Meet Our Leadership Team
Michael Nguyen - President and CEO
Michael joined Atlantic Housing Foundation, Inc. in April, 2008 as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Michael has over 20 years experience as an executive in multifamily acquisition, development, rehabilitation, disposition and asset management. Prior to joining Atlantic Housing Foundation, Michael founded Cima Advisors, a real estate structured finance and asset management firm. Previously, Michael was a Partner at the Utley Group, a private equity firm with a key focus on multifamily acquisition and development. Before the real estate business, Michael was an investment banker specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, debt and equity placements. He was also a Principal with First Southwest Company in its corporate finance department and a Financial Analyst at Banque Paribas and Prudential-Bache in New York.
Michael holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree and MBA from the University of Texas.
Wil Saqueton - Chief Financial Officer
Wil has over 25 years of corporate financial management and public accounting experience, most recently in multi-unit services as the Chief Financial Officer of BRHACO, LLC dba Driver’s Edge, a full service automotive repair and maintenance company. Prior to BRHACO, he served as CFO of companies with multi-unit operations including Just Brakes with ~160 retail locations and SWS Environmental Services with ~25 service centers. He also served as CFO of TransAtlantic Petroleum, Ltd., a publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company. Prior to his CFO roles, Wil worked at Intel Corporation for 11 years in various operational finance roles ending as the strategic controller of the Chipset Division generating $4 billion of annual revenue. Wil began his career at Price Waterhouse in San Jose, California. He earned his certified public accountant license in California and holds a B.A. in Accounting from Santa Clara University and an MBA from the University of California, Davis.
Heather Baker - Assistant Director of Operations
Heather has over 15 years of experience in the multi-family industry, the entire length of which has been with Atlantic Housing Management. She began her career with AHM in a conventional housing community as a Leasing Consultant in 2008, and was promoted within a year to the Assistant Manager position. She eventually moved to a senior housing community in West Fort Worth, where she began working with low income housing, until she was promoted to Community Manager in late 2011 at a conventional community in East Fort Worth.
Prior to AHM, she worked in the automotive industry for 6 years supervising the Dealer Registration and Dealer Services department of the largest Auto Auction in the state of Texas.
Mary Jackson - Director of Operations
Mary Jackson is the Director of Property Management for Atlantic Housing Foundation. She oversees the daily operations of property management. She works closely with the executive team to set organizational priorities, continuously improving operational standards and establishing and maintaining policies and procedures. She is focused on delivering exceptional results through strategically developing plans for meeting and exceeding the expectation of the organization. She has more than 20 years of multifamily management expertise, her experience includes working with over 10,000 units throughout the nation. Her portfolio consists of conventional, HUD, tax credit, student housing, as well as, senior apartment communities.
Prior to joining Atlantic Housing Foundations, Mary held the position of Executive Vice President at LARC Community Development Group and Sr. Regional Director at McCormack Baron Management. During her tenure with those organizations, she built solid business relationships, mentored hundreds of associates, worked to stabilize and increased internal affordable operations, including HUD mortgage insurance, project-based Section 8, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, tax-exempt bond financing and public housing.
Mary currently serves on the board of trustees for the Community Outreach Center (COC) in Abbeville, S.C. COC focuses on low income youth and affordable housing initiatives. She graduated from South Carolina State University, where she earned a B.A. in Business Administration.
Damon Hartman - Information Technology
Damon has over 20 years of information technology and network administration experience in private, public and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining Atlantic Housing, Damon served as a Chief Pilot and Safety Manager for aviation companies based in the DFW area.
Damon graduated from Auburn University in 1994.
Kent Foster - Director of Development and Acquisitions
Kent joined Atlantic Housing in July, 2008. Kent has over 33 years experience in commercial real estate development, construction, asset management, leasing, disposition and account management. Kent has worked with Opus Corporation, Beck (HCB Contractors), Champion Partners and the Travelers Realty Investment Company. He has played an instrumental role in the sourcing, development and stabilization of a variety of project types including office, mixed-use, multi-family and industrial with an aggregate transaction value in excess of $1B. Kent holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas, is a past-Board member of the North Texas Commission and holds a Texas Real Estate License.
Shelia Maness - Director of Human Resources
Shelia joined Atlantic Housing Foundation, Inc. on May 6, 2019 as Human Resources Director.
Shelia possesses several years of progressive human resources experience that has spanned across multiple industries including Fortune 500 companies through to family-owned businesses within both the public and private sector. She has proven to be an agile, collaborative, results-oriented leader with a mind for continuous improvement.
Shelia’s multiple years of hands-on HR experience is complemented by a J.D. (law degree), a Master’s degree in Human Resources & Labor Industrial Relations, and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology all from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Heather Weathers - Director of Community Services
Heather Weathers joined Atlantic Housing in April 2021. She has more than 20 years of experience in the non-profit sector focused on developing, driving, and measuring the impact of community services and programs. She is a detail-oriented and creative professional with in-depth experience in creating and implementing strategies to improve community relations, program development, and communications functions in nonprofit organizations. She earned her Master’s in Journalism, Interactive Media from the University of Missouri as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from the University of Central Oklahoma. Heather lives in Dallas with her husband and two children.
Heather Weathers - Director of Community Services
Heather joined Atlantic Housing in April 2021. She has more than 20 years of experience in the non-profit sector focused on developing, driving, and measuring the impact of community services and programs. She is a detail-oriented and creative professional with in-depth experience in creating and implementing strategies to improve community relations, program development, and communications functions in nonprofit organizations. She earned her Master’s in Journalism, Interactive Media from the University of Missouri as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from the University of Central Oklahoma. Heather lives in Dallas with her husband and two children.
Bryan Market - Director of Construction
Bryan has 12 years of development, construction and various renovations oversight experience developing and creating complete neighborhoods with government Public-Private Partnerships in the Military Housing Privatization Initiative. His experience spans all phases in the life cycle of these projects representing the owner – procurement/contracting, initiation, planning, designing, execution, monitoring, controlling and closeout. He also managed professionals responsible for asset management, property management, facilities management, and recapitalization. Bryan has a combined 34 years working with government agencies inclusive of his U.S. Army career. Bryan holds a Bachelors from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a Master of Education from North Georgia College & State University.
Kent Foster - Director of Development and Acquisitions
Kent joined Atlantic Housing in July, 2008. Kent has over 33 years experience in commercial real estate development, construction, asset management, leasing, disposition and account management. Kent has worked with Opus Corporation, Beck (HCB Contractors), Champion Partners and the Travelers Realty Investment Company. He has played an instrumental role in the sourcing, development and stabilization of a variety of project types including office, mixed-use, multi-family and industrial with an aggregate transaction value in excess of $1B. Kent holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas, is a past-Board member of the North Texas Commission and holds a Texas Real Estate License.