Stanley Keasling

Overview

Stanley Keasling began his community development experience as a VISTA Volunteer with Self Help Enterprises (SHE) in 1973. At SHE Mr. Keasling worked with the self help multifamily and public facility programs. He helped establish the community development program which then formed Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) in 1978. Mr. Keasling served as RCAC s division director for community development programs from its inception in 1978 to 1982. He returned to SHE in 1982 as a program director where he supervised self help housing and community development programs. Mr. Keasling became executive director of Rural California Housing Corporation (RCHC) in 1986 initiated the RCHC merger with Mercy Housing in 2000 and remained with Mercy Housing as vice president and senior vice president until July 2006. Mr. Keasling worked as a private consultant for a short while prior to taking the helm at RCAC.