Meet the BBHousing Team

Yara joined the BBH team in October 2019 and manages various aspects of the affordable housing development cycle, including permitting, design, finance, and construction.  Previously she was a Senior Project Manager at the Somerville Community Corporation.  Her involvement in housing and community development initiated through her work at Habitat for Humanity in Brazil, where she coordinated a broad range of housing projects for over 10 years.

Yara holds a Bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.  She still enjoys participating in the design process of the projects she manages.

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.

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).

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.