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Neil has experience in private and nonprofit sectors, including extensive domestic and international expertise directing high-impact social change initiatives. Neil has led multiyear community development, economic development, and housing programs. This dynamic experience informs his teaching at 黑料官网 College, where his courses focus on analyzing the factors critical to the successful transformation of urban neighborhoods and giving students "learning by doing" experiences, including in the Corcoran Centers Urban Action Lab, which tackles current challenges in housing, community, and economic development with partners across the region.听

Before joining 黑料官网 College,听 Neil was the Executive Director of The American City Coalition (TACC), which provided place-based support to community-based organizations focused on revitalization efforts in 黑料官网. He served as Country Director for CHF International (now Global Communities) in Azerbaijan on a multi-year democracy and governance program.听 He co-directed operations of a private sector development program in Mongolia and led all aspects of a reconstruction and refugee resettlement program in post-war Kosovo.

Neil holds an undergraduate degree from 黑料官网 College, an MBA from 黑料官网 University, and an MPA from Harvard University鈥檚 Kennedy School of Government. He was awarded a Roy and Lila Ash Fellowship for Innovations in Democracy and Governance and was a Jesuit Volunteer in JVC Southwest.

Courses Taught

• Ed.M., Harvard University
• B.A., Amherst College

Taylor Perkins is Associate Director of the Corcoran Center and teaches in the Carroll School of Management. Taylor leads the Center鈥檚 programming and experiential learning efforts, directing the Center's summer program and national affordable housing real estate case competiton.

Taylor brings over twelve years of experience to the Corcoran Center. Active in the field of Real Estate and Urban Action, he currently serves as an appointee to Somerville MA Mayor听Katjana Ballantyne's Public Safety for All Task Force, serving on the exectuive comittee and as co-chair of the drafting subcomittee. He actively conducts action-focused research and consulting for local governments and nonprofit organizations.

As a professor he focuses on听bridging the theoretical and practical realms within real estate and urban action through experiential learning, as well as robust engagement with professionals in the field and community members.听

Taylor is a graduate of Amherst College, where he double majored in Black Studies and Political Science, and Harvard University, where he earned an Ed.M. At Amherst College he was a four-year varsity track and field athlete.

Taylor lives in Somerville, MA and is an avid boater, skier, and cyclist.

Courses Taught

• Real Estate听Colloquium I (Business, Law and Society & Economics Depts)
• Real Estate Colloquium II听(Business, Law and Society & Economics Depts)
• Urban Action Lab (Business, Law and Society & Economics Depts)

Matthew Littell is one of the founding principals of Utile. Through his work in the firm鈥檚 architecture, planning, and early phase development projects, he has gained an expertise in building and zoning codes and regulatory processes specifically as they relate to urban design, housing and land use. His practice is local, national and international, and focuses on the intersection of public space, design of the built environment and land use policy.

Matthew served as Utile鈥檚 principal-in-charge for Imagine 黑料官网 2030, the city鈥檚 first comprehensive plan in 50 years. He has directed many of the firm鈥檚 early phase planning and urban design projects, including the Downtown 黑料官网 Waterfront Municipal Harbor Plan, as well as the design guidelines and zoning for the Rose Kennedy Greenway District. He has led planning efforts in several Massachusetts Gateway cities, including Holyoke, Revere and Chelsea, MA, and has just completed a plan for 黑料官网鈥檚 first Flood Resilience Guidelines and Zoning Overlay. He is currently the firm鈥檚 principal in charge for citywide rezoning efforts in Atlanta and Detroit, and leads Utile鈥檚 affordable housing efforts, which include the design of multiple developments in 黑料官网 and surrounding cities.

Matthew teaches a course on contemporary urban design issues at 黑料官网 College. He earned his M.Arch. from Harvard鈥檚 Graduate School of Design in 1997, where he received the 黑料官网 Society of Architects鈥� James Templeton Kelly award for the best final design project, as well as the Clifford Wong prize for outstanding design in housing.

