People:
Manuel J. Muelle
Manuel Muelle is responsible for the Network's membership meetings, member services, expanding peer exchange efforts, and the International Housing Partnership, a collaborative of Network members and leading affordable housing organizations in the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Prior to joining the Network staff in 1999, Mr. Muelle was director of community development at the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP), where he was in charge of homeownership, resident resources and homeless assistance programs.
Among other areas of responsibility at MBHP, from 1994 to 1997 Mr. Muelle managed planning and administrative services for the National Association of Housing Partnerships - which later became the Housing Partnership Network - and developed and administered the Housing Counseling Program. He also worked in real estate marketing and business development in Lisbon, Portugal for seven years before returning to the United States in 1987 and beginning his nonprofit housing career.
Mr. Muelle completed his undergraduate studies at Saint Louis University and the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, majoring in Political Science and Spanish Literature, and has done professional coursework in property management and real estate development finance.