Judith Kennedy

Judy and her husband are only the third owners of their 1903 home on Newark Street, where they have lived for 35 years. She is past president of the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders, representing private capital lending and investing in low- and moderate-income communities.

Judy testified frequently on Capitol Hill and before U.S. bank regulators on housing finance and community development. She served on the regulators' Minority Depository Institutions Advisory Committee, the Treasury/HUD Task Force on Predatory Lending, the Fannie Mae Advisory Committee, and the boards of the National Housing Conference and Women in Housing and Finance.

Earlier in her career, Judy worked for Sallie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Congressional Banking Committees, the White House Commission on Housing, and HUD.