Telesis Corporation plans, finances, and builds affordable housing and livable neighborhoods in cities nationwide. Since its founding in 1985, Telesis has planned or structured a complex mix of over $2 billion in public and private financing for the revitalization of urban neighborhoods, and developed or planned more than 15,000 units of affordable housing along with a range of commercial and civic uses.
We take a comprehensive approach to development, believing that physical and community development are inseparable; creating opportunities for people and building the places in which they live. We work closely with a range of strong partners and residents to build healthy communities and beautiful neighborhoods.
Our home base is Washington, D.C., and our work takes us to neighborhoods from New York to San Francisco, Chicago to Miami, and many communities in between. We bring construction
skills through our affiliate TCM Corporation and property, asset and community management skills through our affiliate Neighborhood Partners LLC.
Marilyn Melkonian is the President and founder of Telesis Corporation. She also founded the National Housing Trust and serves as its chair. She serves on the Boards of the Eisenhower Foundation, the Enterprise Social Investment Corporation, and the Brookings Institute's Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy. Former positions include Deputy Assistant Secretary for Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Carter; General Counsel for Lucasfilm Ltd; and counsel to the architecture firm of John Carl Warnecke & Associates. She practiced law for fifteen years in New York and Washington, D.C. and is a graduate of Stanford University Law School.
William Whitman, Executive Vice-President of Telesis Corporation since 1995, is head of development and chief underwriter. He has developed residential and commercial projects with a value of over $450 million. As a lawyer, Mr. Whitman worked for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, overseeing the development of several thousand units of housing and key commercial sites. He later worked with Related Companies Northeast as development manager for major residential developments in the Boston area. Mr. Whitman is a graduate of the Western New England School of Law.
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