Faith Based Housing Summit
Dane County

January 31st
8:30-2:00pm

Orchard Ridge UCC (1501 Gilbert Rd, Madison)

Featuring:

Rev. Mark Elsdon

Mark Elsdon lives and works at the intersection of money and meaning as an entrepreneur, nonprofit executive, author, and speaker. Mark is the author of, “We Aren’t Broke,” about the use of faith-based property and investments for social enterprise and impact investing. He is cofounder of RootedGood, which supports catalytic and innovative church leaders working on property development, money and mission alignment, and social enterprise; executive director at Pres House and Pres House Apartments on the University of Wisconsin’s Madison campus; and past president of the board of directors for Working Capital for Community Needs, an impact investing fund that provides microfinance funding to the working poor in Latin America. Mark’s new book, “Gone for Good?” about the coming wave of church property transitions, comes out in fall 2023.

Mark has a BA in Psychology from UC Berkeley, a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin School of Business. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, USA, and lives in Madison, Wisconsin with his spouse and two daughters. Mark is an avid cyclist and considers it a good year when he rides more miles on his bike than he drives in his car.

Prof Kurt Paulsen

Kurt Paulsen is a Professor of urban planning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His teaching, research, and community service focuses on affordable housing policy and municipal finance.

 

 

 

 

Donald Bernards
Don Bernards, partner in charge of Baker Tilly’s affordable housing team, has been active in the industry for 25 years. Don works with public housing authorities, not-for-profit and for-profit sponsors of affordable housing projects across the nation. He provides solutions and strategies from project conceptualization to applying for scarce resources and advising on various debt, equity, and grant options. In addition, as LIHTC projects approach year 15, Don advises clients on exit strategies, including resyndications. In the past two years, he and his team have worked on 80 projects totaling more than 6,000 units and $1.4 billion in total development costs. Don also volunteers his time as chair of the Affordable Housing Fund Committee for the United Way of Dane County, which is receiving donations to build a revolving loan fund to provide subordinate gap financing for affordable housing projects throughout the county.

 

Schedule
8:30 – Registration & Coffee
9:00- Welcome
9:15-10:15 – Prof. Kurt Paulsen (UW Madison)
10:15 – Break
10:30 – Rev. Mark Elsdon (Rooted Good/Pres House)
11:30 – Don Bernards (Baker Tilly)
12:30 –  Lunch
1:00 – Open Space Café
1:55 – Next Steps

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