Candidate for NAHRO Senior Vice President: Sean Gilbert
2023-2025 Leadership Term
Contact Information:
Sean Gilbert, NAHRO Fellow
Executive Director
Tennessee Valley Housing Services
600 Sulphur Springs Road
Morristown TN 37815
Phone: 423-586-5115, Ext. 8001
Email: sgilbert@tvhstn.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sean.gilbert.10/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@HokieSean
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-gilbert-17aa62b4/
Responses to Monthly Questions
Campaign Statement
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth” by Muhammad Ali is the bedrock that I have tried to build my professional career on. It is my duty as a housing professional to give back to an industry that has given so much to me. I am honored to campaign for the position of NAHRO Senior Vice President.
I am a proven leader at the local, state, regional and national levels. I understand the importance of the brick and mortar of our properties, but also that these properties create communities that have been underserved, underfunded and disenfranchised. Whether it is working with the local community to bring educational opportunities to the kids in our communities or making sure that Pre-schools and day care are available on site I have placed an emphasis on providing opportunities to our families.
I grew up in a coal mining town in southern West Virginia on the Kentucky border. I quickly learned the values of hard work, faith, community and family. This is where I learned the vision and values that are so important to me. Together we will base my campaign on STEAM. Steam was so important in the town where I was raised. Steam was the energy that was used to power the trains that delivered the goods from and to this region. Steam gives you energy, direction and power. I plan to use this energy, direction and power to effectively lead NAHRO.
Vision & Values Statement
Vision:
An environment of transformative experience and opportunities that engage “housers” to think critically, value diversity & contribute meaningfully.
Values (STEAM):
Stewardship – To provide innovative development & management of human, technological & fiscal resources.
Transcending – To develop an affirming atmosphere for all NAHRO members that challenges our community to model respect, honesty and openness in a manner that values inclusion of everyone.
Engagement – To promote member involvement through the creation of educationally purposeful programs and experiences.
Advocate – To advocate for our organizations, partners & residents individually and collectively.
Member Development – To support the professional development of every NAHRO member
GET ON SEAN’(S)TEAM!!
Awards & Activities
NAHRO Fellow
Past President of SERC-NAHRO
Past President Kentucky Housing Association
Past Chair of SERC-NAHRO CR&D Committee
Three term member of NAHRO Board of Governors
Serves on NAHRO Strategic Planning, BECT & Fellows Committees
Past NAHRO member of Housing America, LegNet, Member Services, Professional Development, CR&D, Conference Planning and Nominating & Election Committees.
Vice Chair of the TAHRA THARMT Board 2015- Present
Knoxville Knox County CAC Community Leadership 2016
East TN Foundation Affordable Housing Trust Fund Advisory Board Member 2013-2020
Area 3 Workforce Development Board 2015-2016
Named by HUD as Kentucky’s Outstanding Large Housing Agency in 2006
Member of the Kentucky Housing Association Hall of Fame
Winner of NAHRO’s 2017 Emerging Leader Award
Three-time Rotary Paul Harris Fellow
Morristown Hamblen Imagination Library Advisory Council
Hamblen County Ready By 6 Advisory Council
Endorsements
Andy Rodriguez
Richie Herrington
Jacob Oglesby
Patti Webster
Rob Fredericks
Joseph D’Ascoli
Karina Rorris
Clif Martin
Bobby Collins
Anna Judge
Shaunte Evans
Sally Stang
Lisa Stevens
Sarah VanCleve
Chonda Tapley
Dara Lee
Ailrick Young
Jennifer Keough
Ivory Mathews
Lucille Boss
Gail Sansbury
Johnny Johnson
Duane Hopkins
Dannie Walker
Yvonda Bean
Frank Aggazio
Ed Primm
Kenard Randolph
Zulieka Boykin
Tim Kitts
Jim Payne
Jo Alred
Mark Reid
Pam Bratcher
Tommy Holliman, JR
Ginger Bohanon
Christi Billings
Bobbie Jarrett
Jeff Patrick
Mike Miller
Maria Catron
Sabrina Woodard
Shauna Boom
Mike Turner
Jesse Norwood
Natalie Dixon
Stephen Parker
Lisa Bonadio
Lori Everette
Gena Burden
Peggy Horton
Ron Jones
Mike Sweet
Gail Clark
Beverly Barber
Faye Dodd
Ross Dodson
Helen Werby
Patrick Johnson
Peggy Rice
Marsha Parham-Green
Bob Peterson
Alvin Jones
Brenda Young
Brian Powers
Jeff Green
Russell Nast
Becky Sue Mercer
Ruth Bass
Janice Fowler
Tina Akers-Brown
Cynthia Boyl
Austin Simms
Stormy Parsons
Stephanie Wright
Kathy Dunn
Elizabeth Little
Latoya Nix
Sean Vandiver
Gary Woods
Beryl Pitre
Gary Grizzard
Candice Drake
James Cox
Fermika Smith
Rebecca Wolfe
Melanie Nunley
Donnie S. Carter
Bonita S. White
Tiffany Askew
Linda T. White
Ed White
Edna Felder
Leon Holloway
Charlene Wilson
Greg Partman
Tara Smith
Rebecca Cole
Martin Andrews
Carmen Maniak
Sandra M. Strozier
Felicia Grandison
Angela G. Williams
Gale Gould
Maria Hatch
Kevin Jones
Sherrie Samples
Shanicki Burton
Cindy Harrington
Marie Harris
Diane Couch
Brenda Honeycutt
Laurence Barron
DeWayne Alford
Brooks Page
Rita Redolfi
M. Jason Spencer
Belinda Harness
Beth Brown
Erica Bobo
Douglas Freeman
Richard Lindsey
Stephen Burchett
Jewell Howard
Johnny Brown
Clemen Johnson
Felicia Jackson
Ron Abernathy
LaQuita M. Jones
Don Vares
Shannon Young
Anthony Sawyer
Randee Wiggins
Frank Alexander
Debbie Maness
Mathew Cox
Alanda Richardson
Terri Holt
Joyce Wolen
Jan Piersol
Marguerite Austin
Connie Howard
Jean Stewart
Faith M. Brodie
Genelle Alexander
Shannon Biggs
Reta Thomas
Susan Minor
Constance Brimm
Shana Demby
Heather McNair
Julius Howard
Mikalah Stewart
Harry Howe
Adrian Lowery
Lawrence Wolford
Terri Lloyd
Paulette Palmer
Geraldine Faulk
Charlie Harrington
Keith Langdon
Arthur Anderson
James Magazine
Mike Rabun
Bill Flood
Angela Childers
Talmadge Smart
Peiare Adderley
Ricardo Gilmore
Steven Sides
Mark Taylor
Thomas Rowe
Mary Mayrose
Rhonda Mitchell
Dan Ouellette
Erik A. Berg
Carrie Hiltner
Patti Preston
Gary Allsup
Wayne Pollard
Brooke Etie
TY Lewick
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Regional Endorsements:
NERC-NAHRO
NCRC- NAHRO
MARC-NAHRO
PNRC-NAHRO
PSWRC-NAHRO
SERC- NAHRO
Chapter Endorsements:
Kentucky Housing Association
Tennessee Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials
Idaho NAHRO
Georgia Association of Housing & Redevelopment Authorities
Mississippi Association of Housing & Redevelopment Officials
Kansas NAHRO
Arkansas NAHRO
Professional Code of Conduct
Every NAHRO individual member or associate, allied individual member, and those certified through one of NAHRO’s Credentialing programs, must live and work by NAHRO’s Code of Professional Conduct.