BRAVO Board

Charles Rinker – President
Financial and development consultant with Rinker and Associates, which assists tenants in the purchase, rehabilitation and conversion of their properties to cooperatives or condominiums.  Affordable housing activist in Arlington. President of Arlington Home Ownership Made Easier (AHOME) and Arlington New Directions Coalition (ANDC). President of the BRAVO Board.

Ellen Bartlett – Vice - President
Retired Arlington teacher. Active in Arlington community affairs, particularly leadership of the Arlington Interfaith Council, a group of fifty Arlington congregations united in the cause of social justice and interfaith cooperation, with focus on affordable housing and living wage in Arlington. Co-chair of the Shelter and Housing Committee of the AIC and Board member of Arlington New Directions Coalition and the Views at Clarendon Corporation.

Patrice O’Connor
Patrice O’Connor Patrice is a middle school teacher in Fairfax County, teaching English to speakers of other languages. Patrice became interested in affordable housing after serving several years as newsletter editor for Catholics for Housing, a 501c3 organization that informs the Catholic community and the general public of affordable housing and assists in the rehabilitation of run down residential areas. In 2004 she was recognized as CFH Volunteer of the Year.

Inta Malis
As a member of the Columbia Pike community Inta has been active in local revitalization efforts. She chaired the Columbia Forest Neighborhood Conservation Plan Committee, served for two terms on the Board of Directors of the Columbia Pike Revitalization Organization, and chaired the Columbia Pike Street Space Planning Task Force.
Inta was appointed to the Planning Commission in 2004 and chaired the Commission in 2007.
In addition to her ongoing work on the Planning Commission Inta presently chairs the Columbia Pike Form Based Code Working Group, which facilitates community review of changes to the Code; the Public Facilities Review Committee, which recently concluded a successful review of the new Wakefield High School; and the Working Group of the Columbia Pike Housing and Land Use Study, an effort that will develop a long range plan for residential areas along Columbia Pike.

Ann Rudd
A native Washingtonian, Ann attended George Washington University and Northern Virginia Community College. She is retired from the Department of Defense. Her civic activism includes being a board member of the League of Women Voters of Arlington, the Arlington Historical Society, Arlington and McLean Symphonies and original boards of the Arlington-Alexandria Coalition for the Homeless, Arlington Food Assistance Center and the Arlington Street People’s Assistance Network. Ann received awards from the United Way and Arlington’s Community Hero Award. She served for 6 years as Executive Director for Arlingtonians Meeting Emergency Needs (AMEN) and received a Washingtonian of the Year Award for her work there.  

Sydney Morgan Shea
Sydney was asked to join the BRAVO board in 2008 after working with BRAVO as a tenant who received a 120-day notice.  She co-founded the Taylor Place Tenant’s Association and became lead-negotiator on behalf of the tenants with the owning company, helping them to reach an unprecedented settlement.  For her efforts, she received the First Annual BRAVO Award, and was granted scholarship to NVMS Mediation Certification Program.

An Arlington resident of 6 years, Sydney works in interior design as partner, designer, and head of business affairs of a DC and Boston based firm.  She has years of experience working in the philanthropic and non-profit sectors, politics, and finance.  Sydney cares greatly for the Arlington Community and is passionate about preserving its character and integrity.

Nardos Worku
Nardos Worku is a former diplomat who also has a solid career in the mortgage industry and a professional background in financial and office management. Nardos decided to take on the Board position because she believes that it is fulfilling to support the efforts of an organization which strives to promote tenants rights. 

Tillman Neuner
Retired from World Bank, headed the unit of evaluation of the Bank’s urban projects. A founding member of the Arlington Housing Corporation (now AHC, Inc), a non- profit provider of rental and ownership housing. Co-convener of the Coalition for Housing in Arlington and active in Action in Montgomery, a community organizing group based in over thirty churches in Montgomery County, Maryland, which focuses on affordable housing.

BRAVO Staff

Susan Korfanty – Susan is the Executive Director of BRAVO. She has a law degree from the Columbia School of Law at Catholic University. She was in private practice in Arlington for six years and an Assistant Public Defender in Alexandria for eleven years. She was the President of the Buckingham Tenants Association when it successfully opposed the conversion of the complex to a condominium. She has also served on the Arlington Tenant Landlord Commission and was previously a tenant organizer for BRAVO.

Camilo Correa – Camilo’s background includes sales, IT, international acquisitions and translation. He holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy. Committed to the organization’s effort to preserve the economic and cultural diversity of Arlington, Camilo is a part of the BRAVO team as an IT adminitrator and organizes tenants and conducts biligual workshops and seminars for tenants in financial and housing literacy, tenant rights and leadership.  

Alicia Taylor - Alicia has worked in the social justice arena for over a decade and has an academic background in human development psychology, humanities education and a Master’s in Applied Philosophy. Serving as BRAVO’s Administrative and Program Manager, she works to advance tenant´s knowledge of VRLTA and their rights, is a Commissioner on Arlington County’s Tenant-Landlord Commission, and regularly prepares materials and correspondence to ensure organizational accountability and the fulfillment of BRAVO’s mission.