Access-Andrews Consulting LLC (January 2004/Present)

• Technical expert and architectural plan compliance/site reviews – Major national and regional multifamily developers and owners and architectural firms.
• ADA/504/ABA/FrHA/UFAS/ADAAG training: District of Columbia Housing Authority staff – June 2006; William C Smith & Co. of DC, principal staff and property managers, November 2005; DC Department of Housing and Community Development (private sector architects/developers), District of Columbia, September 21, 2005, and HUD/PHA staff, Cleveland hub and surrounding HUD Field Offices, June 2005.
• Expert Witness/Technical Assistance, Dewey Ballantine LLC, Manhattan, NY; Federal Section 504/ADA court case: Molinari vs. Tuckahoe Housing Authority, NY.
• Section 504/ADA staff training, Housing Authority of the City of Las Vegas (HACLV) and architectural plan review for Section 504/ADA compliance, 2-two story office buildings (1 new construction, 1 renovation).
• Section 504/ADA training – National Disability Expo, Baltimore, MD; and Southeast Regional Council of Housing and Redevelopment Agencies conference, New Orleans – June 2005. Technical assistance provided in the Federal case of a person with disabilities seeking recourse on a homeownership denial – NY, NY.

U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (25 years) - Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH), Washington, DC. Served in various capacities including:

• Section 504/Fair Housing Act/ADA Compliance Lead
• Federal Procurement Lead – PIH’s Management and Occupancy Division
• General Technical Representative and Monitor for various major PIH Federal contracts up to $4 million.
• National HUD PIH lead in the following areas:
• PHA Procurement
• Assigned Large Troubled PHAs
• Public Housing Agency General Management and Maintenance Supervision

Housing Authority of New Orleans (14 years) - Administrative Officer, Project Manager, Assistant Project Manager - Supervised all management/maintenance activities including income/expenses, budgeting, procurement, personnel, admissions/occupancy, lease enforcement and security for portfolios of up to 2,600 units in conventional public housing, scattered site, homeownership, Section 23 Leased and the Housing Choice Voucher Program (formerly Section 8).

CLIENT LIST – ACCESS-ANDREWS CONSULTING LLC (2004 to Present)

• 75-story Condominium - Architectural Plan Compliance Review, Manhattan NY

• Major national and regional multifamily developers and owners and architectural firms (references provided upon request).
• Ballard Spahr, LLP, Washington, DC

• Gallegher, Evelius and Jones, LLP - Baltimore, MD
• Dewey Ballantine, LLC - New York, NY
• Whitehurst, Harkness and Brees - Austin, TX (Federal reasonable accommodations case)
• U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
• International Engineering Firm (reference on request)
• District of Columbia Department of Housing and Community Development - Washington, DC—2005/2006 training of HUD fund recipients (CDBG/HOME funds) – private sector developers/architects
• Las Vegas Housing Authority - Las Vegas, NV
• District of Columbia Housing Authority - Washington, DC
• The College Park Housing Authority - College Park, MD
• The Nelrod Company - Fort Worth, TX
• Historic Hotel/Commercial Spaces

• Sub-contractor to Architects for museum pre-design
• City of Annapolis Housing Authority - Annapolis, MD
• Bryan Cave, LLP, Manhattan, NY

AFFILIATIONS/EDUCATION

Institute of Real Estate Management – Chicago, IL
Bachelor of Science Degree – University of Southern Mississippi
Institute of Real Estate Management Courses – American University – Washington, DC
Community Development Seminar (2 weeks) – DePaul University, Chicago, IL
Public Housing Manager Trainer – Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA
Member – Baltimore/Washington Corridor Chamber of Commerce
Board Member – Metropolitan Washington, DC Chapter – U. of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association
Past Board Member – Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School, Bowie, MD
Past President – Physically Limited Association for a Constructive Environment, Int. – New Orleans

EXAMPLES OF HUD/OTHER EXPERIENCES/ACCOMPLISHMENTS (accessibility-related prior to retirement from HUD HQs in 2004).

• Provided technical assistance to various HUD HQs offices, PIH Field Office staff, PHAs, the public housing industry and the public for all assigned areas including compliance with Section 504, the ADA and design standards (UFAS and ADAAG).
• Coordinated and supervised a series of highly successful, nationwide, Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act training conferences involving up to 50 training modules per 5-day conferences resulting in the training on new reform legislation for 9,000 PHA staff, HUD staff and resident leaders. Personally trained over 800 conference attendees on Section 504/ADA/ABA and the Fair Housing Act.
• Principal HUD negotiator and implementation team member for Section 504/ADA Voluntary Compliance Agreements for the New York City Housing Authority and the District of Columbia Housing Authority resulting in over 10,700 fully accessible units made available or committed and accessible non-housing activities/facilities such as commercial space, offices, public community centers, training centers including thousands of reasonable accommodations for residents with disabilities. Re-configured existing, small, units and developed alternatives for accessibility including non-housing activities. Provided technical assistance on the Baltimore Housing Authority Section 504 case. Note: The New York City VCA is currently used as the template for all PHA VCAs.
• Conceptualized, coordinated and implemented a nationwide, 4-hour, Section 504/ADA satellite broadcast and web-cast training session for the public housing industry and advocates for people with disabilities (December 2003).
• Conceptualized and authored PIH’s Accessibility Notices for the public housing industry which provides guidance and clarifies compliance requirements and overlapping requirements of Section 504, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Architectural Barriers Act and the Fair Housing Act (latest issuance – March 2006). Other HUD offices directed to issue their program specific Notices using my original Notice as the template.
• Served on the HUD Secretary’s Disability Task Force as of December 2003.
• Provided advocacy and technical assistance at the local and national level for people with disabilities.
• Principal and trainer – implementation and conduct of a non-denominational seminar on accessibility in churches for the Metro DC area – Episcopal Senior Ministries, Episcopal Diocese of Washington, DC.
• Provided accessibility technical assistance for the initial new construction of Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School, Bowie, MD.
• Served on the Construction Planning Committee as an accessibility expert -Collington Life Care/Mitchellville, MD.

Currently providing technical assistance on new construction additions to two schools and renovation of church rectory conversion to school/office space – Holy Trinity Episcopal Day School and church – Pro Bono