Speaker Biography

John Hickman, Director, Finance and Operations, Catholic Housing Services

John Hickman is the Director of Finance and Operations for Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington, formerly known as the Archdiocesan Housing Authority (AHA) of Seattle. AHA was formed in 1979 to provide a wide range of housing and shelter services to low-income individuals and families. Since then AHA has grown to a multi-service agency managing an annual operating budget of over $20 million with more than 200 employees. AHA owns or manages more than 45 projects or programs with assets of over $180 million and more than 1800 units of affordable housing. It has developed a comprehensive management program to address both the complexities of serving extremely low-income households and serving the needs of tax credit investors, public funders and private lenders. In addition to developing projects for its own portfolio, AHA provides housing development consulting services to non-profit community based agencies.

John is responsible for the financial management of the agency, supervises property management, and is involved in the development of new projects. He has over 34 years of experience. Prior to joining AHA in 2000, John was the chief financial officer for two for-profit companies and was a CPA with Deloitte and Touche. In addition to his professional work he has been on the board of several faith based and social service organizations and is a spiritual director involved with Ignatian spirituality.