George WeidenfellerGeorge Weidenfeller is Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Telesis Corp. He is responsible for legal representation of Telesis relating to the finance, development and management of affordable and mixed used housing developments. Prior tojoining Telesis, George served as Counsel at the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust in Washington, D.C. George was previously a partner in the law firm of Reno & Cavanaugh, PLLC, where he represented owners, developers, managers, lenders, and public housing authorities on residential development; FHA transactions; asset management; program, regulatory and fair housing enforcement; Federal procurement; ethics; and personnel law. He was previously a member of the Goulston and Storrs Real Estate group, with a particular focus on Affordable Housing and Economic Development. He served for more than 16 years as Deputy General Counsel and Acting General Counsel, in the HUD Office of General Counsel in Washington D.C., under six HUD secretaries. During that period, he provided substantive legal advice on all HUD programs, supervised a staff of more than 700 professionals, and managed a budget of more than $75 million. Before becoming Deputy General Counsel, he was Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Housing and a staff attorney for HUD in Boston and Boston Redevelopment Authority. George is a Past Chair of the ABA Affordable Housing and Community Development Forum Governing Committee and chairs the Forum's HUD Practice Committee; Current Chair of the Forum Leadership Advisory Board and ice Chair of the SBA Multifamily Section on Senior and Assisted Living Housing. He is a member of the ULI Workforce Housing Council; and is on the National Housing Conference Board of Trustees and a member of the Board of the National Leased Housing Association and the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association. He holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts, JD from Suffolk Law, MPA from the University of Southern California, and an MLT (tax) from Georgetown Law. Read More Read Less