As Chief Executive Officer of Decro Corporation and its affiliated entities, Mr. Handel is responsible for the strategic direction and overall management of this California nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. Since Mr. Handel became Decro’s CEO in July 2016, the nonprofit has grown to 17 affordable housing developments in California and Florida totaling 1,048 units. Decro, on its own or in partnerships, is constructing seven permanent supportive and affordable housing projects in Los Angeles, California with 368 units, including Firmin Court and Watts Works which are scheduled to open in late summer 2022 and The Brine which is a transformative multi-phase mixed-use, medical office, and pediatric mental health center project in the Lincoln Heights community of Los Angeles.

Prior to joining Decro, Mr. Handel had more than 25 years of experience in developing, financing, syndicating, operating, constructing and managing affordable housing developments. Mr. Handel represented nonprofits and National Equity Fund (NEF) as counsel in affordable housing transactions, formed California nonprofit public benefit corporations, and advised nonprofit Board of Directors on legal compliance issues. At NEF, he closed 57 development deals representing a gross equity investment by this low-income housing tax credit syndicator of $315 million.

Mr. Handel is President of The Carter House, Inc., a nonprofit organization that operates a HUD Section 811 housing development in South Los Angeles, and also serves as President of the Hockey Equipment Lending Program, Inc., a nonprofit that supports special needs and disadvantaged youth playing that sport. He is a former Chair of Los Angeles Lawyer, a Los Angeles County Bar Association publication, and has been published in that magazine and the Los Angeles Business Journal. Mr. Handel has been a speaker at the National Association of Housing and Rehabilitation Officers Summer Conference and conferences of Housing California and the Southern California Association of NonProfit Housing. He is admitted to practice law in California and received a Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School (Los Angeles) and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from University of Southern California.

As Chief Innovation Officer for Decro Corporation, Ms. Vandeweghe is responsible for the expansion of Decro’s affordable portfolio and the daily operation of Decro’s pipeline developments, including the coordination of the financing, construction and operation of all new developments, including an affordable, mixed-use, mixed-income development with 50,000 square feet of commercial space and approximately 200 units proposed to be built in Los Angeles.

Ms. Vandeweghe comes to Decro Corporation with more than 15 years of experience in complex, mixed-use development transactions. She has entitled more than 4,700 housing units in California and developed more than 1,500 multi-family units in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, including 90 affordable units.

Ms. Vandeweghe is a veteran in structuring complex real estate transactions comprised of multi-layered financing using New Market Tax Credits (NMTCs) and Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTCs), and successfully bringing difficult projects to fruition, including Del Mar Station in Pasadena, California and the Wilshire Vermont Station in Los Angeles. Prior to joining Decro, Ms. Vandeweghe was a managing member of a real estate development and asset management firm that handled the entitlements for the 1,100 acre master planned community in unincorporated Imperial County, California, Rancho Los Lagos, comprised of 3,800 housing units, a 100 acre business park, 10 acres of commercial, a 40-acre community park, two schools and an active adult golf community. She was vice president at CityScape Capital Group, LLC, where she managed new market, historic, and energy tax credit portfolios worth more than $100 million, and director of marketing and asset management at Urban Partners, LLC where she oversaw a portfolio of over $1 billion in development in Los Angeles and Seattle.

Ms. Vandeweghe holds a Master in Business Administration with an emphasis in real estate from the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management, a Master in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University. She is a member of the American Planning Association and Urban Land Institute.

As Senior Project Manager for Decro Corporation, Ms. Foreman oversees the execution of all stages of affordable housing development, including the analysis and review of potential development sites. She is responsible for implementing the specific vision for each development, including coordinating with the project’s social service provider, arranging the debt and equity financing, managing the entitlement process, interacting with the architect on project design and the general contractor on construction and budget matters, and overseeing community outreach and government relations.

Ms. Foreman brings to Decro more than 15 years of real estate experience and a vast array of skills across a wide range of disciplines within the industry. Most recently, she managed the personal real estate portfolios of high net worth individuals that included over $500 million in acquisitions and sales of single-family, multifamily and commercial investments, as well as construction project oversight and the management of multifamily apartments within Los Angeles County. Ms. Foreman’s background also includes experience in mixed-use development and real estate finance. She is dedicated to supporting Decro’s mission of finding innovative permanent supportive and affordable housing solutions for the homeless as well as low-income families and seniors and persons with special needs, and promoting capital investment and job opportunities in disadvantaged communities.

