Meet the Redmellon Team
NEAL MORRIS
Principal
Neal has three degrees from Tulane University (B.A., M.B.A., J.D.) and he counts the day he paid off Fannie Mae as one of the happiest in his life. He worked for a real estate developer in Atlanta before founding Redmellon, the oddly-named firm that enables him to practice his calling as a preservationist developer.
In 2009 he was appointed a Loeb Fellow at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and from 2011 - 2014 he was adjunct faculty at the Tulane University School of Architecture. A good 3/4 of his friends think he is an architect. He is not an architect. But he loves assembling the team that finances and rehabilitates historic structures.
He spends a lot of time thinking about blight elimination and neighborhood redevelopment, and he lectures on these subjects to anyone who will listen and often to those who won't.
He believes street art makes the world a better place; his favorite Amendments are the 1st and 4th. He rides his bike a lot, takes ukulele lessons on YouTube, avoids horizontal stripes, and acts like he is off of bread.*
*He is so totally not off of bread.
CRYSTAL RAND
Agent for New Orleans Apartment Management & Marketing
Crystal is a dedicated professional with 20 years experience in hospitality and property management. She is deeply rooted in the New Orleans culture and knows the importance of representing one of the largest property management teams in the area. She immerses herself into the daily processes that ensures the success of NOAMM and keeps the work culture strong. Today, Crystal’s purpose and passion lies in being a strong team player that positively motivates others to give their personal best.
When she isn’t working, Crystal enjoys spending time with family.
ANNE SOUVIGNIER
Office Manager
A semi-proper New Orleans girl, Anne studied Art History at Newcomb College before picking up stakes and heading to San Francisco to study Interior Design and become a redhead. While she was there she acquired some unique skills and a cool last name, as well as a couple of kids who call her Mom.
An undisciplined creative, Anne has worked in many fields – catering, interior design, art shipping, personal training and even restaurant management – building her bailiwick: being the support that makes systems run. She can make just about everything happen (except ironing, much to her mother’s chagrin).
Anne’s years at Redmellon have given her energy new focus. She loves being a part of projects that help bring her hometown back to life and into the future, and she takes great pride in the work Redmellon does. Her work with Neal has made her think, learn and laugh a lot.
TAIKAI BUSH
Property Manager
With over 14 years of affordable housing experience, Taikai has a passion for what she does and loves the variety that comes with her job. Taikai brings expertise in team member relations and retention, policy development and organizational development. Taikai oversees a multi-family portfolio of more than 200 Scattered Site units including Senior Housing as well as Tax Credit, Market Rate Communities and Commercial Properties.
Taikai has earned the Tax Credit Specialist and Compliance Specialist from The Housing Credit College, and Novogradac & Company, Certified Public Housing Property Manager from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Taikai is a member of the National Compliance Professionals, Louisiana Association of Affordable Housing Providers and National Council of State Agencies Housing Agency.
When Taikai is not busy multi-tasking, she enjoys spending quality time with her daughter and son, experimenting with new recipes and bike riding.