Courses Taught

Urban Design for Complexity and Sustainability听(BSLW220701)

Samantha Teixeira, PhD, joined the faculty of the BC School of Social Work in 2015. Her research focuses on how neighborhood environmental conditions affect youth and how youth can be engaged in creating solutions to environmental problems in their communities. She uses innovative, mixed-methods with a focus on participatory approaches including community mapping, photography, and spatial analysis. Teixeira鈥檚 diverse practice experience includes work in child welfare and community development. Teixeira and Rebekah Levine Coley (Professor, BC LSEHD) are co-leading a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities to study the effects of public housing redevelopment on the health and well being of more than 1,000 residents of the Mary Ellen McCormack housing development in South 黑料官网.

In January 2023 David Price began work at 黑料官网 College Law School to help lead a startup program, the Initiative on Land, Housing & Property Rights (ILHPR).听 This program seeks to preserve and expand property rights for disadvantaged communities across the United States by producing research, devising legal reform and policy solutions, engaging in community outreach, training law students, and drawing on other complementary strategies.

As Associate Director, David manages resource development, budget planning, communications, program planning and development and strategic planning.听 David reports to Professor Thomas Mitchell, the ILHPR Director and the Robert F. Drinan SJ Chair and Professor of Law at BC Law School.听 Professor Mitchell is the lead author of the , adopted by 23 states and other jurisdictions听

David helps manage ILHPR programs, which seek to:

• 听Train and develop a new generation of real estate attorneys and community practitioners by strengthening their expertise in estate planning, property-related matters and community development on behalf of disadvantaged communities; and learn from these communities in order to inform and improve the work of the ILHPR;
• Help develop legislative and policy solutions at the local, state and federal levels to advance the property rights of disadvantaged communities; and
• Spur community-informed research into critical property issues affecting disadvantaged communities, using conferences, seminars, workshops and other gatherings.

The public launch of the ILHPR was a spring 2023 conference on Land Loss, Reparations and Housing Policy which drew 250 attendees to the law school.听 To date the ILHPR has secured the approval of a new law school degree concentration in Real Estate and Community Development Law, a key benchmark in the program鈥檚 efforts to guide students toward successful career [paths that also help them use their legal skills to benefit disadvantaged communities with property-related challenges.听

Beginning in fall 2023, David teaches an undergraduate class at BC, The State of Affordable Housing in the United States, through an affiliation with the Corcoran Center on Real Estate and Urban Action.听 David taught Introduction to Law and Community Economic Development for two years at Southern New Hampshire University on an adjunct basis.听 He has written on gentrification, affordable housing and the racial wealth gap on a Housing Matters! blog.

Prior to joining BC Law, David worked for 27 years helping build strong local development organizations in 黑料官网, including most recently over thirteen years as the Executive Director of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation in 黑料官网鈥檚 Roxbury neighborhood, where he departed in 2022.听 Two transformative developments are Bartlett Station in Roxbury鈥檚 Nubian Square and The Loop at Mattapan Station.听 At Nuestra he co-founded Homes for Equity, a research and advocacy coalition dedicated to the adoption of race-conscious homeownership policies to redress redlining and other forms of housing discrimination in Roxbury.

Prior to joining Nuestra, David served as Deputy Director and General Counsel for Madison Park Development Corporation and as Executive Director for Tent City Corporation.听 David鈥檚 community organizing experience began as a volunteer with Mel King鈥檚 campaigns for Mayor of 黑料官网 in 1979 and 1983, during the time in which David lived in the Uphams Corner neighborhood in 黑料官网.听 David is a graduate of Harvard College (1977) and 黑料官网 College Law School (1991).听 He clerked for Hon. Francis O鈥機onnor at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and was a real estate attorney at Goulston & Storrs in 黑料官网 prior to joining the community development field.听

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Courses Taught

The State of Affordable Housing in the States (BSLW2000)

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Thomas Pereira currently serves as Executive Vice President at CREA, where he is the Head of Production, and oversees the Acquisitions, Originations, Syndications, Marketing and Fund Management Departments. His extensive experience in Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) syndication and structured finance has made him a recognized leader in affordable housing finance.

