Meet the BBHousing Team

Melissa is responsible for oversight of financial and administrative functions as well as risk management for the organization. She is focused on building organizational-wide capacity via both Board development and strengthening the financial capacity of BBH .

Melissa holds a Master’s degree in International Management from Endicott College and is bilingual (Spanish/Portuguese).

Aom Sudarat Azzalina, a native of Bangkok, Thailand, is the Office Manager at B’nai B’rith Housing. Aom has a background in property management, finance, and marketing and holds a BBA in International Hotel & Tourism Management from Siam University. Aom enjoys working at B’nai B’rith Housing in their mission to “create places to call home for seniors throughout Boston and the surrounding area”.

Nathifa, a 2020 Architecture graduate from Wentworth University, joined the BBH team in January 2021 as an Assistant Project Management Intern. She helps manage various aspects of the affordable housing development cycle, including design, finance and construction, under the supervision of Yara Vergucht, Senior Project Manager. As an intern, Nathifa has brought her technical skills and professionalism to the team. Impressed with Nathifa’s work ethic, BBH welcomed her as a full-time Project Manager in June 2021. We are excited to have her contribute to producing housing of the highest quality for low and moderate income people and to grow in this profession.

Joseph is a 2021 Master of Science in Real Estate Development graduate from the University at Buffalo NY. He joined the BBH team in November 2021 as a Project Manager. He helps manage various aspects of affordable house development including the design, permitting, financing and construction under the supervision of Holly Grace, Senior Project Manager.  Previously Joseph worked as a realtor at Keller Williams in Andover, trained at Century 21 Realty in Los Angeles, California and worked as a Property Manager in Kenya. Joseph is also a trained nurse and volunteered as a frontline worker during the pandemic. Joseph also holds an MBA (Finance) from the University of Nairobi, BBA (Finance) from Kampala International University and a chartered accountancy certification from Strathmore University in Nairobi. He still enjoys the process of urban redevelopment and creation of physical spaces.

Kevin is a professional with more than 25 years of experience in the building, design and development fields including experience as a construction laborer, environmental engineer, real estate consultant and housing developer.  This breadth of experience, in addition to academic degrees in civil/environmental engineering and urban planning/development, gives Kevin unique exposure and insight into the personalities, perspectives and motivations of the various participants involved in the process of urban redevelopment and the creation of physical places.

With this perspective, Kevin has been involved in the revitalization of distressed urban public housing; the planning, financing and permitting of an inter- generational community dedicated to facilitating the adoption of children from the public foster care system; financing and managing the privatization of student housing at a California state university, managing the construction/rehabilitation of a historic bank headquarters, and overseeing the environmental remediation of leaking underground storage tanks in an environmentally sensitive area in addition to the creation of a number of award winning mixed income housing communities in New England.

Kevin resides in Boston’s South End with his wife Diana.