Five named senior personnel. Two USDA insiders.

Jelani House

Engagement Manager · Business Development Lead · AI Lead · FCRA & Budget Execution Lead

Founder & Principal Consultant, House Strategies Group

Jelani is HSG's Founder & Principal Consultant, Engagement Manager on this BPA, the firm's Business Development lead, and HSG's AI Lead. He is the Government's primary point of contact across the BPA — owns project orchestration, deliverable QA, and final release sign-off — and personally leads the FCRA / Budget Execution / Budget Formulation operating-execution layer of the engagement. Federal mortgage finance career (2008–2024). Jelani served HUD's Federal Housing Administration Office of Asset Sales (OAS) for sixteen continuous years — first as Senior Project Manager at Novad Management Consulting, LLC, then as Associate Director, Public Sector Financial Services at Guidehouse, LLP (the public-sector consulting practice formerly known as PwC Public Sector), where he was one of the leaders of the firm's Public Mortgage Finance practice. Across that span Jelani contributed to Federal Credit Reform Act modification subsidy cost calculations under OMB Circulars A-129 and A-11 §185 on dozens of HVLS / HNVLS / SFLS / MHLS / HLS sales, Modification Adjustment Transfer (MAT) documentation per Treasury Financial Manual Part 2 Chapter 4600, cohort-level cash-flow inputs to the OMB Credit Subsidy Calculator (CSC), and audit-ready FCRA workpapers defending FHA insurance financing account positions before HUD OIG and GAO. HSG leadership. As HSG's Founder & Principal Consultant, Jelani leads the firm's Business Development function — federal pursuit pipeline, capture strategy, proposal architecture — and is HSG's 8(a) principal of record, authorized to negotiate and execute on the firm's behalf. AI methodology — Dual-Track Production with AI/Expert Reconciliation Log. As HSG's AI Lead, Jelani designed and operates the firm's signature service-delivery methodology: a federal-grade SME and a Large Language Model produce the same deliverable in parallel, a senior reviewer compares both against the source-of-truth regulatory authority (OMB CSC, USSGL Credit Reform Guidance, TFM Part 2 Chapter 4600, OMB A-129/A-11 §185), and the final deliverable is composed from the highest-confidence elements of each. The work is governed by HSG's AI/Expert Reconciliation Log — the audit-defense artifact aligned to OMB M-25-21, OMB M-25-22, Executive Order 14179, OMB A-123, and the NIST AI Risk Management Framework. Technology. Founder and developer of GovCert.ai (HSG's separate commercial AI-governance SaaS in development; not bid into this BPA) and architect of HSG's federal capability portals, including usda-rd.housestrategiesgroup.com. Working stack: Anthropic Claude API, Azure OpenAI Service in federal-cloud-eligible regions, Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python (pandas, FastAPI), Node.js, Supabase, Vercel, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Power Platform. Education. B.A. Economics and English Literature, University of Virginia, with the McIntire Business Institute (MBI) certificate from UVa's McIntire School of Commerce. M.S. Finance, Georgetown University. Previously held PMP certification (Project Management Institute).

• →HSG Founder & Principal Consultant · 8(a) principal of record
• →HSG Business Development lead — federal pursuit pipeline, capture, proposal architecture
• →HSG AI Lead — Dual-Track Production methodology + AI/Expert Reconciliation Log
• →16 years HUD/FHA OAS execution-layer experience (2008–2024)
• →Senior Project Manager (Novad) → Associate Director, Public Sector Financial Services (Guidehouse)
• →One of the leaders of Guidehouse's Public Mortgage Finance practice
• →FCRA modification subsidy cost calculations on dozens of HVLS/HNVLS/SFLS/MHLS/HLS OAS sales
• →Cohort-level cash-flow inputs to OMB Credit Subsidy Calculator (CSC)
• →Modification Adjustment Transfer (MAT) per Treasury TFM Part 2 Chapter 4600
• →Audit-ready FCRA workpapers — HUD OIG, GAO, IPA
• →Federal AI compliance — OMB M-25-21/M-25-22, EO 14179, NIST AI RMF, OMB A-123
• →Founder/developer of GovCert.ai (separate commercial SaaS — not bid into this BPA)
• →Architect of HSG capability portals (Next.js + React + TypeScript + Anthropic Claude API + Azure OpenAI)
• →Stack: Claude API, Azure OpenAI, Next.js, React, TypeScript, Python, Node.js, Supabase, Vercel, AWS, Microsoft Power Platform
• →B.A. Economics + English Literature, University of Virginia
• →McIntire Business Institute (MBI) certificate, UVa McIntire School of Commerce
• →M.S. Finance, Georgetown University
• →Previously held PMP (Project Management Institute) certification

