
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES (CAHA)
2019 - 2020 CAHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President: Vanessa Cooper, Housing Authority of the City of Alameda
Vice President: Suket Dayal, San Diego Housing Commission
Secretary - Treasurer:
Grace Stepter, Anaheim Community and Economic Development Department
Legislative Chair: Ana Gamiz, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino
Roberto Chavez, Housing Authority of the City of Inglewood
Chris Gouig, Housing Authority of the City of Alameda
Lewis Jordan, Housing Authority of the County of Marin
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CAHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019-2020
President: Vanessa Cooper, Housing Authority of the City of Alameda
Vice President: Lewis Jordan, Housing Authority of the City of Marin
Secretary: Barbara Kauss, Stanislaus Regional Housing Authority
Treasurer: Ken Cole, San Mateo County Housing Authority
Legislative Chair: Chris Gouig, Housing Authority of the County of Alameda
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CAHA BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019-2020
President: Suket Dayal, San Diego Housing Commission
Vice President: Robert Chavez, Housing Authority of the City of Inglewood
Treasurer: Andrea Raez Aristondo, Housing Authority of the City of Anaheim
Legislative Chair: Ana Gamiz, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino
Recording Secretary: Angela N. Adams, Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE 2019-2020
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Chair: Chris Gouig, Housing Authority of the County of Alameda
Jenny Panetta, Housing Authority of the County of Santa Cruz
Lisa Baker, Yolo County Housing
La Shelle Dozier, Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Chair: Ana Gamiz, Housing Authority of the County of San Bernardino
Suket Dayal, San Diego Housing Commission
Rob Fredericks, Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara
Grace Stepter, Anaheim Housing and Community Development Commission
CAHA Staff
Mary Ellen Shay, Association Manager
Renee L. Hayer, Administrative Assistant
Sheri Gailliard, Marketing Assistant
About CAHA
The California Association of Housing Authorities (CAHA) is a statewide association representing over seventy-five housing authorities throughout the state of California. Formed in 2010, CAHA merged three separate housing authority groups into one fully integrated association. Our purpose is to meet the needs of the 395,000 households we serve by advocating on behalf of our residents and our agencies in both California and Washington DC.We are actively involved in all aspects of affordable housing finance, rental management issues, and housing and land use law. We closely follow the programs and policies of State housing agencies and the federal HUD budget. Through our Northern and Southern California Chapters, we address the training needs of our members by providing timely seminars on a variety of topics regarding the Housing Choice Voucher program and the administration of Public Housing. Since many of our members are also housing developers, we monitor programmatic and legislative activities for all types of affordable housing – family housing, senior housing and special needs housing.
By joining forces with our colleagues in affordable housing, including the California Housing Consortium, Housing California, the Northern and Southern California Non-Profit Housing Associations, and the California Coalition for Rural Housing (among others) we are at the forefront of legislative policy making. We are the only association that represents PHAs in these collective enterprises.If you are interested in getting more information about CAHA, please contact us through the website.

