Key CPD Staff
Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development
Code
D
D
D
FAX
Title
Assistant Secretary for CPD
Name
Vacant
Room
7100
Phone
202-708-2690
General Deputy Assistant Secretary
Cliff Taffet
Bio
7100
202-708-2690
Comptroller
Assistant Secretary Facsimile Machine
Vacant
-7100
-202-708-3336
Name
Lori Michalski
Bio
Room
7228
Phone
202-402-3921
Name
Renee Ryles
Glenda Williams
Room
7154
7154
Phone
202-402-4609
202-402-4515
202-708-5446
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
Code
DO
Title
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations
Office of Field Management
Code
DOF
DOF
FAX
Title
Director
Deputy Director
Office of Field Management Facsimile Machine
7152
Office of Policy Development and Coordination
Code
DOP
Title
Director
Name
Steven Washington
Room
7140
Phone
202-402-4142
Office of Technical Assistance and Management
Code
DOT
DOTB
DOTD
DOTM
DOTT
FAX
Title
Director
Director, Budget Division
Director, Systems Development and Evaluation
Division
Director, Management Division
(Administrative Officer)
Director, Technical Assistance Division
Management Division Facsimile Machine
Name
David Enzel
Lisa Abell
Valerie D. Coleman
Room
7228
7236
Phone
202-402-5557
202-402-8130
7224
202-402-4389
Edward Turner
7230
202-402-4440
Stephanie Stone
7218
7230
202-402-7418
202-708-4275
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Development
Code
DE
DE
Title
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic
Development
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Economic Development
Name
Room
--
Phone
--
Vacant
--
--
Name
Danielle Arigoni
Room
7132
Phone
202-402-3097
Name
Jackie Williams
Vacant
Room
7240
-7240
Phone
202-708-2290
-202-708-7543
Name
Ann Oliva
Room
7244
Phone
202-402-4300
Name
Rita Flegel
Ben Ayers
Room
7248
7248
Phone
202-708-1934
202-708-1934
Name
Norman Suchar
Tonya Proctor
Brian Fitzmaurice
Karen Deblasio
Lisa Hill
Room
7262
7262
7266
7266
7266
7262
Phone
202-402-5015
202-402-5697
202-402-4080
202-402-4773
202-402-5183
202-401-0053
Vacant
Office of Economic Development
Code
DOR
Title
Director
Office of Rural Housing and Economic Development
Code
DED
DED
FAX
Title
Director
Deputy Director
Office of Economic Development Facsimile Machine
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs
Code
DN
Title
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs
Office of HIV/AIDS Housing
Code
DNH
DNH
Title
Director
Supervisory Housing Specialist
Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs
Code
DNS
DNS
DNSC
DNSP
DNSS
FAX
Title
Director
Deputy Director
Director, Community Assistance Division
Director, Program Coordinator & Analysis Division
Director, State Assistance Division
Office of Special Needs Assistance
Programs Facsimile Machine
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs
Code
DG
Title
Name
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs (Acting) Stan Gimont
Room
7204
Phone
202-708-2111
Name
Virginia Sardone
Peter Huber
Vashawn Banks
Henrietta Owusu
William Rudy
Room
7164
7164
7164
7158
7164
7160
Phone
202-708-2684
202-708-2684
202-402-4614
202-402-4998
202-402-4635
202-708-1744
Name
Jessie Handforth
Kome
Tennille Parker
Room
7286
Phone
202-708-3587
7272
202-708-3587
Steve Johnson
Paul Webster
Vacant
James Hoemann
7282
7180
-7184
7282
7180
202-708-1577
202-402-4563
-202-402-5716
202-401-2044
202-708-1798
Name
Danielle Schopp
Vacant
Marcel Tchaou
Barbara Britton
Room
7212
-7212
Phone
202-402-4442
-202-402-7077
202-402-2606
Office of Affordable Housing Programs
Code
DGH
DGH
DGHF
DGHP
DGHR
FAX
Title
Director
Deputy Director
Director, Financial and Information Services Division
Director, Program Policy Division
Director, Relocation and Real Estate Division
Office of Affordable Housing Programs
Facsimile Machine
Office of Block Grant Assistance
Code
DGB
Title
Director (Acting)
DGBD
Director, Disaster Recovery and Special
Issues Division
Director, Entitlement Communities Division
Director, Financial Management Division
Director, States and Small Cities Division
Deputy Director, States and Small Cities Division
Entitlement Communities Division Facsimile Machine
Financial Management Division Facsimile Machine
DGBE
DGBF
DGBS
DGBS
FAX
FAX
Office of Environment and Energy
Code
DPV
DPV
DPVP
DPVR
Title
Director
Deputy Director
Director, Environmental Planning Division
Director, Environmental Review Division
7212
Biographies
Cliff Taffet, General Deputy Assistant Secretary
Mr. Taffet joined HUD in August 1991, and now serves as the
Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Community Planning
and Development. Mr. Taffet also carries the responsibilities of
General Deputy Assistant Secretary (GDAS) for CPD which
includes the management and operation of the Office of
Community Planning and Development and its programs, including
the Community Development Block Grant program, the HOME
Investment Partnerships Program, and the Department’s homeless
assistance programs. Previously, Mr. Taffet was the Director of the
Office of Affordable Housing Programs, the Director of the Disaster
Recovery Division in the Office of Block Grant Assistance, and the
Director of the Shelter Plus Care and Section 8 SRO programs in
the Office of Special Needs Assistance Programs, all in CPD.
Before coming to HUD, Mr. Taffet served with the City of
Jacksonville, Florida's Department of Housing for 10 years where
he administered the City's various rehabilitation loan programs, and
was project manager for a 754-unit public housing demolition /
redevelopment effort. Mr. Taffet received his B.A from the City
College of New York and his M.P.A. from the University of North
Florida.
Lori Michalski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, CPD
Ms. Michalski joined HUD in August 2003 and currently serves
as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Operations, Office of
Community Planning & Development (CPD). In her current role,
Ms. Michalski provides operational support to all program
offices in the Office of Community Planning and Development
for hiring and recruiting, consultative services, human capital
programs, systems and technology, labor relations, facilities,
budget and continuous process improvement. Additionally, Ms.
Michalski provides oversight of CPD field operations, as well as
CPD’s technical assistance program and audit resolution and
closeout functions. Prior to joining CPD, Ms. Michalski served
as the Deputy Assistant for Housing Operations where she was
responsible for helping to establish a quality organization in
HUD, promoting the use of Lean Methodology and workflow
automation as continuous improvement techniques.
Ms. Michalski has worked for HUD in a variety of positions,
including Special Assistant to the FHA Commissioner for
Continuous Improvement, Director, Office of Management, and
Director, Organizational Policy, Planning and Analysis Division.
Ms. Michalski previously worked as a Management and
Program Analyst for the Office of the Inspector General for the
Department of Transportation (DOT) and in the U.S. Postal
Service (USPS) as a Marketing Analyst and an Operations
Specialist. Having worked in the USPS for almost 10 years, her
responsibilities covered a variety of assignments, from
marketing to retail to operations.
Ms. Michalski holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Strayer
University in Virginia and graduated with honors as Summa Cum
Laude.