FOUNDER & LEADERSHIP

A Career Built Across the Housing Value Chain

Alvin D. Johnson’s professional background spans mortgage finance, nonprofit and community housing, large-scale multifamily portfolio leadership, construction management, rehabilitation and housing ownership and operations. Springboard RA brings those disciplines together within one coordinated real assets platform.

Alvin D. Johnson, Founder of Springboard RA
~16,000 UnitsPrior Executive Portfolio Oversight 9 StatesLarge-Scale Multifamily Leadership 1,000+ UnitsPrior Apartment Reconstruction Experience

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Experience Across the Real Estate Value Chain

Springboard RA reflects experience developed across mortgage finance, community housing, large-scale multifamily portfolio leadership, construction and rehabilitation, and long-term housing ownership and operations.

2000–2009 — Mortgage & Capital

Served as President, Chief Operating Executive & Principal of ADJ Mortgage LLC, a Texas mortgage company providing services for commercial and residential properties, investment firms, business entities and nonprofit organizations. The company originated, processed, closed and serviced mortgage loans.

2002–2011 — Community Housing

Served as President of Near Town and Associates, Inc., a Texas nonprofit housing organization dedicated to providing quality, safe and affordable housing.

2008–2011 — Large-Scale Multifamily Leadership

Served as President and subsequently Interim President of American Housing Foundation, providing executive leadership and portfolio oversight for a large multi-state housing organization. Responsibilities included oversight of a portfolio comprising approximately 16,000 family, senior and scattered-site housing units, with the organization operating across nine states.

2011 Forward — Housing Ownership, Development & Preservation

Led Hope Housing Foundation and related operations across affordable and workforce housing, multifamily ownership, development, rehabilitation, regulatory compliance, government-agency relationships and structured limited partnerships.

Construction & Rehabilitation

Prior construction-management operations included the reconstruction of more than 1,000 apartment units, together with hands-on experience in estimating, scheduling, inspections, cost analysis and project-completion management.

Today — Springboard RA

Bringing experience in capital, housing, development, construction and operations together in a vertically integrated real assets platform that adds advanced building manufacturing to the value chain.