Profile

Craig Nickerson currently serves as President of The Nickerson Group, a nationwide housing and community development consultant firm, based in the Washington, DC area.

Prior to founding The Nickerson Group, Craig was Vice President of Expanding Markets for Freddie Mac. In this capacity, he was responsible for meeting the affordable housing needs of mortgage lenders, building housing industry partnerships to strengthen underserved communities and increase homeownership opportunity, and for nationwide implementation of all single-family affordable housing lending initiatives at Freddie Mac.

Prior to joining Freddie Mac in 1997, Craig worked for Secretary of HUD Henry Cisneros as Coordinator of the “National Homeownership Strategy”, a broad-based, public-private partnership involving 65 national organizations designed to measurably increase homeownership opportunity in America.

Craig has held leadership roles in the affordable housing arena for over 35 years. He served as Executive Director of the City of Boston, Office of Housing, administering all citywide affordable housing initiatives. Craig subsequently worked at HUD in Washington, DC as National Director of Housing Rehabilitation, managing such housing programs as the Rental Rehabilitation Program, Urban Homesteading, and CDBG. He also has served as President/CEO of Community Development Financial Corporation, a nationwide mortgage financing and financial services firm, and as President of an independent affordable housing consulting firm.