Amy joined United Housing’s team in 2018 with a vision to carry on the organization’s legacy of providing economic self-sufficiency, increase financing options for families and build new homes in Memphis market. With a master’s in urban anthropology from the University of Memphis, and a wealth of knowledge gained by her previous work in community development and at the Tennessee Housing and Development Agency to guide her, Amy has brought United into its 29th year by helping over 3,000 individuals find their dream of homeownership and financial stability. Amy sits on the board of the Community Redevelopment Agency, BLDG Memphis, National NeighborWorks Association, and advisory council for Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati. Amy is involved with the local music community. She is a producer with the Sonosphere podcast and volunteer programmer at WYXR 91.7 FM.

Ms. Austin is the President/CEO of the Works, Inc, twenty-one, year old community development corporation. The Works, Inc (TWI) is the developer of single-family and multifamily properties in distressed neighborhoods. TWI is also the sponsor of an elementary charter school; runs a farmers’ market and green grocer; provides nutrition education; operates a mortgage loan fund; and does work around the comprehensive needs of children and families. Ms. Austin is an outspoken and tireless advocate for the underserved in Memphis neighborhoods. She has spent her entire career developing hundreds of units of affordable housing; helping thousands of homeowners avoid foreclosure; eliminating blighted conditions; advocating policy change for equitable practices. She earned her M.A. in Urban Anthropology at the University of Memphis and her undergraduate degree at Middlebury College. Ms. Austin is the Treasurer of the Memphis Fourth Estate (The Daily Memphian). She is also a member of the Board of Directors Methodist Healthcare Foundation and Urban Renaissance Partners. She serves on the management committee of the Urban Land Institute Memphis Chapter and as the local Chair of Mission Advancement.

Nando is a Principal in LRK's Philadelphia office. An architect and urbanist with more than 30-plus years of experience in transforming our country's cities through the design of vital, sustainable districts and neighborhoods, his award-winning work ranges from city-wide urban design plans like Omaha by Design, to waterfront districts in cities as diverse as Philadelphia, Nashville, Wilmington (DE), Camden and Trenton (NJ). One of his hallmark visioning projects is the 2008 Civic Vision for the Central Delaware Riverfront in Philadelphia, which has received national awards of excellence from ASLA, AIA, APA and CNU. His district projects include suburban smart growth strategies, transit-oriented development, brownfields redevelopment plans, green infrastructure planning, and urban infill projects. As one of the nation's leading designers of mixed-income multi-family communities, Nando’s experience in planning and architecture—totaling nearly 10,000 new homes—in cities such as Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Jersey City, Kansas City, Louisville, New Orleans, Oakland, Philadelphia, San Antonio, and Seattle. An Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania since 1996, Nando leads second year planning studios focused on urban design and housing. His recent studio topics included social housing in Toronto, growth pressures in the Bakken oil and gas region of North Dakota, and resiliency and housing development in cities in Colombia. Nando has also served as design studio juror for architecture programs at Boston Architectural Center, Columbia, Drexel, Harvard, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Roger Williams, and Temple.