COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Strategic partnership in effectively leveraging federal funding to uplift communities
Accelerating your recovery while ensuring impactful and federally compliant programs.
We have an experienced team of Community Development Block Grant subject matter experts across all HUD funding streams, with a concentration on CDBG-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) and CDBG-Mitigation (CDBG-MIT) and are ready to support entities at all levels – from responding to disasters through long-term recovery, with a focus on building resilience. Working side-by-side with local governments, Tidal Basin manages all aspects of housing, infrastructure, economic revitalization, public service, disaster recovery, and mitigation program design and implementation.
Related services
- Housing and Rental Assistance
- Economic Development
- Broadband
- PA Grant Management
- Preparedness Grant Management
The latest news and insights

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Meet our community development experts

Peter Cavadini
Senior Director, Long-Term Recovery & Program Management Team Lead

Catherine Carr Clinch
MER3 President

Bruce Conant
Construction Manager

Paxie G. Córdova Escalera
Director, Grants & Program Management

Daniel A. Craig
President of Michael Baker International and CEO of Tidal Basin Group & MLU Services

Michelle Cullerton-Conforti
Senior Director, Long-Term Recovery & Program Management Team Lead

Bailey deRouen
Assistant Vice President, Grants and Program Management Market Lead
Melissa J. Gordon
Executive Vice President, Integration & Tech-Enabled Solutions

Jennifer Kurien
Director, Grants & Program Management

Sheila Manek
Senior Vice President, State, Local, Tribal & Territorial (SLTT) Market Director

Delilah Ruiz Manzano
Director, Grants & Program Management

Adrienne Sheldon
Senior Director, Planning & Resilience Department Head

Emily Sprague
Assistant Vice President, Caribe Program Management Department Head

E. Scott Tezak
Chief Operating Officer