Ms. Foreman received a Bachelor of Arts in Communication at University of California, Santa Barbara and holds a California Real Estate Brokers License.

As Community Development Manager for Decro Corporation, Ms. Vega collaborates with the Chief Operating Officer in developing The Brine, a proposed mixed-use development located in the Lincoln Heights community of Los Angeles. Ms. Vega is primarily responsible for creating, implementing, and managing community outreach strategies for The Brine and other Decro developments by identifying and developing relationships with community business leaders, public officials and their staff, public agencies, and affordable housing and social service organizational staff.

Ms. Vega joins Decro with more than three years of experience working for a community-based nonprofit affordable housing organization where she supported and helped coordinate the predevelopment, construction, and lease-up of several developments. Prior to assuming these responsibilities with this organization, Ms. Vega was a Tenant Services Coordinator where she provided case management services for residential tenants by engaging them through in-house programs, services and community resources. Ms. Vega and her team developed and implemented a Building Financial Sustainability program and database structure funded by the Corporation for Supportive Housing Institute to promote and equip self-sufficiency within the tenants and strengthen the tenant retention rate in the units.

Ms. Vega holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from the University of California, Merced, and is fluent in Spanish.

As Asset Manager for Decro Corporation, Mr. Choice is responsible for overseeing the stabilization and optimization of Decro’s affordable housing portfolio and ensuring developments comply with the extensive federal, state and local regulations under which these developments must operate. He also develops and applies key performance metrics to evaluate the performance of Decro’s third-party property managers.

Mr. Choice comes to Decro with 15 years of experience as Managing Director of a commercial real estate firm in Charlotte, North Carolina which provided asset management, leasing, and strategic transaction and investment management services for Fortune 100 financial companies and public and private institutions. As Managing Director, his responsibilities included providing financial due diligence, asset performance management and reporting, contract and compliance management while also applying data-mining skills to evaluate market trends and identify investment and growth opportunities.

Mr. Choice also worked with public and private institutions to leverage transit-oriented development and EB-5 immigrant investments as a means of funding urban in-fill and mixed-use developments. In addition, he managed a subsidized rental housing portfolio which involved executing contracts, coordinating billing, and providing oversight of resident service programs.

Prior to becoming involved in commercial real estate Mr. Choice owned and operated a retail apparel store that he grew to a chain with eleven stores and eventually sold to a large regional retailer.

Mr. Choice is a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) and an Asset Management Specialist as designated by the Consortium for Housing and Asset Management (CHAM). He has served on the Boards of Directors of the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African American Arts + Culture, the Arts & Science Council, the Charlotte, North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, and Operation HOPE, a nonprofit providing individuals with the knowledge and tools to create a secure financial future.

Mr. Choice holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Southern California.

As Project Manager for Decro Corporation, Nicole Willick oversees the execution of all stages of multiple affordable housing developments, ensuring project objectives are met on time and on budget. Primary to her work is consulting and collaborating with project architects, general contractors, construction managers, property management, and social service providers to ensure design specifications satisfy resident needs and meet long-term operational requirements. Ms. Willick also works closely with public officials and administrative agencies and third-party consultants, including land use, consultants, and government and community relations consultants, and attorneys, in this development process.

Ms. Willick comes to Decro with 25 years of project management experience in the entertainment and video game industry. With a career previously focused on family-friendly and extreme sports video games, she managed the development and production of over 30 AAA video game titles, generating over $5 billion in revenue during her career. In her most recent role as Executive Producer, Ms. Willick drove strategic initiatives, managed $100+ million development budgets, and built strong working relationships with marketing partners and game development studios and created global partnerships. A second-generation Angeleño, Ms. Willick brings her vast project management experience to Decro and the nonprofit affordable housing industry with goals to improve process efficiencies and risk assessment and mitigation plans as well as promote more effective communication both within the organization and with Decro’s development and social services partners and lenders and investors.

Ms. Willick holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Art and Design from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and is an active volunteer at Jewish Family Services of Los Angeles.