May 19, 2009: Dennis Lutz, Chief Financial Officer at Beyond Housing, was nominated for CFO of the Year by the St. Louis Business Journal. Congratulations, Dennis, you are #1 in our books!!!
April 29, 2009: KETC/Channel 9 invited Chris Krehmeyer, President/CEO of Beyond Housing, to participate in a panel discussion for The Jim Lehrer News Hour on President Obama's first 100 days in office. The panel was moderated by Gwen Ifill and included former Senator John Danforth, Congressman William "Lacy" Clay and Mayor Patti York of St. Charles. Click here to see the video.
March 16, 2009: KETC/Channel 9 asked Beyond Housing, one of their Community Partners, to record their responses to President Obama's new housing plan. In these videos, Chris Krehmeyer, President/CEO of Beyond Housing, talks about how "Making Homes Affordable" will help homeowners. Linda Ingram, Director of Foreclsoure Prevention Services at Beyond Housing, explains who is eligible for the plan, how the plan could effect St. Louis homeowners and the two parts of the plan. Click here to view the videos.
March 13, 2009: Chris Krehmeyer, President/CEO of Beyond Housing, was asked to be the only Community Partner to have a private meeting with the global leadership of Citi during their visit to St. Louis earlier this week. Melanie Dileo, Citi liaison to Beyond Housing, sent this note to Chris.
" Thank you so much for taking time to meet with Steve Freiberg, Chairman/CEO, Citi Holdings, Global Consumer, and Sanjiv Das, President/CEO, Citi Mortgage. I believe you really speak for St. Louis on what is happening in foreclosures...both good things and bad things. St. Louis and Beyond Housing have come up with some innovative things being done to help borrowers.
Mr. Freiberg's position encompasses Citi Mortgage, Citi Financial, Partnership Credit Cards, Student Lending, Auto Finance, Primerica and Commercial Real Estate in North America, all consumer business lines in Western Europe and the UK and Consumer Finance in Japan, India, South Korea, Mexico and Brazil.
Again, this speaks to Beyond Housing's position in the St. Louis marketplace as the leader in housing and community development work. Please use this information to affirm your work when you spread the word about our efforts in all your networks."
March 7, 2009: St. Michael’s Houses, a ministry of The Church of St. Michael & St. George, presented Beyond Housing with a generous $20,000 donation to be used to rehab a house in the City of Pagedale. Once the rehab is completed, the house will provide an affordable rental home to a family in-need. St. Michael’s Houses, whose mission is to provide equity funding for low-income persons in critical need of housing, has been a partner and contributor to Beyond Housing for over 20 years. In partnership, over 75 homes have been developed and made available to low-income families.
Pictured above (left to right) St. Michael's Houses Committee Member Rob Sherwood, Pagedale Mayor Mary Carter, Beyond Housing Board Member Sheila Williams, St. Michael's Houses Committee Members Sam Sked and Mac Moore, Beyond Housing Board Members Benjamin Akande and Rich Ryffel, St. Michael's Houses Committee Members Stephen Nickelson, Jim Stephenson and Michael Burke.