MEET OUR BOARD MEMBERS

With 20 years experience in the community development/affordable housing industry and has procured over $200 million to fund affordable housing units in Florida, South Carolina, Texas, and Montana.

Debra previously held the office of VP of Development with AHSF, Inc. from 1997 to 2000.

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With over 30 years of experience, Mr. Vermales has successfully managed mixed use communities, office buildings and shopping centers. He has also specialized in new construction development, renovations of large apartment communities, condominium conversions, and acted as a court-appointed receiver.

Jacqueline McPhillips is one of the pioneers of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), developing deals the very first year the program was implemented. During her years as a trailblazing principal with Heritage Affordable Development, Inc., and its related companies, she participated in over seventy-four (74) partnerships that produced affordable development in over seventeen (17) states.

McPhillips was chiefly responsible for land and property acquisition, governmental loan applications, underwriting and closing of financing sources that included all forms of LIHTC, soft financing from local and state governments and the Federal Home Loan Bank. Of the over sixty-seven hundred (6700) affordable units produced over eighteen (18) years, the majority were garden apartments, but also included duplexes, single family rental and home ownership, quadraplexes, and townhomes.

Felicia David is the co-owner of Artistry by David, LLC, an organization that cultivates our community through the artistry of creativity by using The Fine Arts to inform, entertain and educate. She is a multi-talented musician along with her husband.

She retired in October 2021 as a DOD CIVILIAN from MacDill AFB and joins Affordable as a CHDO board member as of October 2022.

Tara Tempfer originally built a career in training new managers within the restaurant industry throughout the Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties of Florida.

During which time she also began a journey working with nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities to help provide good meals for the physically impaired that gave her a great sense of gratification. Many of the people she met were extremely hard working, but still had difficulty in finding safe and affordable housing for their families due to their “low income”.

Tara feels blessed that she can now contribute even further to those less fortunate by helping them to find safe and comfortable housing. She currently is the proud owner and operator of a residential cleaning service.

Barry began his career in housing development for low income residents in his native Mobile, Alabama. He graduated from Vanderbilt. He has served in many civic, cultural, and charitable organizations in Alabama and Miami. He was named ‘Boss of the Year’ by the American Business Women’s Association, and twice received the March of Dimes award for outstanding community service. Mr. Haiman founded AHSF, Inc. in 1992.