About

 Rebecca McEvoy, Housing Consultant

Rebecca McEvoy has over 5 years of experience in affordable housing development and construction project management. She has worked for non-profit housing providers on everything from supportive housing program administration to planning approvals and build project management. Prior to developing a passion for housing, she worked for several years for a lower tier municipal government in Eastern Ontario. She holds a Masters degree in Rural Planning & Development from the University of Guelph with a focus on Program Development and Evaluation. She is detail oriented and a skilled communicator, bringing great energy and enthusiasm to her work.

 Sue Ritchie Raymond, Senior Housing Consultant

With 30+ years of experience in the human services field focused on creating partnership-based solutions to improve the wellbeing of individuals, families, and communities Sue is passionate about building opportunities for growth, innovation and excellence.

Sue’s experience in the public (municipal and provincial) and not-for-profit sectors uniquely enables her to envision strategic solutions and connect diverse stakeholders. Her collaborative approach and strategic perspective has supported organizations to take bold steps in the creation of innovation approaches in the development of strategies for housing and homelessness, service and system design including both short and long term such as integrated supportive housing strategies, community response programs and long term housing master infrastructure plans.

Sue has a Masters Certificate in Public Sector Leadership from the Schulich School of Business, York University; a Certificate in Advanced Health Sector Leadership from Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; an Addiction Studies Diploma, McMaster University and a Bachelor of Arts Degree, McMaster University.

Aligned with her passion for growth and development she continues to challenge herself as an active scuba diver, white water kayaker and photographer.

 Ciarán Connaire, Housing Consultant

Ciarán started working for TWC in 2021 with a focus on the financial side of things. New to the housing world, Ciarán has a degree in economics with a background in engineering. He grew up in the west of Ireland but has been living in Canada for the past 6 years. He is passionate about the importance of affordable housing in Canada and Ireland.

In his spare time, Ciarán enjoys cycling, listening to live music, and reading in the park.

 Maymun Abukar, Housing Consultant

Maymun Abukar is a Housing Consultant with TWC and has a Master of Environmental Studies (MES) at York University, specializing in Urban and Regional Planning, with a focus on Urban Planning and Spatial Injustice in Canadian cities.

Prior to working at TWC, Maymun spent her time working as an Urban Planner in the GTA and as an Outreach Project Coordinator with the Jane Finch Initiative at the City of Toronto. As an Urban Researcher, much of Maymun’s research examines cityscape documentation, including the racialized social economy, planning for informality, diaspora and refugee settlement in Canada, housing markets, urban planning, and urban intervention in public spaces.

In her spare time, Maymun loves travelling, music and exploring nature.

 Iran Cooner, Housing Consultant

Irandeep has worked in Affordable Housing since 2015 and moved to Canada in 2022. His experience in affordable housing has seen him work a multitude of roles dealing with Housing Management, Supported Housing, Repairs Management, Development (pre construction, delivery & defects) as well as sitting as a non-executive director for a housing co-op in London. Having studied in the UK Irandeep has a Bachelors Degree in Law and a Masters in Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management.

In his spare time he is an avid traveller and enjoys hunting for new food spots in the city.

 Krystal Valencia, Housing Consultant

Krystal brings a wealth of knowledge and nearly a decade of experience in the charitable sector to her role as the Director of Development at Breakaway Community Services. Her experiences range from working on Parliament Hill and the United Nations Association in Canada to fundraising and event planning for a number of smaller nonprofits within Ontario. Krystal is recognized as a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), is Blackbaud Certified as a Raiser’s Edge professional (bCFE-Pro), and achieved the Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) accreditation. Krystal also served as the Curator of TEDxOttawa for 5-years. Krystal has raised a career total of over $14 million through gifts from major philanthropists, corporate giving, community-based foundation and fundholder giving, foundation grants, government grants, and estate giving. She has managed a career total of over $50 million in portfolio assets and multi-year funding. In 2022, Future of Good recognized Krystal as one of 30 Young Impact Leaders across Canada. Over the last few years, she has worked with the University of Toronto's School of Cities' Infrastructure Institute & Rotman School of Management to catalyze Affordable Housing supply through capacity building, demystifying systemic processes, and uncovering sustainable financial modelling to enable nonprofits to acquire, retrofit, and own community housing across Ontario via a nonprofit she founded, Rental Rescue. In her spare time, she develops innovative creative mixed-use Affordable Housing archetypes for new developments and retrofitting existing affordable housing stock with an empathic lens. She is working on creating affordable housing opportunities for families in Canada, advocating to develop gender-sensitive housing, and systemic process that incorporates long-term affordability, financing, and circular economies for the long-term viability to cost of housing management and maintenance; speaking engagements including several UN Summits led by Urban Economy Forum in partnership with UN-Habitat.

 Nayeon Kim, Housing Consultant

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