Christie has worked for public service organizations in NYC since 1994. She provided Community Case Management services for people living with HIV and AIDS for both the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Women's Prison Association. She then advocated for Medicare and Medicaid recipients enrolled in HMO plans with the Medicare Rights Center and Gay Men's Health Crisis. While working for the Building Services 32BJ Pension Fund, Christie worked on an employer assisted housing project, which led her to work for not-for-profit affordable housing developers in Bushwick and Washington Heights. She joins CNYCN most recently from the New York State Housing Finance Agency, where she underwrote tax-exempt bond deals to preserve affordable housing, and served as Deputy Director at CNYCN until July 2011. Christie has a BA from Harvard and a MSW from the Hunter College School of Social Work in Community Organizing and Planning.
Jennifer Murphy, Lender Servicer Relations Director
Jennifer joined CNYCN in October 2009 as Director of Lender/Servicer Relations with responsibility for developing stronger working relationships with the lending and servicing communities as well as developing a networkwide escalation program. Jennifer has worked in both non-profit and banking community development since 1994. She was the Director of NJ Citizen Action's loan counseling service. She has also worked as a Community Development Specialist at Bank of New York where she worked closely with non-profit agencies and municipalities throughout NY, NJ and DE. Jennifer was a co-founder and Executive Director of All AHEAD, Inc., a HUD-certified housing counseling agency that provided comprehensive homeownership services for low and moderate income families. Jennifer is a certified homeownership counselor and educator. She has provided training, capacity building and technical support to housing counseling agencies throughout the NY/NJ metropolitan area. Jennifer has a BA from Georgian Court College.
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TaDeo Jonson Is the Escalations Program Manager in the Lender/Servicer Relations department at CNYCN. TaDeo concentrated in Sociology and Finance at Hamilton College and his experience is in financial services and economic development of distressed neighborhoods in New York City. He has been successful in assisting low income consumers avoid financial pitfalls caused by rent-to-own stores, pay-day loans, and high interest Refund Anticipation Loans. His work as a foreclosure intervention and default counselor resulted in a 200% increase in loss mitigation and loan workouts in one of NYC’s hardest hit areas by the foreclosure crisis. His current work aims increase the quality and quantity of loan workouts and streamline the path to favorable resolutions with the major lenders and servicers.
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Lucy joined CNYCN in December 2009 as Program Director with responsibility for managing the Center’s relationship with its 29 network partners. Most recently, Lucy worked on a wide variety of development projects at Places for People, one of the largest owners of affordable housing in the United Kingdom. Previously, in New York City, Lucy acted as a development consultant at K. Backus & Associates, helping institutions, not-for-profit organizations, and local government agencies manage and plan their real estate development projects. Prior to becoming a consultant, Lucy worked in New York City government for five years, at both the Department of Housing Preservation and Development and the Department of Homeless Services. Lucy has a BA from Brown University and a Masters of Urban Planning from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Brendan joined CNYCN as a Call Center Representative in February of 2009. His work consists of receiving direct calls and referring homeowners to the appropriate non-profit Network Partners. He has previous experience as a real estate salesperson and call center representative in several industries. He obtained a B.A. from the University of California Santa Cruz in 1998.
Candybelle Acevedo, Call Center Representative
Candybelle Acevedo joined CNYCN in August of 2010 as a bilingual Call Center Representative. She has experience working in housing counseling, customer service and administrative fields. She has also worked as a paralegal. Candybelle obtained a Law Degree from Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra in Santiago, Dominican Republic.Matt Hassett, Program Manager - Mortgage Assistance Program
Matt Hassett joined CNYCN in February of 2011 as Program Manager for the Mortgage Assistance Program. He is responsible for the implementation and marketing of the program, including the management of the loan pipeline from application review to underwriting to closing. Before working at the Center, Matt worked in government and financial services. Most recently, Matt worked for Morgan Stanley’s Global Sustainable Finance group focusing on Community Reinvestment Act programs and compliance. At New York City’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), Matt worked as a Policy Analyst in Distressed Asset Financing Programs on the Neighborhood Stabilization Program, the Mortgage Assistance Program and other foreclosure mitigation and recovery programs. Matt has a BA from Brown University.