Richard j. henken
Richard Henken officially joined the Schochet Companies as its Executive Vice President in 1997, after having been affiliated with, and an advisor to the company for more than a decade. In 2004, Mr. Henken became President of Schochet Companies including Schochet Development, Schochet Investments, and Schochet Property Management. Since joining the company Mr. Henken has been responsible for closing transactions with a total value in excess of $500 million, including the acquisition and preservation as affordable of over 2,800 apartments in sixteen developments.
Mr. Henken earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Economics from Tufts University, and a Master of Science degree in Management, with concentrations in Marketing and Finance, from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Prior to joining The Schochet Companies, Mr. Henken was a marketing and strategy consultant to Fortune 500 companies and held senior marketing positions in the financial services and consumer packaged goods industries.
Mr. Henken sits on several Boards of Directors, including the Catholic Schools Foundation Inner City Scholarship Fund where he chairs the Advancement Committee and is past President; the Rental Housing Association of Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) where he is past President and past chair of the Affordable Housing Committee, and currently serves as Chairman of GBREB; Hebrew Senior Life, where he chairs its Senior Living Committee; the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University; Jewish Family Services of Metrowest; Newlease for the Homeless; and Discovering Justice. He is a member of the Economics Advisory Board of the Tufts Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Dover (MA) Housing Partnership.
Rick is the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award of the Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; the 2012 recipient of the Retirement Housing Foundation Friend of the Elderly Award; and the 2012 recipient of the B'nai B'rith Housing Distinguished Achievement Award.
Mr. Henken earned Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Economics from Tufts University, and a Master of Science degree in Management, with concentrations in Marketing and Finance, from the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Prior to joining The Schochet Companies, Mr. Henken was a marketing and strategy consultant to Fortune 500 companies and held senior marketing positions in the financial services and consumer packaged goods industries.
Mr. Henken sits on several Boards of Directors, including the Catholic Schools Foundation Inner City Scholarship Fund where he chairs the Advancement Committee and is past President; the Rental Housing Association of Greater Boston Real Estate Board (GBREB) where he is past President and past chair of the Affordable Housing Committee, and currently serves as Chairman of GBREB; Hebrew Senior Life, where he chairs its Senior Living Committee; the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University; Jewish Family Services of Metrowest; Newlease for the Homeless; and Discovering Justice. He is a member of the Economics Advisory Board of the Tufts Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Dover (MA) Housing Partnership.
Rick is the recipient of the 2011 Distinguished Service Award of the Tufts University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; the 2012 recipient of the Retirement Housing Foundation Friend of the Elderly Award; and the 2012 recipient of the B'nai B'rith Housing Distinguished Achievement Award.
Kate racer
Kate Racer is an associate director of the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (formerly the Executive Office of Communities and Development). Since 1991, her primary responsibility has been oversight of the Department’s Division of Housing Development. When Kate assumed her position in 1991, the Department administered just two programs in support of privately-owned affordable housing: the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and the Housing Innovations Fund. Over time, Kate and several terrific co-workers helped design and implement ten additional affordable housing programs enacted by the Massachusetts Legislature and multiple governors. The Division of Housing Development now allocates over $34 million in federal and state credits each year -- credits that generate over $210 million in equity. The Division also awards about $100 million annually in state bond funds. In total, over the last two decades, the Division has funded approximately 90,000 units in affordable housing projects, both rental and homeownership. Prior to assuming her current position at DHCD, Kate was director of the state’s affordable homeownership program and special assistant to the Governor’s Cabinet Secretary for housing. Kate has learned from many governors that public service is a responsibility, but also a privilege. She also has learned that any recognition she receives belongs as well to other hard-working public servants at DHCD and to hundreds of participants in the Massachusetts housing delivery system.
A Minnesota native, Kate is a graduate of Carleton College with a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. Kate taught middle school and high school for ten years in Chicago and New York before moving to Boston and joining a development company specializing in Section 8 substantial rehabilitation projects.
A Minnesota native, Kate is a graduate of Carleton College with a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. Kate taught middle school and high school for ten years in Chicago and New York before moving to Boston and joining a development company specializing in Section 8 substantial rehabilitation projects.