Meet the BBHousing Team

Susan became BBH’s Founding Executive Director in 2003 bringing with her more than twenty-five years of experience in real estate development, neighborhood revitalization, and nonprofit management. Prior to working at BBH, Susan was the Director of Real Estate at Urban Edge, a Partner and Project Manager at Boston Community Ventures, and an Economic Development Director for the Neighborhood Development Corporation of Jamaica Plain.

Recognized as a leader in the affordable housing sector, she is both a legacy member of CREW Boston and sits on the Housing & Economic Development Council of the Urban Land Institute Boston/New England. In addition, Susan has been lauded for her public service by CREW Boston, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Leadership Institute, and Banker & Tradesman which named her a Woman of FIRE in 2012 and where she continues to be an Opinion Editor Columnist. Read Susan’s op-eds here.

Susan holds a Master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from Rutgers University and a Bachelor’s degree from Hamilton College.

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.

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.