REANA Consulting

As founder and President of REANA Consulting Inc, Kathleen Mertz brings over 20 years of hands-on experience to real estate and nonprofit administration consulting work for nonprofit and public sector clients. Kathleen has a deep commitment to place-based community development opportunities that move projects forward by providing additional capacit... y, technical knowledge, and strategic savvy: From cutting her teeth in project management and historic buildings as the federal Section 106 Compliance Coordinator at The Presidio of San Francisco; To honing her project management acumen on mixed income HUD and Low-Income Housing Tax Credit deals as Senior Project Manager and then Vice President for Real Estate Development for a national nonprofit; and To overseeing real estate, asset management, and community development programs as the Director of Housing and Community Development at a local public housing authority. As an affordable housing subject matter expert, Kathleen has presented at numerous conferences, including Housing California, the Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH), LeadingAge California, California Preservation Foundation, and National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO). Kathleen has a Bachelors of Arts in History from Lewis and Clark College, a Professional Certificate in Not-For-Profit Management and a Masters of Science in Historic Preservation from the University of Oregon. Her Masters Thesis, titled Affordable Housing in Historic Hotels: Enumerating the Economic, Environmental, and Social Benefits of Adaptive Use, fused her passions and launched her community development career. Kathleen volunteers as a Board Member and the Board Secretary for Great Age Movement, a Houston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to mobilizing communities by creating sustainable opportunities within social spaces that are purposeful to health, learning, and socialization for senior citizens.Read More