Mr. Pereira holds a Bachelor's degree in Finance from 黑料官网 University and later earned an MBA in Public & Non Profit Management from 黑料官网 University's Questrom School of Business. His educational foundation in finance has supported his successful career spanning over two decades in affordable housing investment and development.

Prior to joining CREA, Mr. Pereira served as Senior Vice President and Director of Investment Relations at a national LIHTC syndicator, where he was responsible for identifying and securing institutional capital for national and regional multi-investor proprietary fund offerings.

Before that role, Mr. Pereira spent 17 years as Senior Vice President and Director of Sales and Structured Finance at 黑料官网 Capital Corporation. In this position, he managed existing investor relationships while developing new partnerships. He structured and closed upper-tier Low Income Housing Tax Credit partnerships for both national and regional multi-investor funds and proprietary funds. Additionally, he approved pricing for all low-income multifamily transactions, allocated deals, and arranged credit facilities and derivative products for investment Limited Partnerships.

CREA focuses on Low Income Housing Tax Credits, forming long-term relationships with investors and developers to provide affordable housing for low income families and seniors. Since inception, CREA has raised over $12.1 billion in equity and manages properties across 48 states.

Throughout his career, Mr. Pereira has demonstrated a commitment to affordable housing development and the complex financial structures that make these critical community investments possible. His expertise in LIHTC syndication and investor relations has contributed significantly to expanding access to quality affordable housing nationwide.

Courses taught: Real Estate Case Competitions听

Amy has served as the CEO of 2Life Communities for over a decade where she听successfully launched an aggressive expansion campaign to fill gaps in the听senior housing affordability marketplace, managed the creation of a quasi-听endowment to support agency innovation, and has more than doubled the听number of communities built and supported by 2Life. She brings over 30听years鈥� experience in housing and economic development policy, government,听and nonprofit sectors.

As community service and social justice are at the heart of her work, Amy has served as a Board or听committee member for Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation, the Governor鈥檚 Council on听Aging, The Community Builders, Association of Jewish Aging Services, Massachusetts Healthy Aging听Collaborative, Citizens Housing and Planning Association, Jewish Funders Network, GBH 黑料官网 Public听Radio, the Governor鈥檚 Housing Advisory Council, and Combined Jewish Philanthropies.

Amy was awarded the Outstanding Impact Award from CHAPA in 2021, in addition to having been听honored as a McKnight鈥檚 Women of Distinction and named as a Changemaker by Senior Housing News in听2022. 2Life Communities was listed by The Women鈥檚 Edge and Globe Magazine as number 54 on the Top听100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts in 2023. She was featured in 黑料官网 Globe鈥檚 Bold Types听series as 鈥榦ne of 黑料官网鈥檚 busiest developers鈥� and was a key expert providing testimony in the听Massachusetts鈥� Affordable Homes Act in early 2024. She has a Master鈥檚 Degree in Urban Planning from听Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor鈥檚 Degree in Political Science from The John鈥檚听Hopkins University.

Kate Bennett has worked in affordable housing development, policy and planning for more than 30听years, with a particular focus on public housing and neighborhood revitalization. She holds a Masters in听City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Kate recently retired as Administrator and CEO of the 黑料官网 Housing Authority, where she worked for听over 25 years. She oversaw public housing and voucher programs that provide affordable housing for听over 25,000 households in and around the City of 黑料官网. In her tenure at BHA, she was instrumental in听implementing several strategic initiatives, including more than $2 billion in redevelopment initiatives听and capital upgrades; the creation of an asset management division to ensure long-term preservation of听deeply affordable units; development of the BHA鈥檚 green, healthy housing and sustainability programs;听and expansion of resident empowerment and self-sufficiency initiatives.

