Big moves are happening over at the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA), as they've recently bolstered their team with four new hires across various departments, aiming to strengthen their housing assistance and development sectors. In what looks like a concerted move to tap into a wealth of experience from different corners of the housing industry, OHFA has brought on professionals with a mix of backgrounds—in everything from tourism and banking to urban redevelopment and automobile manufacturing turned housing inspectors, the fresh faces at OHFA are Ryan Botson, Celestine Gunn, Benjamin Peyton, and Derrick Wilson.
Ryan Botson steps into the role of housing examiner trainee within the Office of Multifamily Housing Programs' Compliance Division, his prior eight years managing multifamily properties in Cleveland's bustling downtown scene should lend practical in-the-trenches wisdom to the proceedings at OHFA. On the administrative front, Celestine Gunn has joined the Office of Residential Lending as an administrative professional, and her dual degrees in business administration, and management and leadership, coupled with her MBA—all from Franklin University—plus her five solid years of mortgage loan processing at Huntington National Bank, are qualifications you'd reckon can only serve OHFA's mission well.
Benjamin Peyton, a fresh pick for the 4% housing tax credit section chief, carries what seems like a suitcase full of pivotal experience in housing development and lending from his time at the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh and as a program officer with the Community Development Financial Institution in Kansas City, his policy chops, courtesy of a master's degree from The Ohio State University's John Glenn College of Public Affairs, are undoubtedly a card OHFA is pleased to have up its sleeve, according to the Ohio Housing Finance Agency's announcement.
Lastly, Derrick Wilson's trajectory into the housing sector might not have started traditionally—having commenced in the realm of car manufacturing—but it's been a purposeful one, as he's since racked up real estate inspections certifications, HUD qualifications, and a robust record of inspecting a variety of properties across Ohio, Texas, and Arizona, with a record that now includes both a degree in architectural engineering and a bachelor's in industrial management from Baker College of Flint that no doubt, position him well for his new post at OHFA as a housing examiner trainee.