Maurice W. House

Senior USDA Subject-Matter Advisor · Alternate PM

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, House Strategies Group

Maurice is HSG's Co-Founder and CEO, and HSG's USDA-insider anchor on this BPA. He is a retired U.S. Senior Foreign Service Officer at the rank of Minister Counselor — the senior career rank of the U.S. Foreign Service — with 38 years inside USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. From 1989 to 1992, Maurice served as USDA FAS Asia/Middle East Export Credits Manager, where he managed a $1.2 billion U.S. Government export credit portfolio analyzing country creditworthiness and executing the USDA Commodity Credit Corporation GSM-102 program — a direct USDA federal-credit-portfolio operating analog to the work performed by RD's Office of Budget and Policy. From 2008–2010 Maurice served as Deputy Administrator, FAS Office of Global Analysis, supervising 75 economists and analysts; in 2007 he led the interagency task force on the global food price crisis whose framework informed responses by the President, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the National Security Council. He served as Minister Counselor in Brussels (US Mission to EU) and Beijing (US Embassy China), and as Counselor in Bangkok, Islamabad, Lagos, and Algiers. M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Conversant in French, Chinese, and Thai. As Alternate PM and Senior USDA SME on the BPA, Maurice provides cultural and operational fluency with USDA OBPA, OCR, OGC, and the broader Department-level budget cycle.

• →Retired Minister Counselor, U.S. Senior Foreign Service (highest career rank)
• →$1.2B USDA FAS export-credit portfolio manager (1989–1992) — direct USDA credit-portfolio analog
• →Deputy Administrator, FAS Office of Global Analysis (75 staff, 2008–2010)
• →Lead, 2007–09 global food-price-crisis interagency task force (White House, USDA, NSC)
• →Brussels (US Mission to EU) + Beijing Minister Counselor postings; Bangkok, Islamabad, Lagos, Algiers Counselor postings
• →$300M USDA Commodity Credit Corporation GSM-102 program oversight (Islamabad)
• →M.S. Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• →Languages: French (advanced), Chinese, Thai

Brad DillmanCAIA, FRM, RAI

Senior Quantitative Modeler · Federal Credit-Reform Modeling Lead

Founder & Principal, Florey Street Advisors

Brad is HSG's Senior Quantitative Modeler and the team's Federal Credit-Reform Modeling Lead. 20-year career in econometric forecasting, statistical model validation, and credit-portfolio pricing across federal and corporate engagements. From 2012–2014 at DebtX, Brad priced loans for HUD/FHA, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, FHFA, and SBA — including a role pricing the $17 billion HUD/FHA single-family non-performing-loan sale program. He has built and presented model methodology to FHFA, contributed to HUD/SBA loan-pricing model architecture, and led the development of cohort-level default, prepayment, recovery, and severity curves on portfolios spanning forward and reverse mortgage products. Subsequently Chief Economist at RPM Living (48,000+ multifamily assets) and Cortland; Director of Economic Research at PulteGroup. Brad founded Florey Street Advisors as an AI-native econometric advisory platform. M.Sc. (Honors), London School of Economics; B.A. (Honors), University of Washington. CAIA, FRM, and RAI charter holder. Stata, Python, R, ML, regime-switching/Markov, VAR, GARCH, Monte Carlo specialist. As Senior Quantitative Modeler on this BPA, Brad leads OMB Circular A-11 §185 statistical-model validation, FCRA cohort cash-flow modeling, the AI/ML-augmented forecast-curve overlay above the OMB CSC, and the SR 11-7 / OCC 2011-12-aligned model risk management discipline applied to RD's 750+ cohort models.

