Description
Learn how your affiliate can utilize USDA programs. Here from staff at HFH Sawyer County, HFH WI River Area, and HFH Adams/Juneau Counties.
Presenters
Mark Smart graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with a degree in Economics. Worked the HUD for eight years in the area of loan management. He was named as the Executive Director of Des Moines' Public Housing Authority and managed that until he formed and managed a property management firm specializing in apartments and homeowner associations. Mark sold that business after running it for 30 years and relocated to Hayward where has been the HFH of Sawyer County Executive Director for a little over three years.
Morgan Pfaff currently serves as the executive director at Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin River Area as well as on the board of directors for the state support organization Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin. A Wisconsin native, she previously worked in the human resources field, focusing on healthcare recruitment and career development. She found her calling when she joined Habitat 8 years ago as an Americorps VISTA during a mid-life crisis. She spends her spare time on her own personal mission trip climbing the Altai mountains in Siberia.
Colin Mackey currently serves as an Americorps VISTA, developing the repairs program at Habitat for Humanity of Wisconsin River Area. A Hoosier by birth, a midwesterner by choice, graduated from The University of Notre Dame in his living room in spring of 2020. He has spent summers doing long-term service, first as an Americorps summer-VISTA addressing food security in rural Utah, then at his local homeless shelter, helping homeless families, veterans, and individuals get back on their feet. Goals include serving in Peace Corps Mongolia, and to make Morgan visit from Siberia.
Stacy Pahlke has been Director of Operations at Habitat for Humanity of Adams County, WI since 2014. Her affiliate has been using the USDA 502 financing model since 2015. The affiliate also partners with the Mauston and Adams High School Advanced Construction Classes to build homes. "I love my job because it will never get old handing the keys of a brand new home to a deserving partner family."