Mr. Corona has worked in the affordable housing field for the last 13 years, while Ms. Goldberg - a Certified Property Manager - has worked in the property-management industry for the past 15 years.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston's (the Bank) Housing and Community Investment Department has appointed two new community investment managers to help coordinate the Bank's affordable-housing programs.

Martin Corona has been named the Bank's new senior community investment manager for Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Tobi Goldberg has been named senior community investment manager for Maine and Massachusetts' Essex County. Mr. Corona has worked in the affordable housing field for the last 13 years, while Ms. Goldberg - a Certified Property Manager - has worked in the property-management industry for the past 15 years.

Mr. Corona and Ms. Goldberg replace Carmen Seales, who worked with members and their partners in Maine and northern Massachusetts, and Rodney Peterson, who worked in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
In other changes at the Bank, senior community investment manager Theo Noell will be working with members and their community-development partners in Massachusetts' Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, and Suffolk counties.

Mr. Noell previously worked with members in Connecticut and Western Massachusetts. Senior community investment manager Liz Nickerson will be working with members and their partners in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts' Berkshire, Franklin, Hamden, Hampshire, and Worcester counties. Before his arrival at the Bank, Mr. Corona worked for the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven, Lynn Housing Authority and Neighborhood Development, and, most recently, Urban Edge of Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Mr. Corona says he had first-hand knowledge of both affordable-housing issues and the Bank's Affordable Housing Program (AHP) before coming to the Bank. His family lived in affordable housing in his youth and several of his previous employers participated in the AHP. "As a former user of the AHP, I can identify with some of the anxieties of users and am confident I can help assuage some of their concerns," says Mr. Corona.

A recent graduate of the Massachusetts School of Law, Mr. Corona notes that his legal background should be an asset in helping sponsors and members interpret the rules and regulations of deeds and mortgages.

Before coming to the Bank, Ms. Goldberg managed rental properties, condominiums, and cooperatives for both nonprofit and for-profit organizations. She recently served as a regional manager for HallKeen Management.

Ms. Goldberg says her experience in housing management has made her aware of the challenges facing developers of affordable housing and the concerns of residents.