Ed Rosenthal, as vice president of the Enterprise National Rural and Native American Initiative, directs all of Enterprise’s rural housing development activities nationwide, with a focus on Native American and farmworker housing issues as well as rural multifamily and single-family housing preservation. Ed received his law degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C., where he helped numerous tenant organizations convert their apartment buildings into affordable housing cooperatives.
Katie Swenson oversees National Design Initiatives for Enterprise Community Partners, Inc., directing the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute and the Enterprise Rose Architectural Fellowship, nurturing a new generation of community architects through hands-on experience and high-impact projects. Katie founded the Charlottesville Community Design Center and led an acclaimed international design competition recounted in Growing Urban Habitats: Seeking a New Housing Development Model, co-authored by Katie with William Morrish and Susanne Schindler. Katie holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from UC-Berkeley and a Masters of Architecture from the University of Virginia.
Trisha Miller, as Deputy Director of the Enterprise Green Communities Initiative, focuses on leveraging private and public investment in green affordable housing development and sustainable building practices across the country. As a Skadden Fellow in 2004, Trisha directed the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights’ Community Development Initiative, and launched a pro bono network of over 100 attorneys after Hurricane Katrina to provide direct legal assistance to disaster survivors. Trisha received a Master’s in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a law degree from Stanford Law School.
Russ Kaney, as Deputy Director for Enterprise National Rural and Native American Initiative, manages key developer relationships across the country on behalf of the organization. Formerly a senior project manager for the Enterprise Community Investment syndication unit, Russ was deeply involved with transactions involving the low-income housing tax credit. Russ received his real estate education at the University of Illinois and the University of Maryland. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in South America.
Rose Marquez is program officer for the Enterprise National Rural and Native American Initiative. An enrolled tribal member and current resident of Ohkay Owingeh in Northern New Mexico, Rose has worked with the Native American program since 2004. She works closely with the American Indian Supportive Housing Initiative (AISHI) to focus on the need for supportive housing to tribal members.
