Nan McKay and Associates - Management Team

Management Team

Nan McKay President	As the President and CAO of Nan McKay and Associates, Nan McKay leads a corporation that has specialized in providing organizational development, consulting, and training to both public and private federally subsidized housing sectors. In this role, Nan McKay oversees and has ultimate responsibility for the operations of the company. Since 1980, housing professionals have recognized Nan McKay and Associates as the source for training and consulting for both the housing choice voucher and public housing programs. Her expertise lies in the improvement of efficiency and quality of individual performance to in turn improve the performance of the housing authority as a whole. Nan McKay’s extensive experience and hands-on work with PHAs and HUD gives her extensive insight into the challenges and issues relating to subsidized housing programs. She is the Executive Project Manager on two large consulting projects and serves as a coach to PHA directors in consulting projects. As a former Executive Director of an award winning PHA, Nan McKay knows agency challenges and knows how to streamline and improve PHA performance. Mrs. McKay holds a B.A, Business Administration from Metropolitan State University. Also, she participated in the Executive Leadership and Management Program, Federal Executive Institute Charlottesville, VA. Mrs. McKay has published 22 books, primarily on the subsidized housing industry, written numerous course books, and publishes articles in American Association of Planning and Journal of Housing magazines, in addition to a variety of newsletters.
John McKay CEO	Mr. John McKay has been with Nan McKay and Associates since 1998, and has been the Chief Executive Officer since 2005. Mr. McKay has worked in training, consulting, e-learning, technology, and management since 1996. Prior to being appointed as CEO, Mr. McKay served as the Vice President of Operations, where he created and grew both the Consulting arm and Technology Services departments. This initiative brought the first fully functional Performance Management System and Assisted Housing e-Learning Content Library to the housing market. Mr. McKay holds a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Business Administration, a Master of Arts in Information Systems Management, and Masters of Business Administration from San Diego State University. He is a Malcolm Baldrige Performance Excellence Senior Examiner (under NIST) and has assessed, analyzed, and provided feedback to some of the nation's most well-run private and public organizations. In addition, Mr. McKay is also a member of the following organizations: Council for Excellence: Council Member / Examiner Microsoft Certified Application Developer(MCAD) C# Microsoft Certified Business Solutions Professional IEEE Computer Society Institute of Managerial Accountants Performance Management Institute American Society for Training and Development National Contract Management Association
Ray Adair VP of Finance	Mr. Raymond Adair is the Vice President of Finance and a Senior Associate for Nan McKay and Associates, Inc. He has been with the company for 14 years. In his role as Vice President of Finance, Mr. Adair directs the accounting, financial management, risk management, investments, and retirement programs of the company. In his role as Senior Associate, he directs the financial and accounting services offered by the company to its national clients. He has a wide range of experience in the finance and accounting area both for private companies and for governmental entities. He is considered one of the public housing industry’s leading experts in the areas of financial management and accounting for HUD’s public housing and housing choice voucher programs. Mr. Adair has written and maintains the updates to the Nan McKay and Associates Project-Based Accounting Master Book and the HCV Financial Management and Reporting Master Book, both of which are used as practical guides by hundreds of housing authorities and HUD field offices around the country. Over the years, Mr. Adair has trained hundreds of housing authority staff, executives, and commissioners in the proper application of HUD's fiscal requirements for the housing choice voucher and public housing programs, as well as the proper application of governmental GAAP. He has also provided technical assistance, conducted fiscal reviews, and accounting and policy reviews for various housing authorities around the country. In addition, he has extensive knowledge of HUD fiscal requirements for various grant programs and preparation of indirect cost allocation plans. Mr. Adair assisted HUD in the development of accounting and financial reporting requirements for asset management under the new Operating Fund Rule. He served on the working group committee that provided HUD with technical assistance in regulation development, and he helped author HUD’s handbook supplement “Changes in Financial Management and Reporting Requirements for Public Housing Agencies under the New Operating Fund Rule.” He has also served as the Project Manager under a contract with HUD to review stop-loss applications under the Operating Fund Rule.
