Charles S. Wilkins, Past Chair of NCHH's Board of Directors, has served on NCHH's Board since 1996. Mr. Wilkins is a Principal with the Compass Group. He is a financial advisor to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Mark to Market program and is a member of the Public Housing Operating Cost Study team. He is the author of Shelter from the Storm: Successful Market Conversions of Regulated Housing, which explores the public policy, affordability, and operational and financial consequences of introducing additional market forces into affordable housing. As a senior executive with the National Housing Partnership (NHP), Mr. Wilkins was responsible for asset management of NHP's 60,000 affordable housing units, and for its relationships with Congress and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). He teaches asset management to government housing professionals through the University of Maryland. Mr. Wilkins was a member of the Senate Banking Committee working group on Mark to Market and president of the National Affordable Housing Management Association.