Meet the Partners & Professionals

COHOUSING SOLUTIONS
​KATIE MCCAMANT
Cohousing Development Consultant, CoHousing Solutions

Katie leads CoHousing Solutions which provides development consulting services for cohousing neighborhoods. She is coauthor of the authoritative books on cohousing, Cohousing: A Contemporary Approach to Housing Ourselves, and Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Neighborhoods which introduced this housing model to North America, and she has played a key role in the creation of more than 50 of the roughly 170 U.S. cohousing communities. After living in Doyle Street Cohousing in Emeryville, California for 12 years, Katie now lives at Nevada City Cohousing. She was the founder of both communities. CoHousing Solutions also works with us on our marketing and outreach.

UD+P
​DANNY MILMAN
Developer, UD + P

Berkeley Moshav is pleased to be partnering with UD+P as their professional development partner. UD+P is a full-service real estate development company based in Portland, OR that has made cohousing one of its specialties. They have partnered with the PDX Commons, Haystack Heights, and Washington Commons communities among others. As the UD+P’s lead in California, Danny Milman brings decades of experience in development and construction, along with her cohousing experience. Danny's obsession with cohousing started with the Cohousing book in 1992, which then became the basis for her Master’s thesis. She worked for several years at The CoHousing Company as part of the development and construction team and lived in the Berkeley Cohousing community. Danny is backed up by the full UD+P team, bringing the depth of experience required for an urban project like this.
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URBAN MOSHAV
​ROGER STUDLEY
​Community Manager, Urban Moshav

Roger Studley is the founder of Urban Moshav, a non-profit development partner for Jewish cohousing, and is the original convener of the Berkeley Moshav project. He is a certified cohousing consultant, trained by the 500 Communities program, and serves on the National Advisory Council for the Cohousing Association of the U.S. Roger also serves as a community advisor for Hakhel, the international incubator of Jewish intentional communities, and has contributed to all six of its Jewish Intentional Community Conferences.

STUDIO KDA
​CHARLES KAHN
Architect, Studio KDA

Studio KDA is a full service architecture studio based just down the street from the Berkeley Moshav property. Founded by Charles Kahn, Studio KDA brings both experience and passion to the project. As their website says: We are crazy about building community. It’s our reason for being and it’s what fuels us as designers and architects. Our focus on Eat, Shop, Live and Play is the result of an extreme bias toward using design to foster interaction. Charles currently serves as Chair of the City of Berkeley's Zoning Adjustments Board, and is on its Design Review Commission.​

HEBREW FREE LOAN
​​PARTNER

Hebrew Free Loan is a nonprofit that provides interest-free loans to help Jewish individuals in Northern California overcome financial challenges and pursue life dreams. In addition, they offer loans to non-Jewish residents of Northern California who meet one of the following criteria:

• Student from a lower income home who is referred by a partner agency (click here to learn more)
• Employee of a Jewish organization
​• Business partner or immediate family member of a Jewish individual

As loans are repaid, funds are recycled to make new loans. They’ve proven the success of this model with a repayment rate over 99%.

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