Joel joined us in May, 2017, as our director of real estate development. He comes to us after almost 40 years as a real estate attorney, the last 20 of which were with the firm he helped found, Hackett Feinberg PC. In his law practice, Joel focused on work for community development corporations and non-profit organizations, as well as Massachusetts state agencies and institutional lenders, in community development and affordable housing transactions. He was often involved in multi-party transactions involving layers of public and private debt and equity and the use of governmental programs and tax incentives.

Ellie joined us in August 2017. She is responsible for door-to-door outreach in the Greater Piedmont neighborhoods, increasing the organization’s engagement with residents and businesses and building leadership opportunities for members within WCG. She supports WCG’s Community Land Trust leaseholders and rental tenants, and manages a wide range of community outreach activities. Ellie recently graduated from Clark University with a B.A. in Political Science, and has been living and working in Worcester since 2013. Her past work includes a variety of projects in youth work, policy research, fundraising, and event planning.

Ron joined us in April 2004. He is responsible for the upkeep of all of our properties. With 13 buildings to keep under control he has achieved our goal of maintaining the best homes in the neighborhood. He also handles all inspections, move-in, and move-outs and annual inspection of Section 8 apartments. Ron has over 20 years of construction and property management experience. He was the manager from one of our contractors on several WCG development projects before joining us.