Our Executive Team

The President of The Housing Development Consulting Group, LLC, Shannon Judd, has 30 years of experience in the housing and development industry. She serves as the Chief Executive Officer for a North Carolina Housing Authority. She is also the Capital Fund Administrator and Procurement/Contacting Officer. She is responsible for all Housing Programs, Finance, Human Resources, Development, Capital Fund, Procurement, and Contracting; along with operation functions, information technology, organizational development and training.

Prior to her position as the Chief Executive Officer, she served in various housing positions at a North Carolina Housing Authority, such as Chief Development and Operations Officer, Director of Development/Real Estate Strategies, HOPE VI Program Manager, HOPE VI Community and Supportive Services Manager/Acquisition Specialist, HOPE VI Relocation Coordinator/Lead Case Manager, Public Housing Manager, Accountant, and Public Housing Assistant Manager. She also served as the Senior Program Specialist/Federal Programs Manager at the City level in North Carolina.

Shannon oversaw the management of more than 2,000 combined public housing and housing choice voucher units. She has extensive supervisory experience, having directly supervised employees throughout her career. Some of her accomplishments include increased rent collections for the public housing program, a transformation to the Asset Management Model, Asset Management training for staff, increased occupancy and cash flow for a tax credit development, etc. Shannon’s major accomplishments was bringing the entire agency into compliance with the federal and state requirements.

She heard the plea of various homeless organizations and added a homeless preference to both the housing choice voucher and public housing programs. She created the development arm of the Authority, which is the co-developer of the renovation of three properties previously owned by Authority. Her efforts also include securing low-income housing tax credits, Rental Assistance Demonstration awards, a Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Planning Grant, as well as other federal and non-federal funds. Replacement Housing Factor Funds and Capital Fund dollars have been utilized to develop mixed-income communities by constructing new units and converting affordable units into public housing units. Additionally,

Shannon has extensive knowledge of HUD regulations especially related to the Housing Choice Voucher and public housing programs, writing policies, as well as program compliance and quality control. She is also experienced in assessing Public Housing Authority organization, staff structure and effectiveness, and operations and management.

Shannon’s experience has included developing OIG responses. She holds certifications in an array of areas, such as Public Housing Management, Procurement and Contract Management, and Community Development Block Grant, Home Investments Public Housing Management, Asset Management, Project-Based Accounting, and Operating Fund, and Mixed-Finance Development.

She has a wealth of training experience to include Capital Funds, Fair Housing training, Credit and Bond Financing for Affordable Housing, and Evaluating Employee Performance.

She is practical and hands-on with extreme knowledge of the housing choice voucher and public housing programs. She is a motivated self-starter with an aptitude for learning new skills quickly and welcoming all challenges.

When you combine all of her skills with her extensive mastery of HUD and its housing choice voucher and public housing programs, she has a superior level of expertise to provide effective management improvements to each Housing Authority she provides consulting services.