An Evening You Won’t Want to Miss
Join us for a night of celebration — live music, dancing, youth recognition, and gratitude for the residents, partners, volunteers, and supporters who built opportunity over the past 50 years and are lighting the way for the next 50.
Share Your AHC Memory
AHC is celebrating 50 Years of Transforming Lives — and we want to hear from YOU!
Share your favorite memory, moment, or story about your experience with AHC. Submit a quick written or video reflection through the link below.
Event Details & Keynote Speaker
- October 1, 2026
- 6 – 9 p.m.
- InterContinental – The Wharf, Washington, D.C.
We’re honored to welcome Gregg Colburn – one of the nation’s leading voices on housing affordability, structural challenges, and solutions that scale – as our keynote speaker at the 50th Anniversary Celebration on October 1.
Gregg is co-author of Homelessness is a Housing Problem and also Affordable Housing in the United States. He’s also a Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed University Professor at the University of Washington, and his insights have been featured in The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, and on NPR.
50th Anniversary Host Committee
- Alice Barrett-Feeley, Paradigm Property Management
- Courtney Battle, Housing&
- Ginger Brown
- Catherine Bucknam
- Hilary Chapman, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
- Ed Delany, Mid-Atlantic Housing Solutions
- Patrick Jordan, Heron Community Development
- Carin Lomax, Events Extraordinaire
- David Roodberg, DJR Assoc
- Robert Thomas, AHC Board
- Tina Townsend, First Citizens Bank















