2021 Dedicated Employee Award
Keith Erickson, Maintenance Superintendent
Diana McClaskey, Executive Director
Connie Cleary, Deputy Director
★★★★★
Board Member Emeritus Award
Arnoldo Hernandez, Past President, Next Step Housing
Retired SOLA Manager, DSHS Developmental Disabilities
TJ Mattingly, Past President, Next Step Housing
Contract and Finance Specialist, Washington Resource and Development Council
★★★★★
Executive Director Emeritus Award
John Mifsud, Executive Director (Retired)
★★★★★
2021 Employee of the Year Award
Rigoberto Dominguez, Lead Case Manager; Josh Shay, Maintenance Specialist
★★★★★
2021 Resident of the Year Award
Eliza Mancilla, Board Treasurer, Next Step Housing
Weatherization Program Finance Coordinator, Opportunities Industrialization Center
2021 Board Member of the Year Award
Terry Wheat, Board President, Next Step Housing
Retired Chief Executive Officer, Gesa Credit Union
Amanda Delp, Board Vice President
Section 8 Department Supervisor, Yakima Housing Authority
John Probst, Past Board President, Next Step Housing
Retired Construction Manager, Catholic Charities of Central Washington
★★★★★
2021 Funder of the Year Award
Bob Peterson, Manager
Multi-Family Housing and Community Facilities
Washington State Housing Finance Commission
Archie Matthews, Manager
City of Yakima Office of Neighborhood Development Services
★★★★★
2021 Ally of the Year Award
Angus Tate, Community Transition Specialist, Mount Peoh Transition Services
Sophia Sanabria-Root, Housing Program Manager, Triumph Treatment Services
Sonia Sanabria-Gomez, Housing Case Manager, Triumph Treatment Services
Bret Fleming, Housing Quality Standards Inspector, Yakima Housing Authority
★★★★★
2021 Ally of the Year Award
Kathy Sebree, Christ Lutheran Church
David Wells, Homeless Case Manager, Union Gospel Mission
Judy Dawson, President, Yakima VFW
Susie Ceja, Case Manager, Yakima Neighborhood Health Services
★★★★★
2015 Community of Quality Award
for Exemplary Development for People with Special Needs
Pear Tree Place Apartments
National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA)
2015 Community of Quality Award
for Outstanding Turnaround of a Troubled Property
Sommerset Apartments
National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA)
In 2015, Next Step Housing’s (NSH) Pear Tree Place Apartments received the National Community of Quality Award for Exemplary Development for People with Special Needs from the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA);
Also in 2015, Keith Erickson, Maintenance Superintendent, received the Maintenance Person of the Year Award from the Affordable Housing Management Association of Washington (AHMA-WA);
In 2011, the Washington Low Income Housing Alliance presented NSH with the 2011 Movement Building Award for exemplary affordable housing advocacy;
In 2008, Diana McClaskey, NSH’s Executive Director, received the Community Hero Award for homeless advocacy services from the Washington State Coalition for the Homeless;
Also in 2008, Connie Cleary, NSH’s Deputy Director, received the Site Manager of the Year Award from AHMA-WA;
Again that year, AHMA-WA also presented John Mifsud, NSH’s Executive Director Emeritus, with their 2008 Pioneer in Affordable Housing Award;
In 2007, NSH was awarded the Washington State Housing Finance Commission Friend of Housing Award;
In 2004, the NAHMA honored the Sommerset Apartments and NSH with the National Community of Quality Award for Outstanding Turnaround of a Troubled Property;
In 1997, NSH won the National Tax Credit Housing Coalition Award for Excellence.