Support & Professional Staff

No standard is of higher importance than the esteem in which we are held by our team of supporting staff and professionals. It is with the support and collaboration of our team that the Authority finds solutions to today's housing industry challenges, while building strategies for tomorrow.
W.D. Morris
Executive Director
Olukayode Adetayo
Chief Financial Officer
Frantz Dutes
Director Program Operations

As Executive Director of OCHFA, W.D. Morris participates in all the agency's transactions. Prior to his appointment to the position of Executive Director/ CEO in April 1996, Mr. Morris served as Director of the Orange County Housing and Community Development Department from 1986 1996. Mr. Morris has more than 45+ years of experience in the fields of executive management, housing finance, municipal finance, housing development, urban planning, economic development, neighborhood revitalization and community development and redevelopment. Mr. Morris serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies (NALHFA); Florida Association of Local Housing Finance Authorities (Florida ALHFA). He is a Past Chairman and Board Member of The Orlando Neighborhood Improvement Corporation (ONIC), The National Association of County Community and Economic Development Association (Sub-Committee Chairman (NACCED) and past President of The Florida Community Development Association (FCDA).  

Contact Mr. Morris:
oroman@ochfa.com

Mr. Adetayo has more than 25+ years of experience in Public Housing and Housing Finance Agencies. Prior experience includes: CFO for the Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO).
Mr. Adetayo earned a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida and a Master of Accountancy degree from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. He is a Licensed Certified Public Accountant from the State of Florida and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. To enhance his public housing knowledge and expertise, Mr. Adetayo has attended several industry best practices training seminars and conferences sponsored by industry giants such as NAHRO, Casterline Associates PC, Nan McKay & Associates, Novogradac & Company LLP, CVR Associates Inc., and HUD.

Contact Mr. Adetayo: oadetayo@ochfa.com

Mr. Dutes has an excess of 30-years experience in affordable housing, community development and neighborhood and redevelopment initiatives. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting (Brooklyn College), and a Master of Business Administration (University of Central Florida). Mr. Dutes' housing and financing industry experience includes: State Housing Initiative Program (SHIP); Housing Choice Voucher Program; Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP); Home Investment Partnership Program; Fair Housing; Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

Contact Mr. Dutes:
fdutes@ochfa.com

 

     
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