Carmen Romero is President and Chief Executive Officer of True Ground Housing Partners (formerly Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing or APAH). Ms. Romero joined True Ground in 2011 and has spent the last decade overseeing the real estate team, contributing to the creation or preservation of over 1,000 new affordable housing units in the DC region with additional developments underway today in Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Montgomery counties. Under Ms. Romero’s leadership, True Ground’s Real Estate Development team has delivered several innovative, award-winning affordable housing properties, including Queens Court, Gilliam Place, Columbia Hills, and The Springs. In addition, she directly oversaw their projects for Lucille & Bruce Terwilliger Place – a 160-unit affordable property borne out of an innovative partnership with the American Legion Post 139; and a joint venture with E&G Group to develop 98 units of affordable senior housing in Loudoun County (Loudoun View Senior Residences).