URHA Staff

MAIN OFFICE - (541) 429-7920

Administration

	Brook Kristovich, Housing Director (541) 429-7925	Provides oversight to the housing programs and services. Designs long-term, innovative strategies to maintain existing programs and housing needs as well as future quality and green housing endeavors. Chair, Northwest Indian Housing Association.
	Josh Franken, Housing Services Manager (541) 429-7935	Provides management, human resources and internal operations to the URHA Housing Services. Responsible to know each housing program, policy and legislation, HUD reporting and compliance, conveyance issues, legal issues, admissions, income certification, Indian Housing Plans (IHP) and Annual Performance Reviews (APR) and oversight of programs.
	Celeste Insko, Asset and Finance Manager B.S., CPA exam passed (541) 429-7924	Celeste processes payroll, pays bills, and provides financial reporting which includes financial audits, grant reporting, payroll reporting and financial statements. She prepares budgets and ensures that they are adhered to. She oversees all financial aspects of housing, oversees the assets of housing, and ensures that all assets are adequately protected against theft, loss or misuse.
	Kenny Mitchell, Accounting Technician B.S., 5 years’ experience (541) 429-7929	Assists Asset and Finance Manager with accounts payable, journal entries, payroll, work order tracking, purchase orders and reconciling accounts, along with other accounting and audit duties.

Development

Todd Rothrock (541) 429-7931

 

Resident Services

	Paula Post, Resident Services Project Leader (541) 429-7930	Responsible for all duties related to Admissions and Occupancy and schedules application appointments, takes housing eligibility applications, certifies eligibility, maintains waiting lists according to URHA and HUD policies, updates waiting lists monthly, sends notices to all applicants regarding their status, provides information to all interested applicants. Is developing innovative strategies to meet occupancy into rental units targets and case-manage families toward goals of self-sufficiency.
	Pamela Fisher (541) 429-7937
	Colleen Chance (541) 429-7928

Homeownership

	Marcus Luke II, Home Counselor, 10 years of experience, degree in progress (541) 429-7926	Marcus works with families on getting into mortgages. Since he has gone through the process personally, he is aware of the technicalities and works to bridge more Native families into homes by teaching saving and credit fundamentals, which is a life changing experience. If you are interested in taking the financial literacy classes, please call.
	Pamela Ranslam, Mortgage Specialist B.S., 10+ years’ experience in mortgage/lending (541) 429-7932	Pam provides the Financial / Home Education classes. She works with Tribal members interested in getting a home through the mortgage process by helping to determine the amount of home they can afford, working with lenders on preapprovals, explaining loan documents and attending loan closings with Tribal members. Pam has extensive knowledge of various mortgage opportunities on the reservation, mainly HUD Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program. She manages the Umatilla Builds Site Development IDA program for home construction and is willing to answer questions anyone has on mortgages.

Maintenance & Special Projects

		James “Jimmy” Clark, Manager (541) 429-7922 Leo “Oly” Daniels, Repairer Not Pictured: Penny Bott
		Anthony “Tony” Lavadour, Repairer Kristopher “KC” Picard, Special Projects
		Not Pictured: Penny Bott, Procurement Officer (541) 429-7921 She oversees emergency housing repairs for homes through funds provided by CTUIR.