Our Principals
Dr. Veda Ramsay-Stamps, Managing Partner/Co-founder
Dr. Veda Ramsay-Stamps, Managing Partner/Co-founder
Dr. Veda Ramsay-Stamps, Managing Partner/Co-founder
Veda has conducted numerous studies, reports and strategic plans for governments, nonprofits, and private agencies.
A results-oriented leader with 30 years’ experience leading, planning, and implementing successful public policy and community enhancement initiatives. A high-energy collaborator with a proven track record of effectively mobilizing elected officials, community stakeholders, and community-based organizations to facilitate innovation during decision-making processes. Creative change-agent adept at connecting human and technological resources with measurable data to facilitate evidence-based fiscal accountability, systems change, and sound public policy.
Veda's unwavering commitment to understand and improve the community and social conditions in communities over the years has landed her in several leadership roles on boards, commissions, and committees. Veda has received numerous awards and recognition for her participation in community service and leadership, including Business Street Newspaper’s, Top Ten Influential Women in Business.
Her core competencies include the following:
• Public and Nonprofit Leadership
• Budgeting and Finance
• Strategic Planning
• Research and Data Analysis
• Public Policy Development and Analysis
• Program Evaluation
• Performance Management Systems
• Housing and Economic Development
Education
Doctorate of Education
University of Southern California, Rossier School of Education, Los Angeles, California
Master of Public Administration (MPA),
University of Southern California, Sol Price School of Public Policy, Los Angeles, California
With Honors
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Sociology
California State University, Fresno
Certifications
Certificate in City and County Management
Grant Writing
Darrell Stamps, MPA - Managing Partner/Co-founder
Dr. Veda Ramsay-Stamps, Managing Partner/Co-founder
Dr. Veda Ramsay-Stamps, Managing Partner/Co-founder
For more than twenty-five years, Darrell has served as Managing Partner for the Ramsay Group. He is responsible for providing HUD-mandated strategic planning to more than 50 HUD entitlement cities. Darrell worked alongside City staff, nonprofits, and community residents in assessing, planning, and updating goals and policies relating to housing, and community development need for jurisdictions most needy citizens.
Darrell routinely works with the State of California’s Housing and Community Development Department and the U.S., Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington D.C.
Mr. Stamps has a broad planning and management background in both public and private sector organizations, giving him a well-rounded combination of experience in public policy while maintaining a “result-oriented” program administration.
Accomplishments:
- Planned housing, community, and economic programs ad facilities for more than 100 nonprofit and public agencies.
- Served as lead consultant in the development of a 36,000 sf. community facility using NMTC.
- Provided general development consulting for 15 Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO).
- Lead consultant in the rehabilitation and acquisition of 1800 units using tax-exempt bonds, low-income housing tax credits, and grant funding.
- Acquired equity funding for the acquisition and energy-efficient rehabilitation of bank-owned properties in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles County.
- Lead consultant in the new development of 140 multi-family affordable housing units using tax-exempt bonds, tax credits, AHP, and HOME funds in Fresno Ca.
- Lead consultant in the development of 132 multi-family affordable housing units using tax-exempt bonds, tax credits, AHP, and HOME funds in Fresno Ca.
Education
Master of Public Administration (MPA),
California State University, Fresno, California
With Honors
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Political Science
California State University, Fresno