasoans. Since his appointment in January 2008, Mr. Cichon integrated progressive payroll technologies to replace antiquated systems, revamped HACEP's hiring process to attract industry-leading professionals from across the country, enhanced the integrity of the procurement process, secured more than $21 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act–including an $8.3 million competitive grant to build a Net Zero, Fossil Fuels Free, LEED Platinum public housing community for the elderly–to improve the quality, availability and energy-efficiency of affordable housing units, and energized HACEP's homeownership programs to reduce generational dependency on housing assistance. Mr. Cichon is an experienced attorney and is licensed in Texas and Colorado. Before his appointment as HACEP CEO, he practiced law as chief counsel for the Western District of Texas with the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT) from 2001-2008. From 1997-2001, Mr. Cichon practiced as Senior Felony Prosecutor for the El Paso District Attorney's Office where he prosecuted thousands of felony and misdemeanor criminal cases. He also served as a legislative aide in Washington, D.C., for the U.S. senator for Colorado. Mr. Cichon earned a master’s from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Chicago, a juris doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio and a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing from the University of Colorado-Boulder. His professional certifications include a licensed Texas real estate agent, a certified public housing manager and a certified asset manager.