Chad has worked in affordable housing for over 14 years and has overseen a wide variety of programs and developments. He got his start at the Houston Housing Authority, working on disaster relief for families displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He then went on to serve in several leadership roles at the Dallas Housing Authority, where he oversaw the Project Based Voucher Program as well as grant funded and specialty voucher programs. In 2015 he joined the CitySquare Housing team and has served as Executive Director of the organization since 2019. Chad has a BFA in mass communications from Sam Houston State University and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and lives in Dallas with his wife, Hillary, and their three daughters, Elizabeth, Katherine, and Beatrice.

Jennifer Picquet-Reyes began her career in 2000 and has managed projects in a wide variety of sectors which involve new construction, renovation processes, restoration as well as LEED certification. As a team leader, Mrs. Picquet-Reyes collaborates with our clients and consultants to coordinate all parts and phases of a project, from the early stages of programming, planning and schematic design through construction documents, construction administration and project closeout, and delivers a thorough, well designed and sustainable building. Jennifer is currently working on several hotel projects, including the adaptive reuse of multiple historic buildings in downtown Dallas, Fort Worth, and Oklahoma City. Dallas/Fort Worth renovation experience includes the Cabana Hotel, 500 S Ervay, 1700 Commerce, 1712 Commerce, 211 N Ervay, and the Sinclair and Sanger Buildings. Renovation experience outside Texas includes the First National Bank building in Oklahoma City, which will include multi-use residential and an Autography by Marriott. Jennifer is also working on the Jefferson Building in St. Louis, which is being renovated into multi-use residential and an AC Hotel. Jennifer’s new construction hotel and multi-family projects include the Galleries at Park Lane in Dallas, Ilume Park in Dallas, Farmer’s Market Residential in Dallas, AC Hotel in Fort Worth, Hyatt House in Frisco, Hyatt Place in Lubbock, Embassy Suites in Amarillo, and a Hyatt House at DFW Airport. Jennifer’s federal courts experience includes the project management of historic Thurgood Marshall US Courthouse in downtown Manhattan. Built in 1936 and designed by Cass Gilbert, the courthouse is a 35-story building housing 23 courtrooms. The project included MEP and life safety upgrade for the entire facility, new courtrooms, as well as numerous preservation efforts and LEED certification. Jennifer also has experience in Washington DC working in the US capitol building on a HABs project for the Old Supreme Court Chamber and several on-call projects with the Architect of the Capitol. Jennifer’s previous experience also includes multi-family residential, hotels, libraries, schools, transit, radiation facilities and tenant finish outs. With these projects has come a knowledge of and experience with historic preservation, LEED certification, adaptive reuse, design, construction schedule, document coordination and construction administration. These projects have taken her to environments all over the country.