WAHNcast
by Women’s Affordable Housing Network
Beyond the Pink: Cancer Ends Here with Liz Childers, Kristen…
About this podcast
The Women’s Affordable Housing Network (WAHN) has launched a podcast series dedicated to amplifying the voices of people within the affordable housing industry. With a focus on shedding light on this critical issue, each episode of the podcast features discussions led by experts, activists, and policymakers.
Through dynamic conversations, the WAHNcast aims to showcase the leadership at the forefront of the affordable housing movement. It offers valuable insights into groundbreaking practices, policy advancements, and community engagement strategies aimed at tackling housing insecurity. More than just informative, the podcast serves as a source of inspiration, providing a platform for sharing success stories, advocating for policy reforms, and nurturing a supportive community among professionals and advocates in the affordable housing sector. Join us as we elevate the voices driving change and championing progress in affordable housing.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 100 episodes
- Beyond the Pink: Cancer Ends Here with Liz Childers, Kristen Dahlgren, and Norma Unser · 57 min · Episode 104What if the future of cancer treatment is closer than we think? And what if each of us could help bring it closer? As WAHN closes Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this deeply…
- MIC's Women of Impact | Helping People Weather Whatever Comes with Laurie Schoeman & Rachel Munsie · 41 min · Episode 103What if we stopped waiting for people to reach a breaking point before we helped? In the Multifamily Impact Council’s Women of Impact series, host Angie Truitt welcomes two…
- MIC Women of Impact | From Transactions to Transformation: Keeping the Promise of Housing with Lisa Davis and Tia Boatman Patterson · 51 min · Episode 102Lisa Davis and Tia Boatman Patterson know how profoundly housing can change lives. They’ve built their careers around making that promise real. In this final conversation of the…
- MIC's Women of Impact: Leadership Is About Everyone Else with Chrystal Kornegay · 28 min · Episode 100WAHNcast launches its new Women of Impact series, sponsored by the Multifamily Impact Council, with Chrystal Kornegay, CEO of MassHousing, Rachel Mavrothalasitis, COO of the…
- MIC's Women of Impact: Innovation isn't Optional, and Impact isn't Automatic with Janine Jovanovic and Angela Bruno · 42 min · Episode 101A new tool can change how housing operates. But does it make someone’s life better? In this Women of Impact episode sponsored by the Multifamily Impact Council, Janine Steiner…
- The Power of Showing Up: Support, Strength and Life After Diagnosis with Brooke Etie & Mary-Margaret Lemons · 52 min · Episode 99There are things no one tells you about breast cancer until suddenly, you need to know them. For Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Brooke Etie returns to WAHNcast one year after…
- Never Forget Your Why: Courage, Truth and the Lessons That Shape a Leader with Ivory Mathews · 28 min · Episode 98For Ivory Mathews, affordable housing has always been personal. Growing up housing insecure in rural South Carolina shaped not only her career, but the kind of leader she chose…
- Ben Sigel of Full Belly Foods: From One U-Haul to One Million Meals · 33 min · Episode 97What happens when you see a problem and decide to start solving it? For Ben Sigel, it started during COVID with a rented U-Haul and a mission to get fresh food to people who…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Joy Horak-Brown: Building Hope, Dignity and a Lasting Legacy · 34 min · Episode 96We’re closing out the 50/50 Women of Influence in Affordable Housing Summer Takeover with Joy Horak-Brown, President and CEO of New Hope Housing, in conversation with her…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Rebecca Louie: Do Your Best, Forget the Bus, and Have Fun · 41 min · Episode 95Rebecca Louie, President and CEO of Wakeland Housing, joins Beth Baar and Ann Cone for a 50 Over 50 Women of Influence in Affordable Housing conversation about more than two…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Terri Lee: Running to a Place Where Everybody Is Somebody · 47 min · Episode 94Terri Lee spent years trying to run from housing. Today, the President and CEO of Atlanta Housing calls it her ministry, her calling and her life’s work. In this special 50 Over…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Desiree Francis: Look Up, Raise Your Hand · 25 min · Episode 92Careers rarely follow a straight line, and Desiree Francis wouldn’t have it any other way. In this special 50 Over 50 Women of Influence episode, guest host Diana McIver sits…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Eleanor White: From Stumbling In to Paving the Way · 38 min · Episode 93Eleanor White stumbled into affordable housing more than five decades ago and went on to help pave the way for countless others. In this special 50 Over 50 Women of Influence…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Katie Goar: Compliance, Compassion & the Audacity to Lead · 43 min · Episode 90What happens when the work you choose eventually connects back to an experience you spent years keeping private? In this special WAHNcast 50 Over 50 episode, host Babbie Jaco…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Beth Southorn: Be The Hope Carrier · 50 min · Episode 89What does it mean to be a “hope carrier”? For Beth Southorn, Executive Director of LifeSTEPS, it means helping people recognize the strength, experience, and possibility they…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Ronne Thielen: Learn How to Learn: A Fearless Life Without Regrets · 35 min · Episode 87Some people build careers in an industry. Ronne Thielen helped build the industry itself. In this special 50 Over 50 Women of Influence episode of WAHNcast, guest hosts Angie…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Lori Little: Raise Your Hand: Faith, Purpose & the Journey You Never Planned · 36 min · Episode 86You don’t have to know where the journey leads. Trust your gifts. Raise your hand. That message captures Lori Little’s remarkable career and the wisdom she shares with hosts…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Nan McKay: "Nan Says I Can, So I Will." · 44 min · Episode 88When Nan McKay entered affordable housing in 1963, women had few opportunities to lead. She was once told a position was a “man’s job” and years later, when she started her own…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Marietta Rodriguez: Remember Who You Are. Remember Where You Came From. · 34 min · Episode 85Some careers are carefully planned. Others begin with one unexpected opportunity. In this episode of WAHNcast’s 50 Over 50 Women of Influence series, fellow honorees Babbie Jaco…
- 50/50 Women of Influence with Cindy Prater: From Fried Chicken to Affordable Housing · 40 min · Episode 84Our 50 Over 50 Women of Influence in Affordable Housing WAHNcast series celebrates the remarkable women whose leadership, service, and generosity have shaped our industry while…







