Our Team
Talented and agile, Housing Diversity Corporation’s leadership team is driven to create innovative affordable housing solutions. All members are passionate about the company and its mission, creating high-quality workforce housing that promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in core urban neighborhoods. Housing Diversity’s team believes in leveraging all resources available to build the future of affordable housing while maintaining the highest standards of financial management and reporting as a fiduciary.
Brad Padden
Founder & CEO
Mathias Cohanim
Chief of Staff
Julie Xu
Director, Finance
Lauren Padden
Chief Administrative Officer
Jack Rector
Real Estate Analyst
Robert Tiscareno
Director, Business Development & Operations
Adina Eaton
CMO
Partner Companies
Construction partner in all HDC projects, STS Construction Services has over two decades in Seattle and over a decade in Los Angeles. Owner Craig Haveson of STS Construction Services and CEO and Founder Brad Padden of HDC have a close working relationship that helps to ensure projects are completed on time and on budget.
The principals of Nitze-Stagen and Housing Diversity partnered to create OZ Navigator. The OZ Navigator team takes advantage of their existing deal flow and their team of legal, tax and accounting, underwriting, and community impact investment professionals to source and deliver excellent Opportunity Zone projects.