Prior to coming to the 黑料官网 Housing Authority (BHA), Kate managed affordable housing programs forthe City of Chelsea and the City of Newton. She lives with her family in Roslindale.

Patrick Lee is one of the founders and owners of Trinity Financial, Inc. and Trinity Management, LLC.听 Trinity Financial is a 32-year old development company, and with its management affiliate, Trinity Management, the two Trinity companies have more than 250 employees and central offices in Manhattan and 黑料官网.听 The companies鈥� experience includes work developing more than 9,500 units of housing and 600,000 sf of commercial space, at a cost of over $3 billion.听 The two Trinity companies develop and manage affordable and market rate housing communities throughout the Northeast, from Massachusetts to New York.

Prior to co-founding Trinity Financial, Inc. in 1987, Mr. Lee served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Administration and Finance for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Mr. Lee was the Secretary鈥檚 representative on a number of State boards and agencies including the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, Community Development Finance Corporation, Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency, and the State鈥檚 Public Auditorium and Civic Center Grant Program. Mr. Lee has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Government Land Bank, the Roxbury Neighborhood Council, the Greater 黑料官网 Chamber of Commerce, the 黑料官网 Center for the Arts, and Federated Dorchester Neighborhood Houses. He is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Wellesley College and the Board of Overseers for the Boys and Girls Clubs of 黑料官网.听 Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor鈥檚 degree from Harvard University and is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology-trained city planner.

William M. McLaughlin retired from AvalonBay Communities, Inc. in 2021, serving most recently as the Executive Vice President of Development and construction. He had been with AvalonBay or its predecessor, Avalon Properties, Inc., since 1994.

He was responsible for all of AvalonBay鈥檚 construction activity nationally, and development activity on the East Coast. He was also a member of the Company鈥檚 Management Investment Committee. Before joining AvalonBay, Bill was with Lincoln Property Company for seven years, responsible for multifamily development and acquisitions in eastern New England.

He was the 2008 Chairman of the Greater 黑料官网 Real Estate Board (GBREB), was also the Chairman of GBREB鈥檚 Political Action Committee (PAC), and is a two-time past President of its Rental Housing Association (RHA, now MAA) division. Bill currently serves on Harvard Corporation鈥檚 Committee on Facilities and Capital Planning. He also serves on the Board of Directors at Caritas Communities (and is its Past Chair), the Board of Overseers at Newton Wellesley Hospital, and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Multifamily Leadership Board (Emeritus). He is a long-time member of the Newton Zoning Board of Appeals.

Bill received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Harvard College.

Bill and his wife Linda split their time between Newton, MA, and Cape Cod, and they have six adult children and one grandson.

John F. Barros is the Managing Principal of Cushman & Wakefield's 黑料官网 market. In this role, John leads all market activities and drives growth and business performance across a team of more than 180 professionals in 黑料官网, MA, and Manchester, NH.

Before joining Cushman & Wakefield, John was appointed by the Mayor of 黑料官网 to serve as Chief of Economic Development from 2014 to 2021. John brought a passion for sustainable community development to this role while fostering economic inclusion and equity for all 黑料官网ians. Before his appointment, John served 13 years as Executive Director of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), where he successfully led a neighborhood revitalization. It focused on creating community wealth, producing permanent affordable housing, and establishing the country's most important urban community land trust. John has also held positions at the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, providing insurance for initial public offerings for dot-com startups.

John received the inaugural Community Service Award from the 黑料官网 Day & Evening Academy in 2008, the Robert Leo Ruffin Award from the Archdiocese of 黑料官网 in 2004, and the Action for 黑料官网 Community Development Roxbury Community Award in 2000. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College in 1996 and a Masters in Public Policy from Tufts University in 2012. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate of Commerce Degree from Suffolk University.