Staff & Board

Cristian Ahumada

Executive Director

Cristian was born in Chile and came to the U.S. in the late 1970s. His passion lies in the evolution of cities, community building, integration of individuals of all socio-economic strata, sustainability, environmental resiliency, racial equity and ending homelessness. Cristian’s primary goal today is to advance new, faster, and more economic models of housing that do not rely on the utilization of Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC). Over the last 20 years, he has overseen the development of more than 2000 affordable apartment units, primarily apartments with support services for people who have experienced homelessness, and households with special needs.

During his tenure at Holos Communities, previously Clifford Beers Housing, Cristian has successfully transitioned the organization from the parent company, Mental Health America of Los Angeles, into an independent and strong housing developer, diversified the organization’s income stream, and created a new non-LIHTC department to bifurcate housing production in addition to growing the LIHTC team. Holos  creates new, holistic paths for developing communities as living ecosystems. These paths will advance solutions for the multiplicity of challenges ahead — the homeless and housing crisis, global warming, racial and environmental inequity, and the displacement of small and BIPOC-owned businesses. He believes that for too long we have attempted to resolve these issues through disparate strategies and mutually exclusive solutions and this new approach will solve for these challenges together because they are all inherently inter-connected.

Cristian graduated from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, with a degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He loves to spend time with his son, Diego, train Tae Kwon Do, play chess, garden, barbeque, and look for UFOs.