• →$17B HUD/FHA single-family NPL sale pricing role at DebtX (2012–2014)
• →Federal credit-portfolio pricing for HUD/FHA, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, FHFA, SBA
• →Model methodology presentations to FHFA
• →M.Sc. (Honors) LSE · B.A. (Honors) University of Washington
• →CAIA, FRM, and RAI charter holder
• →Chief Economist at RPM Living (48K+ multifamily assets) and Cortland
• →Director of Economic Research, PulteGroup
• →Stata, Python, R, ML, regime-switching/Markov, VAR, GARCH, Monte Carlo
• →Founder, Florey Street Advisors — AI-native econometric advisory

Kevin Latner

Senior Federal Program SME · USDA Subject-Matter Advisor

Principal, Latner & Associates

Kevin is HSG's Senior Federal Program SME and second USDA-insider on this BPA. 25+ year senior career in U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service across postings in Beijing, Chengdu, Tokyo, and Washington (1996–2010) — overlapping Maurice House's tenure in Beijing — followed by Senior Director, China Office at the U.S. Grains Council (2010–11) and Executive Director, Cotton Council International (2011–14; three consecutive USDA FAS MAP/FMD UES submissions). Currently Principal of Latner & Associates, where he applies a proprietary Comprehensive Industry Strategic Plan (CISP) and Results-Oriented Management (ROM) framework to convert activity-based federal-grant programs into strategy-based portfolios. Latner & Associates has executed federal-grant compliance build-outs for Native American agricultural producers (Intertribal Agriculture Council — directly relevant to RHS Tribal Loan and Tribal Promise constituencies under RD), USLGE and AFIA market assessments, and the LIA + USHSLA strategic alignment that formed the Leather and Hide Council of America. M.S. Agricultural Economics + J.D. International Trade Law, UC Davis; Member, California State Bar (1995). As Senior Federal Program SME on the BPA, Kevin leads Process Improvement (PWS Item 20) via CISP/ROM methodology, Budget Outreach and USDA-Departmental coordination (PWS Items 15 & 16), and stakeholder engagement on Tribal, cooperator, and industry-cluster constituencies.

• →25+ years U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service: Beijing, Chengdu, Tokyo, Washington
• →Director, USDA FAS Agricultural Trade Office Chengdu (2008–10)
• →Attaché, US Embassy Beijing (2005–07; overlapping Maurice's tour)
• →Senior Director, China Office, U.S. Grains Council (2010–11)
• →Executive Director, Cotton Council International (2011–14; $25M global program)
• →Three consecutive USDA FAS MAP/FMD Unified Export Strategy submissions
• →Principal, Latner & Associates — CISP/ROM federal-program-redesign methodology
• →Intertribal Agriculture Council ROM build-out — relevant to RHS Tribal constituencies
• →M.S. Agricultural Economics + J.D. International Trade Law (UC Davis); CA Bar 1995
• →Languages: Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Spanish

Michael is HSG's Senior Financial Analyst and a member of HSG's HUD OAS execution-layer bench, available for full-time deployment on this BPA. Mike worked on the HUD Office of Asset Sales Program Financial Advisor (PFA) engagement as an employee of the prime contractor, where he supported transaction-cycle financial-advisory work, loan-tape preparation, settlement reconciliation, and Commissioner's Report packages alongside Jelani House. On HSG engagements, Mike supports federal financial-data acquisition, cohort cash-flow analytics, exception reporting, and dashboard production. As Senior Financial Analyst on this BPA, Mike provides production capacity on the FCRA, Budget Execution, and Accounting workstreams alongside Brad Dillman's modeling lead and Jelani House's PM lead.

• →HSG senior financial analyst — full-time available on this BPA
• →HUD OAS PFA engagement experience (worked alongside Jelani at the prime)
• →Federal financial-data acquisition + cohort cash-flow analytics
• →Transaction-cycle reconciliation and Commissioner's Report support experience
• →Dashboard / exception-report / data-quality production capacity