Home Ownership Center - Advisory Council

The Center's Advisory Council is a group of statewide network partners who provide advice and feedback in shaping our programs, policies and procedures from their perspective and those of the consumers they serve. The Council's chair represents the group on the Minnesota Home Ownership Center Board of Directors. Council members represent all areas of the Center's statewide reach.

Chair - Nicola Viana, Washington County HRA

Southeast Region:

Umbelina Cremer, Three Rivers Community Action & SW MN Housing Partnership

Bob Matthews, Home Federal Savings Bank

Southwest Region:

Rhonda Otteson, Heartland Community Action

Ali Joens, Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership

Central Region:

Hyacinth Stiffler, Bi-County Community Action

Stacy Dauksavage, Central Minnesota Housing Partnership

West Central Region:

Joshua Huffman, The Village Family Service Center

Robbie Stier, West Central MN Communities Action

Northwest Region:

Phil Wold, Tri-Valley Opportunity Council

Mary Thompson, Headwaters Regional Development Commission

Northeast Region:

Sarah Priest, Community Action Duluth

Kristen Monson, Neighborhood Housing Services of Duluth

Metro Region:

Crystal Christian, Neighborhood Housing Services of Minneapolis

Sherree Strickland, Strickland and Associates

Ron Williams, American Dream Services

Minnesota Foreclosure Prevention Association Representative:

Bettie Foster-Crowe, Community Action Partnership of Suburban Hennepin

At-Large Representatives:

Eric Gentry, Carver County Community

Nathan Marsten, Homestead Mortgage

Ryan Raleigh, US Dept. Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

Dan Williams, Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota

Rachel Smith, Dakota County Community Development Agency

Pamela Hatcher, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage

Stephen Wreh-Wilson, African Development Center