Daniel Cunningham is the founding Executive Director of the Community Preservation Trust, a program of the College Park City-University Partnership. He joined in November of 2022 to provide leadership to this innovative program focused on expanding affordable homeownership within the City of College Park.

Mr. Cunningham brings an extensive background in affordable housing to this position. In addition to his duties as Executive Director of the Trust, he is the founder and principal of Development Preservation Consulting LLC, a Maryland-based firm providing advisory services to affordable hosing not-for-profits throughout the country. He spent 3+ years as Chief Investment Officer for the Housing Partnership Equity Trust, a Real Estate Investment trust owned by 14 of the largest affordable housing not-for-profits in the country. He has worked at the forefront of affordable housing and real estate finance in a number of national organizations, including as head of Agency originations for the East Coast for PNC Real Estate for nearly 7 years, in addition to being the National Director of Multifamily Affordable Housing Debt at Fannie for 7 years. In addition, he has worked at a number of other financial institutions, including Citi, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Union Labor Life Insurance Company. He is a member of the Urban Land Institute (Urban Revitalization Council), the Harvard Alumni Real Estate Board (founding member) and sits on the Leadership Council of Washington, DC-based Jubilee Housing.

Cunningham is a graduate of Harvard University (AB in Social Studies, cum laude) and the Sloan School of Management at MIT (MS in Management, with a concentration in Finance and Real Estate). 

Tawfiq Abdul-Karim Senior Associate, Community Preservation Trust

Tawfiq Abdul-Karim is the Senior Associate for the Community Preservation Trust, a program of the College Park City-University Partnership. He joined in June of 2023 to support the Trust’s innovative program focused on expanding affordable homeownership within the City of College Park.

Mr. Abdul-Karim is a Washington, DC native and brings a passion for people, as well as a background in affordable housing. He is a graduate of Gettysburg College (BA in Sociology) where he competed in track and football, and The University of Maryland, College Park (MS in Real Estate Development). While completing his master’s degree, he interned for two summers at leading affordable housing developer NHP Foundation.  He is a member of the Urban Land Institute and an awardee of The Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development Scholarship.