By Joshua Burd
Affordable housing developer and consulting firm Rockabill has named a new vice president after a promotion on its Hoboken-based team.
In her new post, Rebekah Taft will oversee transactions ranging from the preservation and construction of supportive housing to the rehabilitation of shelters. The promotion comes 18 months after she joined Rockabill, having led projects such as the $38 million transformation of an illegal Upper West Side hotel into permanent supportive housing in partnership with Goddard Riverside Community Center, along with the $20 million preservation of New York City’s first supportive housing project with St. Francis Friends of the Poor.
“Over the past year and a half, Rebekah has become an invaluable member of our team,” said Katie Devine, a principal with Rockabill. “Through her work with Rockabill’s nonprofit clients, Rebekah has demonstrated her commitment to innovative, equitable community development. Small or large, new construction or preservation, Rebekah takes a proactive, solutions-focused approach to every project, and is clearly dedicated to improving the quality and supply of affordable and supportive housing in the tristate area.”
Prior to joining Rockabill, Taft was a senior project manager at Neighborhood Restore HDFC, a New York-based nonprofit focused on transitioning properties from financial and physical abandonment to responsible third-party ownership.
