Current REACH Fellows
REACH Cohort 4 | 2023 – 2024
REACH Fellows
Alexander Fung, Senior Management Analyst, City of Eastvale
DaJuan Bennett, Underwriting Senior Associate, Calmwater Capital
La Tonya Whitfield-Horhn, Project Management Director, The Tsui Group
Yesenia Martinez, Production Associate, JLL
Aryon Shahidzadeh, Research Assistant, Kresge Foundation
Jasmine Melendez, Law Secretary, Law offices of Lisa Chorness Hovden
Landy Joseph, Project Manager, West Hollywood Community Housing Corporation
Emilie Arnau, District Sales Manager, Plastpro Inc
David Mariscal, Associate Planner, KOA Corporation
Jorge Lopez, Transportaion Planning Associate II, LADOT
Jordan Ferguson, Graduate Student, UCLA Anderson
Jairi Sanchez, Corproate Operations Manager, Primestor Development, Inc
Vivica Rush, Assistant Project Manager, Meta Housing
Andrea Medina, Planning & Development Associate, Hackman Capital Partners
Jonathan Hsu, Associate, Brookfield Properties
Bianca Ojeda, Special Events Program Coordinator and Graduate Student, USC
Diandra Dillon, Acquisition Intern, Fortune Weavers
Maria Landeros, Resident Relations Manager, SoLa Impact
Ed Kim, Director of Business Operations & Finance, byte
Matthew Gates, Commercial Real Estate Agent, Daughrity Real Estate
REACH Mentors
Jim Suhr, Owner and Founder, James Suhr & Associates, LLC
Adam Lerer, Deputy Head of Acquisitions, Pimco
Lina Lee, Vice President of Development, CIM
Jana Sims, Vice President, Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing
Oliver Baker, Director of Development, City View
Julia Roe, Google
Ada Peng, Director, HR&A
Laura Kierstead, Senior Vice President of Development, Cypress Equity Investments
Karl Fielding, Transportation Urban Planner, WSP
Branden McBirney, Managing Director of Mortgage Banker, Berkadia
Khalil Clements, Associate – RE Equity Solutions, CIM Group
Sandy Albert, Principal & Managing Partner, City Pads
Javier Guzman, Senior Relationship Manager, City National Bank
Gina Wieczorek, Principal, Casitas
Frankie Arias, Vice President of Devleopment & Investment, APPA Real Estate
Todd Bauer, Partner, Deloitte
Josh Foster, JAF Creative Solutions
Sean Veal, Project Finance Analyst, Citi Group
Alvin Zhu, Vice President, Brookfield
Adrian Berger, Managing Director of Acquisitions, Cypress Equity Investments
REACH Cohort 5 | 2024 – 2025
REACH Fellows
Kiana Amiri-Davani, Environmental and Land Use Associate, Meyers Nave
Monica Anand, Associate Project Manager, Meta Housing Corporation
Lynne Andre, Acquisitions and Asset Management Analyst, Artemis Real Estate Partners
Stephanie Camacho Arriola, Project Manager, Abode Communities
Stephanie Young Choe, Development Manager, Lendlease
Darnel Grant, Development Assistant, Century Housing; Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Nancy Guzman, Acquisitions Associate, Langdon Park Capital
Armand Harvey, Acquisitions Analyst, Clear Capital LLC
Chih-Wei Hsu, Research Associate, Inclusive Action for the City
Shanti Huang, Business Analyst, East West Bank
Anson Lam, Associate, Allen Matkins
Carrie Li, Designer, Relativity Architects
Hugo Muñoz, Regional Program Manager, RHA
Carmen Noyola, Land Use Specialist & Acquisitions Analyst, Linc Housing
Danielle Rawles, ESG Program Analyst, EQ Office
Marina Salazar, Assistant Project Manager, April Housing
Judy Saunders, Master of Urban and Regional Planning Student, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
Shafeeq Shamsid-Deen Jr., Site Acquisition, Assurance Development
Terrence Smalls, Real Estate Consultant, Coleman Realty LA
Jonathan Wheat, Principal, EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants
Annie Wong, Senior Project Manager, U.S. Bank Impact Finance
Sooji Yang, Consultant, Common Spark Consulting