Dorian Jenkins VP of Program Management	Mr. Dorian Jenkins is a dynamic and energetic leader with over eighteen years of low income housing experience. As the VP of Program Management for NMA, he currently leads NMA’s Chicago team, which administers 17,000 contracts on behalf of the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA). His team has successfully maximized unit and budget utilization for the CHA’s HCV, Mod Rehab, and PBV programs, while incorporating a customer-focused culture within the CHA. Mr. Jenkins formerly served as the chief executive of a large public housing authority (PHA) with over 22,000 housing choice vouchers and over 2,900 public and affordable housing units, directing a staff of 350 and overseeing a budget of $326M. During his tenure, the PHA closed three HUD corrective action plans, eliminated over 7000 backlogged annual reexaminations, closed all OIG audit findings and earned the highest SEMAP scores in agency history, moving out of troubled status. With a solid record of building client and owner relations, Mr. Jenkins has extensive experience working in an urban, political environment. His achievements include an Assisted Living Project that received a national award for improving elderly life skills, reducing crime via a community policing program, improving the employment literacy of public housing residents, and encouraging and assisting employees to advance in their careers to positions of higher responsibility. He has also worked with over ten non-profits to address various housing issues such as homelessness.
Carrol Vaughan, VP Professional Services	Carrol comes to us with over 30 years of experience in the affordable housing industry. As our Vice President, Professional Services, she will ensure that we continue to offer high-quality consulting, training, and products that help housing agencies better serve their communities. Prior to joining NMA, Carrol served as the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer with the San Diego Housing Commission. At the Housing Commission she was responsible for all housing programs, real estate development, workforce and economic development initiatives, housing finance, and homeownership programs, along with operation functions, organizational development & training, and information technology. Some of her accomplishments at SDHC include: leading its public housing disposition efforts; implementing the restructure of the organization to better focus on growing its portfolio using private sector financing and development techniques; and developing online measurement tools to tie employee performance to compensation levels. Carrol was formerly with NMA from 1996 to 1999, and before that served in leadership roles with housing agencies in North Carolina and Kentucky. She has a BA in Psychology from SUNYAB and is a candidate for a Master's Degree in Public Administration.
Cydney Jones Director of Program Management	As Director of Program Management for NMA, Cydney K. Jones oversees the operations for NMA’s contract with the Chicago Housing Authority, one of the largest public housing authorities in the country and a Moving To Work Demonstration (MTW) site. Ms. Jones is expert in providing a broad range of technical assistance, management training, and on-site expertise for multifamily assisted programs and the HCV program. With an exceptional knowledge of HUD regulations, she has extensive experience providing consulting services to real estate developers and owners of subsidized properties and tax credit grantees. Ms. Jones was previously the HCV Operations Manager for the Los Angeles County Housing Authority, where she oversaw the recertification process of over 21,000 Housing Choice Voucher participants. Her background includes 11 years as President and CEO of CKJ Consulting, a sole proprietorship. She also directed the District of Columbia Housing Authority’s voucher program, where she was responsible for policy development, external community relations, and directly managing a staff of 48 team members responsible for than 9,000 Section 8 subsidies. A certified trainer in both the HCV and multifamily housing programs, Ms. Jones has provided training to housing authorities nationwide. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and is pursuing her master’s degree in Public Administration.
Sheryl Putnam Professional Development Manager	With over 23 years of experience in the assisted housing industry, Sheryl Putnam provides training and consulting for agencies across the country. Prior to joining Nan McKay & Associates in 2011, Sheryl managed the compliance department for a state housing finance agency, providing compliance oversight activities for the LIHTC, PBRA, and HOME programs. She has also managed the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher, FSS, and Public Housing programs. In addition to training and consulting, Sheryl was part of the team that developed NMA’s Blended Occupancy Management class.
Jay Ortenzo Property Services Manager	Mr. Jay Ortenzo has been a technical trainer and consultant with Nan McKay and Associates for 20 years. He has 34 years of housing experience in both public and private sectors. He develops technical training manuals and materials relating to federally subsidized programs on housing inspection, maintenance, and modernization. Mr. Ortenzo directs and maintains NMA’s knowledge base library. This includes research and development in building code enforcement, energy conservation as related to building codes, new construction inspection and housing rehabilitation.
Sarah Quinn Marketing & Events Manager	Sarah Quinn has been with Nan McKay and Associates since 2004. As such, she supervises NMA’s marketing and events teams in their day-to-day activities. In addition, Ms. Quinn actively participates in all management-level strategy and planning meetings, carrying long-term strategies down to the department level by implementing the use of department scorecards and individual action plans. Prior to joining Nan McKay and Associates, she worked in marketing in both the dental and real estate fields. She is also an active volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of San Diego. Ms. Quinn holds a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.
Chad Coalier Technology Manager	Chad Coalier has been with Learning Evolution, LLC and Nan McKay and Associates since 2005. He manages technology and creative operations for Learning Evolution, LLC, and Nan McKay and Associates. Mr. Coalier has worked on a wide variety of software engineering and architecture, technology consulting, strategy, and organizational development initiatives for over 15 years. He previously ran his own consulting practice that serviced various Fortune 1000 clients and has worked in the training, education, financial services, and management consulting industries.