About

Built from the inside out.

Every layer of the federal affordable housing ecosystem — from the housing authority to the nonprofit to the city to the national training platform.

The Origin Story

Affordable housing compliance is not an abstract specialty for The Dean Group. Our principal's grandmother built her career at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Her parents, Luis and Veronica Rodriguez, each founded and led nonprofit affordable housing development organizations in South Carolina, growing them into self-sustaining, multimillion dollar community development companies using the same CDBG and HOME funding streams at the core of The Dean Group's work. Our principal did not study this world. She was raised in it.

That origin shaped a career built at every level of the federal affordable housing ecosystem. Our principal began conducting market studies for her parents' organizations while still in college. She then joined her father's community development company as Compliance Officer before moving to the City of Columbia, South Carolina, where she served as Compliance Officer, writing action plans, contributing to the consolidated plan, managing subrecipient relationships, overseeing public participation and fair housing compliance, administering Section 3 and environmental review, and managing HUD reporting through IDIS. From there she moved to ICF Incorporated, one of the nation's premier federal technical assistance primes, where she spent four years as a national compliance trainer and subject matter expert.

The result is a full-circle perspective that no competitor can replicate: our principal has analyzed the market, built inside the organizations, administered the grants, and trained the entire ecosystem. That is what The Dean Group brings to every engagement.

Principal

Andelyn Nesbitt Rodriguez

Principal & Founder

CSPO — Certified Scrum Product Owner
Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) — SBA Certified
14 years federal housing compliance expertise
Former ICF Incorporated — Lead Community Development Specialist
Former Compliance Officer — nonprofit community development organization and City of Columbia, South Carolina

Advisory Board

Luis Rodriguez

Senior Advisor

Former President, Santee-Lynches Affordable Housing and Community Development Corporation, Sumter, South Carolina. Under Mr. Rodriguez's leadership, Santee-Lynches grew into a self-sustaining multimillion dollar affordable housing development organization using CDBG, HOME, Community Services Block Grant, and other federal programs. His organization was the first to use geothermal heating and cooling in South Carolina's affordable housing construction, reducing energy costs for homeowners while keeping housing affordable. His legacy projects include a community shopping plaza serving the lowest-income area of Sumter, South Carolina, anchored by a Family Dollar and home to 11 small businesses, that has operated continuously for more than 25 years and remains a source of jobs and services for the community today. His executive experience spans affordable housing development, community economic development, nonprofit governance, and federal grant management.

Veronica Rodriguez

Accountant & Financial Advisor

Founder and former President, Community Assistance Provider, Columbia, South Carolina, and banking executive with more than 20 years of financial institution leadership. Ms. Rodriguez founded Community Assistance Provider and grew it into a self-sustaining multimillion dollar community development organization using federal housing programs. She also co-founded Sumter National Bank, where she served as Cashier and Senior Executive Vice President. Prior to that, Ms. Rodriguez served at NBSC where she authored operations manuals and managed both the Loan Operations Department and the training department. She brings institutional finance, operations management, and community development expertise to The Dean Group as Accountant and Financial Advisor.

Program Expertise

HUD CPD program depth

HOMEHOME-ARPCDBGCDBG-DRSection 3Environmental Review (Part 58)Fair HousingDavis-BaconIDISFederal Labor StandardsEconomic Development