Randy Johnson (Chair)
Randy Johnson Charter Member (2008 – present) Randy Johnson is the senior partner at the Natick-based Resolution Architects, whose primary emphasis is multi-family affordable housing. A registered architect since 1983, projects include the redevelopment of Salem Towers in Malden, MA, which received the nationally awarded Charles L. Edson Senior Housing Tax Credit Project of the Year. In addition to architecture, he has developed tax credit financed affordable housing in Worcester, MA. Mr. Johnson has an A.B. from Harvard College and a M. Arch from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Prior to serving on the Trust, he was a member of the Natick Conservation Commission for 19 years.
Jay Ball
Retired electrical engineer; long-time resident of Natick (62 years; ) Town Meeting Member (28 years); former Selectman (9 years); member of NAHTF since inception (12 years)
I love and want to preserve the diverse character of Natick: ergo, there must be housing available for people of diverse means to purchase.
Replacement of existing moderately-priced homes by $1M-plus houses is reducing income diversity, squeezing out homeowners of moderate means. It’s also burdening schools: bigger houses invite buyers with more kids, and an additional bedroom’s incremental RE taxes don’t begin to cover the educational costs (>$16K) of an additional child!
Also – kids who go to college, then want to return and live in the town where they grew up often can’t afford to live here! My kids couldn’t!
Ganesh Ramachandran
Ganesh Ramachandran AICP, LEED AP, is a Regional Planner and a Senior Project Manager at the Division of Capital Asset Management, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Period to public service, Ganesh has led wide range of award-winning urban design and planning initiatives in campus planning, citywide comprehensive plans, downtown revitalization plans, public housing redevelopment, and transit-oriented development in more than 30 towns and municipalities in the US, Middle East, China, and India. Ganesh co-chairs the Housing Committee for the Boston Society for Architecture.
Trained as an architect from National Institute of Technology, India, Ganesh has graduate degrees in Architecture, Urban Design, and Public Administration from the Ohio State University, University of California at Berkeley, and the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
Mary McGuire
Mary McGuire works at a non-profit agency, where her duties include advocating for policies that improve the quality of life for low-income people. She is a graduate of Yale College and received her law degree from Temple University. She and her husband moved to Natick in 2015, and have two children in the Natick Public Schools. Mary believes that creating and preserving affordable housing for low and moderate-income individuals and families adds to the richness of our community, strengthens the local economy, and ultimately benefits all Natick residents.
Greg Bazaz
Patti Sciarra is a CPA specializing in individual and small business tax and accounting services. She is a graduate of Bentley University with an undergraduate degree in accounting and a masters degree in taxation. She and her husband Julius have been residents of Natick since 1991 and raised two sons here. Her interest in diverse and affordable housing began after assisting a recent arrival to the U.S. find affordable housing. She was appointed to the Natick Affordable Housing Trust in 2018 and is using her financial skills to assist the trust in planning, budgeting and tracking project costs.
Glenn Kramer
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