Founded in 1981 to address the affordable housing crisis in Westchester County, Westhab, Westchester”™s largest provider of housing and services for the homeless and its largest nonprofit developer of affordable and supportive housing made three promotions to its leadership team as announced by Richard Nightingale, president and CEO of Westhab.
Samantha Chiafalo of Stamford, Connecticut, has been promoted from director of asset management to assistant vice president of property and asset management. Nicholas Orluk of Ridgewood, Queens, has been promoted from program director to assistant vice president, and Gilbert Soto of Norwalk, Connecticut, has been promoted from program director to assistant vice president; both for New York City Shelter programs.
Ciafalo has over a decade of experience in real estate finance, development and management. She has successfully negotiated local property tax abatements and leased all of the apartments in Westhab”™s newly constructed Dayspring Commons.
Orluk oversees Westhab shelters in Queens and Brooklyn and assists in developing new shelter sites in that region. He has over a decade of experience in the New York City shelter system, including four years with Westhab.
Soto started as program director of the Willow Rapid Re-Housing Center in August 2019. He has nine years of experience with nonprofits and will be an integral part of the leadership team.
Since Westhab”™s founding, it has built 1,094 affordable housing units, moved 9,149 households from homelessness into affordable housing, placed 8,099 people into employment and delivered services to over 10,000 homeless and at-risk youth.
