Greg Carter

Greg Carter, senior vice president, senior credit products manager, commercial real estate banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, was recently elected the 2016 president of HomeAid Northern Virginia, following leadership service on HomeAid Northern Virginia's Board of Directors, and on HomeAid Chicago's board in 2004, when that chapter was just getting started.

Carter's appointment continues a long tradition for Bank of America: Since 2004, Bank of America has contributed more than $2 million to support HomeAid America and its 17 chapters. The company has also has been continuously represented on HomeAid Northern Virginia's Board of Directors since the organization was founded 15 years ago.  

"Bank of America has enjoyed a strong affiliation with HomeAid over the years," Carter said. "This opportunity to lead the Northern Virginia chapter in 2016 is a natural extension of the bank's history with HomeAid, but also an important continuation of service in my personal career, which for 31 years has been focused on financing real estate and the housing industry. I joined HomeAid Northern Virginia's board in 2011, shortly after moving back to the DC area and meeting with Mike Scheurer and Steve Alloy about their efforts here. I think very highly of HomeAid; there's so much energy here, and I'm proud to be involved."

Looking forward, Carter hopes to deploy HomeAid's financial resources and complete as many projects as possible.

"We have a strong balance sheet due to successful fundraising," he added, "so we will continue to leverage our resources and the partnerships of our Builder Captains and trade partners for another strong year. I'd love to see HomeAid complete another 10 to 12 projects in 2016."

Also serving on the 2016 executive committee are Brian Davidson, immediate past president; Jerry Berman, vice president/president-elect; Rick Cole, treasurer; and David Gill, secretary.

Hundreds of supporters turned out to celebrate the dedication and ribbon cutting of a new, 5,000 square foot girls' home, located on the campus of Youth For Tomorrow (YFT) in Bristow, Va. The $750,000 project, built by HomeAid, Builder Captain Stanley Martin Homes, and 90-plus trade partners, is one of the largest completed in HomeAid Northern Virginia's history and will allow YFT to expand its services to 36 more girls each year who are pregnant, young mothers, homeless, runaways or survivors of sex trafficking.

For the second year, HomeAid Northern Virginia is coordinating its "Picture Your Life" project, distributing disposable cameras to local shelter partners so that residents can voluntarily document their everyday lives by taking photographs over the course of one week. HomeAid has also distributed questionnaires to participants, giving them the opportunity to talk about what makes them happy, what they're afraid of, their biggest challenge, and where they see themselves in five years.

HomeAid first ran its "Picture Your Life" project last year, . . .

Baskets of donated household essentials, in a fully renovated townhome, await a mom and her two kids.

Members of the Northern Virginia Building Industry Association (NVBIA) started HomeAid Northern Virginia in 2001, and NVBIA 2016 President Mike Sandkuhler will also serve on HomeAid's Board of Directors this year. Find out why Sandkuhler, who first accepted a leadership position as vice president of NVBIA's Prince William chapter just two years ago, advocated so strongly to serve both organizations simultaneously.