Housing for All Excellence Soirée highlights local leadership in housing opportunity
- PCHTF
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The Polk County Housing Trust Fund (PCHTF) will recognize individual and collective leadership in securing housing opportunity in Polk County during its upcoming Housing For All Excellence Soirée planned for the Highland Park neighborhood of Des Moines on Thursday, May 28.
The annual event brings together leaders and community housing advocates across the metro to support the Trust Fund’s Community Investment grant making that supports critical nonprofit programs providing housing stability and success programming.
This year, the event features presentation of two awards for leadership in housing:
Individual Leadership Award: Kris Schechinger-Camper, director of corporate citizenship at Nationwide. Kris served on the Trust Fund’s board from 2020 to 2026, including as vice chair. She is a highly respected leader guiding PCHTF’s community investment priorities that fund critical local housing programs.
Collective Impact Award: Bankers Trust. Over the 30+ years of the Trust Fund’s history serving Polk County, leaders from Bankers Trust have dependably served in key roles on the board of directors and committees at PCHTF and numerous other local housing organizations as well. This consistent engagement and leadership have firmly established the bank as a pace-setting champion for the cause of housing opportunity.
“This event is also such a key opportunity to bring together the community in support of housing programs that matter,” said Julian D. Neely, the Trust Fund’s director of advancement and community investment. “Creating housing progress is hard work, and it’s important to gather and celebrate the wins along the way.”
Tickets ($60ea) are on sale for the event at PCHTF.org with additional sponsorship opportunities still available. The Trust Fund thanks numerous supporters of the event including architect level sponsors the Polk County Board of Supervisors, Central Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, Nationwide, and Newbury Living.
IF YOU GO:
Housing For All Excellence Soirée
The French Way Building (413 Euclid Avenue, Des Moines)
Doors: 4:30 p.m., short presentation at 5 p.m., event concludes 7 p.m.
