On January 23, 2026, the NAHT membership convened for its Annual Meeting, to vote on by-law changes and elect a new Board!
A total of 38 Voting Member Groups had joined NAHT and were invited to the Annual Meeting. The meeting was convened by Rana Jezzini, NAHT Board President, and staffed by the Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants (Michael Kane, Jason Lee and Cherai Mills). NAHT Board Secretary Sue Luke took the roll call to establish a quorum of 25 Voting Member Groups present on Zoom.
NAHT Board VP Stefen gave the Board report, how the current Board (Rana Jezzini, Sue Luke, Stefen and Venus Little) had maintained NAHT's legal status and integrity and secured resources from MAHT to staff NAHT going forward.
ByLaws Amendments. As the request of the Board, Michael Kane from Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants facilitated the vote on the Board's proposed ByLaw amendments. Sue Luke moved, seconded by Sherise Brown, to accept the Board's recommendation to restore the pre-2023 ByLaws. After brief discussion, Sue Luke moved to close discussion; this motion passed by the required 2/3 vote. The Membership then voted unanimously to restore the pre-2023 By-Laws, as amended and restated in 2018.
Sue Luke also moved, seconded by Charmaign Campbell, to adopt a second amendment recommended by the Board, to reduce the Notice requirement for Membership meetings, from 120 to 60 days. This amendment passed by unanimous voice vote.
Board Election. To prepare for the Boad election, the group reviewed What Is Expected of NAHT Board Members and a Map of 10 HUD Administrative Districts; Voting Member Groups could elect one or more Board Members, based on the number of groups current in dues in each District.
Members from Region I (New England) and Region II (New York/New Jersey) caucused separately; the remaining groups met in plenary session, to elect the following Representatives to the Board for 2026-2027:
Region I (New England)
Carmen Allen, Forbes Building TA, Boston
Kim Wilson, Glen Grove TA, Wellesley, MA
Region II (New York/New Jersey):
Yolanda Stokes, Zion Towers TA, Newark, NJ
Donna McGill, Brighton Towers TA, Syracuse, NY
Region III (Mid Atlantic):
Venus Little, Tyler House TA, Washington, DC
Region IV (The South):
Teresa Dunn, Mechanicsville Senior TA, Atlanta, GA
Region VIII (Mountain States):
Mari Temmer, Big Thompson Manor II Tenants Union, Loveland, CO
Region IX (California/NV/AZ/HI):
Stefen, Redwood Gardens TA, Berkeley, CA
Congratulations!
Next steps:
The newly elected NAHT Board will take office after a Board training and election of officers, at a Zoom meeting in the near future. Until then, the outgoing NAHT Board (Rana Jezzini, President; Stefen, VP//West; Sue Luke, Secretary; and Venus Little, VP/South) will govern the organization on an interim basis. MAHT will prepare a Board Training Manual and poll the new Board to pick dates for the Board training.
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