2025 was a year of transformation for GJHA. We celebrated Jody Kole’s remarkable career and welcomed 
new leadership, with Scott Aker as CEO and Krista Ubersox as COO. We navigated the most complicated new 
development closing since our inception, alongside new partners and welcomed new leadership in Supportive 
Services, Property Management, and Maintenance. All the while, we managed through challenging and 
uncertain times in the development and HUD arenas.
We also opened new doors to creative opportunities to catalyze new affordable housing development in a 
more limited role than acting as lead developer. New collaboration promises over the long run to create more 
housing than GJHA could create on its own. In this process, our relationships with the City of Grand Junction 
and Mesa County are evolving and strengthening.
We celebrate the continued success of our asset management, operations, finance, vouchers, and compliance 
teams. Our financial and program audits are clean and strong. Our compliance track record with federal, 
state and investor oversight teams is strong. This strength remains the essential foundation for GJHA to be 
competitive in bringing new development resources to our community. And we cannot achieve this without 
our community partners. Thank you all.
In 2026 we will substantially complete The Current, bringing 54 new affordable apartment homes to our 
community. Lease up will occur in early/mid 2027. We will continue to work toward creative solutions with our 
development partners, with an eye toward more GJHA-led development in 2028.
Our work remains firmly guided by our Vision, Mission and Values, to which we hold ourselves accountable and 
expect to be held accountable by our community partners. Thank you for your collaboration.
Leadership Letter
Scott Aker
Chief Executive Officer
Bernie Buescher
Board Chair
GRAND JUNCTION
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VISION 
All Mesa County residents live in 
safe, stable and affordable 
housing allowing them to thrive 
within our community.
MISSION 
The Grand Junction Housing 
Authority helps people when they 
are most vulnerable to regain their 
footing, and together we 
strengthen the community.
• Compassion
• Empathy
• Respect
• Support
• Work-Life
• Engaged
• Accountable
• Stewardship
• Ethical
• Ownership
• Responsible
• Transparency
• Higher
 Standard
• Quality
• Excellence
• Forward-
 Thinking
• Creative 
 Problem-Solving
• New Ideas
MISSION 
The Grand Junction Housing 
Authority helps people when they
are most vulnerable to regain thei
footing, and together we 
strengthen the community.
VISION 
All Mesa County residents live in 
safe, stable and affordable 
housing allowing them to thrive 
within our community.

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