OFFICERS
Dr. Lula B. Ballton Chief Executive Officer
As co-founder and Chief Executive officer, Mrs. Lula B. Ballton has led West Angeles CDC (WACDC) to receive numerous awards for cutting edge programs: A Best Practices Award from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development for the organization's signature housing development-West A Homes and a Presidential Commendation for its dispute resolution programs. Under Dr. Ballton's leadership the organization has grown from four staff to 20 full-time staff, WACDC has developed nearly 400 units of affordable housing, trained over 600 adults and 3,000 youths in dispute resolution/mediation, and assisted over 175 individuals through the Empower employment placement program. Dr. Ballton received a BA from California State University, Los Angeles, a MA from Northwestern University, and a JD from University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law.
Director of Operations
Robert J. Norris, Jr. is Director of Operations of West Angeles Community Development Corporation (CDC) of the West Angeles Church of God in Christ. He was a member of the Board of Directors, was employed as Executive Vice President of the Century Housing Corporation in Culver City, California for. He was appointed President of MoreThanShelter Programs at Century Housing where he managed the development and operations of two charter Schools, a scattered site afterschool tutorial program, a all trades pre-apprenticeship training center, resident services program and homebuyer education services.
Mr. Norris served as Deputy Director of the California Department of Housing and Community Development, Century Freeway Housing Program. He worked as Deputy Director of Housing Development, for the San Diego Housing Commission, where he had responsibility for overseeing Housing Development, Public Housing Maintenance, Public Housing New Construction, First Time Homebuyer Programs, and Rehabilitation Programs.
In addition to over twenty years of experience in housing and community development Robert has undergraduate degrees in Political Science and Black Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Masters Degree in Organizational Development. Robert is a Board member and the Treasurer of LINC Housing and is completing his fifth year as a member of the Board of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans.
