Stellar MLS的首席执行官Merri Jo Cowen赢得了2025年贝弗利·福尔奖,因为她几十年来的工作扩大了负担得起的住房所有权。
Merri Jo Cowen, CEO of Stellar MLS, won the 2025 Beverly Faull Award for her decades of work expanding affordable homeownership access.
2025年,Stellar MLS总裁Merri Jo Cowen获得了2025年Beverly Faull负担得起的住房领导才能奖,这是由Down Payment Resources公司颁发的,她为扩大公平拥有住房机会作出了数十年的努力。
Merri Jo Cowen, CEO of Stellar MLS, has been awarded the 2025 Beverly Faull Affordable Housing Leadership Award by Down Payment Resource for her decades-long efforts to expand equitable access to homeownership.
由于Cowen自1980年代以来的工业领导地位得到承认,她推动Stellar MLS的创新,包括将DPR的技术整合到确定符合定金援助条件的财产上,使首次买主和服务不足的买主受益。
Recognized for her industry leadership since the 1980s, Cowen drove innovations at Stellar MLS, including integrating DPR’s technology to identify down payment assistance-eligible properties, benefiting first-time and underserved buyers.
在她的指导下,Stellar MLS成为美国第三大用户,服务对象超过80,000个,同时通过数据透明、跨州接入和减少偏见的工具,如隐名提供系统和语音搜索等,推动公平的住房建设。
Under her guidance, Stellar MLS became the third largest in the U.S., serving over 80,000 subscribers, while advancing fair housing through data transparency, cross-state access, and bias-reducing tools like a name-concealing offer system and voice-enabled search.
她创立了Stellar Cares公司,自2023年以来向住房和社区团体捐助了50万美元,其中包括229 500美元用于经济适用住房。
She founded Stellar Cares, which has donated $500,000 to housing and community groups since 2023, including $229,500 for affordable housing.
该奖项包括向她选择的一个非营利组织捐赠的5 000美元。
The award includes a $5,000 donation to a nonprofit of her choice.