Ms. Stepter has twenty years of experience managing various housing programs. Currently, she holds the position of Housing Programs Manager for the City of Anaheim. Her responsibilities include overseeing several federal programs including the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and the HOME Investment Partnership Program. These programs provide resources that are used to address varying housing and infrastructure and can be leveraged with other public and private resources to address community needs.
Ms. Stepter has a wealth of budgeting, grant writing and program management experience. She has worked for both large and small housing programs. She spent the first nine years of her career at the Housing Authority of the County of Los Angeles (HACoLA)/Community Development Commission (LACDC), a program that serves over 20,000 families. At HACoLA/CDC, she oversaw various functions including staff training, quality control, fraud prevent and budget development and monitoring. She was also responsible for the implementation of several programs to address the housing needs of special needs populations including the first several Shelter Plus Care grants awarded to HACoLA. Her last position with HACoLA/CDC was that of Intergovernmental Relations Manager. Ms. Stepter later joined Quadel Consulting Corporation. While with Quadel, she was the Managing Director for the Housing Choice Voucher Program at the Memphis Housing Authority (MHA) and was responsible for the daily oversight of the program, assisted with HOPE VI related tenant relocation efforts and was involved in administering the Katrina Disaster Housing Assistance Program (KDHAP). In this position, she led the team that transformed the MHA program from “Troubled” to a “High Performer”, both designations defined and awarded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to Public Housing Authorities (PHAs).
Ms Stepter earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of California at San Diego. She is affiliate with various industry related organizations and currently holds the position of Secretary for the Pacific Southwest Region Chapter of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Organizations (PSWRC-NAHRO).