{"id":26590,"date":"2022-03-28T14:53:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-28T18:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nahro.org\/?post_type=news&p=26590"},"modified":"2022-03-28T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T18:53:46","slug":"nahro-honors-ivory-mathews-with-advocacy-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.nahro.org\/news\/nahro-honors-ivory-mathews-with-advocacy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NAHRO Honors Ivory Mathews with Advocacy Award\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Ivory Mathews, NAHRO’s 2022 Advocacy Award Winner<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 The National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) has honored Ivory Mathews, executive director of Home Forward, with this year\u2019s Advocacy Award, which recognizes outstanding and innovative achievements in the arena of legislative advocacy. The award was presented March 28 during NAHRO\u2019s online Washington Conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathews was recently named the executive director of Home Forward, based in Portland, Ore. Mathews has more than 20 years of experience leading affordable housing agencies and housing authorities, including serving as the chief executive officer of nonprofit Columbia Housing in South Carolina.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mathews is the Vice Chair of NAHRO\u2019s Legislative Network Advisory Committee and prior to her joining she became an inaugural Congressional Contact when NAHRO launched the initiative in spring 2021. Using her strong advocacy leadership, Mathews made significant contributions to NAHRO\u2019s August Advocacy Month in 2021 with her then-agency Columbia Housing sending the highest number of advocacy letters of any agency. She also testified in November 2019 at a Senate hearing on \u201cExamining Bipartisan Bills to Promote Affordable Housing Access and Safety.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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