Kevin Donnelly is Executive Director and Chief Advocacy Officer of RETTC. Before launching RETTC, Kevin served on NMHC’s Government Affairs team with responsibility for representing the interests of the multifamily industry before Congress and federal agencies focusing on technology, connectivity, risk management and their intersection with housing policy. Kevin was a part of NMHC’s Innovation and Technology team and led its Intelligent Buildings and Connectivity Committee and its Risk Management Working Group.
Kevin has spent over 20 years in the public policy and technology arenas at leading real estate trade associations and on Capitol Hill. Kevin received his BA from Rutgers University and his Masters in Public Management from Johns Hopkins University.
Daria Dudzinski is the Director of Advocacy at RETTC, where she leads advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill and with federal policymakers to advance industry interests. She focuses on the intersection of real estate technology and business operations.
Prior to joining RETTC, she managed grassroots advocacy as a part of the National Association of REALTORS’ political team. Daria also served on the National Multifamily Housing Council’s government affairs team for seven years. She supported legislative work with a focus on technology, data security and privacy, emergency preparedness, and housing affordability. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from American University.
Julianne Goodfellow is Head of Community and Policy of RETTC, with primary responsibility for data privacy, technology, property operations and regulatory reform from both an industry and federal policy perspective. In addition to her federal government affairs work, Julianne spearheads strategic initiatives including NMHC’s Diversity & Inclusion Initiative, a comprehensive effort to advance diversity and inclusion for the multifamily housing industry.
Previously, Julianne served as legislative assistant and district representative to Congressman Bill Delahunt. She also served as legislative director for a Massachusetts state representative. Julianne holds a Bachelor of Arts from the College of the Holy Cross.
Rick Haughey spent the last decade or so as the Vice President of Industry Technology Initiatives at NMHC. In the newly created position back in 2012, he was given the dream job of heading up the NMHC technology initiative as the apartment industry was in the midst of a rapid expansion of technology at the enterprise and property level. With the amazing NMHC team, he grew the NMHC Operations and Technology Conference into what is known today as just OPTECH, the premier multifamily technology conference.
Over the years, Rick envisioned and created new member-driven operations and technology committees and created numerous landmark surveys and reports all designed to help the apartment industry move forward in our new tech and innovation-enabled world.
Rick views RETTC as the exciting culmination of years of work and progress by NMHC and is happy to cap off his career serving as a Senior Advisor to the stellar team leading RETTC.
Jessica Kuney is the Administrative and Program Coordinator for RETTC. Prior to joining RETTC, Jessica has spent most of her working career supporting her colleagues in the meetings departments of trade-associations within the Washington, DC area. More recently, she transitioned to the administrative side where she brings her excellent organizational, process-management, strategic planning, communications, and relationship management skills to the table. Jessica provides top-notch customer service with a keen ability to produce the best possible results with limited resources.
Jessica holds a B.A. from American University where she studied English Literature. She lives in Washington, DC with her cat, Mishka. Jessica loves sunshine, cocktails and shopping. In her free time, you can find her escaping DC getting out on the hiking trails or exploring new towns.
Lori Reeves in an “Industry Veteran” with over 30 years’ experience working on all aspects of technology in the multifamily industry. Lori spent most of her career at Forest City Residential (bought by Brookfield) as VP of Strategic Business Services and CIO where she led teams like Building Technology Services, Telecomm and Ancillary Income Services, Energy Services, and all IT Services departments.
After Forest City she joined the startup leadership team that formed Rose Community Management, for Jonathan Rose Companies, where she led Information Technology, Ancillary Income, Marketing, and Procurement. She has also spent time at The Related Companies, MRI Software, and Redwood Living.
Lori has worked with all types of housing from affordable to market rate and most every type in between – HUD and LIHTC, Military Housing, Mixed-Use, Senior Housing, Student Housing – and all of the associated software. Lori has been working as a Senior Advisor for NMHC since early 2023 focusing on the RETTC organization.
Sarah Yaussi
Head of Strategic Partnerships and Member Engagement
Sarah Yaussi brings over a decade of experience to her role as Head of Strategic Partnerships and Member Engagement at the Real Estate Technology & Transformation Center (RETTC).
With 12 years at the National Multifamily Housing Council, she has excelled in producing engaging content for websites, member communications, and industry publications. Sarah has been pivotal in tech and innovation initiatives, contributing to the OPTECH event and fostering collaboration between housing providers, tech innovators, and researchers. An avid advocate for advancing the rental housing industry, she has co-led influential projects like the Disruption report and the NMHC Rent Payment Tracker.
Sarah holds a B.A. in English from Colgate University and a Masters in Journalism from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Fun fact: she also served as editor of the now-defunct Big Builder magazine, catering to top home builders.
