Howard is a graduate of the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and later, earned a Masters of Business Taxation degree at Golden Gate University. Howard is also a certified public accountant in the State of California. Utilizing this accounting and finance background, Howard has been working in the real estate industry for 10+ years with particular focus on the affordable housing industry. Currently, Howard is the Controller of the Housing Division at Century Housing Corporation, which is responsible for a 27-acre site in Long Beach serving veterans, special needs population and low-income residents as well as rapid developments in new construction and acquisition and rehabilitation projects in Southern California. Prior to his current role, Howard spent close to 10 years in public accounting at KPMG LLP and Novogradac & Company LLP providing auditing, tax and consulting services to its clients. Howard also had worked at The Walt Disney Company, American Realty Advisors and Highridge Costa Investors.
During his time at Novogradac, Howard developed a passion for real estate and affordable housing. It is often profound to him that his work from an accounting perspective is adding value and indirectly contributing to the community and giving a helping hand to those in need. Howard resides in San Marino and enjoys spending time with the family with two vibrant young boys aged 6 and 3. Howard is an occasional golfer and a sports fan (especially baseball and college basketball). Go GIANTS!!! With the Ross Program, Howard looks to build on his network of colleagues while expanding his horizon in other areas of real estate development. His ambition is to one day utilize the skillset acquire from this program to successfully identify and develop a project factoring fiscal policy impacts, socioeconomic impacts, project development, appropriate sources of project financing, and taking it from start to completion.
Email: hchan@centuryhousing.org