Haley Meisenholder and Nina Ricci
By Joshua Burd
Affordable housing developer and consulting firm Rockabill has added two vice presidents to its Hoboken-based team.
In a news release, the firm said Haley Meisenholder joins its ranks to support its growing supportive and purpose-built shelter practice. Prior to joining Rockabill, she was a senior project manager with the New York-based nonprofit HELPDevCo, where she focused on the development and construction of affordable and supportive housing in the Northeast.
Meisenholder also brings public-sector experience to Rockabill, having served as a deputy director within the New York City Department of Homeless Services’ Capacity and Planning division, the news release said. Additionally, she has worked with Neighborhood Restore HDFC on the preservation of affordable homeownership within New York City.
Prior to moving to the tristate area, Meisenholder worked with Housing Matters, a nonprofit in Santa Cruz, California, to create pathways out of homelessness and into permanent housing, Rockabill said. She also served in AmeriCorps and University of Oregon’s Resource Assistance for Rural Environments Program in Pendleton, Oregon, working on rural city planning issues.
Meisenholder holds a master of city planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s in urban studies and planning from San Francisco State University.
Nina Ricci, who also joins Rockabill as a vice president, will support the structuring and underwriting of affordable housing developments throughout New York State, the news release said. She is a former director of the Extremely Low and Low-Income Affordability Program at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, where she originated more than $600 million in loans for new affordable housing projects serving low- and moderate- income New Yorkers.
During her time at HPD, Ricci aided in the financing and construction of more than 9,000 affordable homes. She holds a bachelor’s in sociology from Goucher College in Baltimore.
