
Dr. Canaan Van Williams, CPEP
Dr. Williams is the Impact CEO and Managing Founder of Proactive Sustainable Bonds — a third-party, impact-verified, real-estate-backed platform scaling Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (manufactured-home communities, multifamily, and SRO) for people underserved by traditional capital.
Its impact is independently verified by Impact Evaluation Lab, BlueMark, and Morningstar Sustainalytics, and aligned to the ICMA Social Bond Principles and OPIM as a UN PRI signatory. A published author and frequent speaker on impact investing and housing innovation, he makes the case for manufactured housing as essential social infrastructure.







