The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), a San Diego-based non-profit trade association dedicated to increasing the homeownership rate among Latinos, recently honoredGlenda Gabriel and Craig Nickerson with the 2010 NAHREP Founders’ Award. The awards were presented at the NAHREP/AREAA Real Estate & Marketing Conference last week.

Gabriel, SVP at Bank of America, and Nickerson, president of the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST), are members of the association’s national board and leadership advisory teams.

“NAHREP is so lucky to benefit from the integrity and thought leadership of people like Glenda Gabriel and Craig Nickerson,” said NAHREP co-founder Ernest J. Reyes. “We are forever indebted to their generosity of spirit and support all these years.”

Gabriel, who oversees neighborhood lending of consumer real estate at Bank of America, has served on NAHREP’s national leadership board since 2007. She is currently chairman of its corporate board of governors. Gabriel has experience developing emerging markets relative to the Community Reinvestment Act and with programs for low-to-moderate-income borrowers.

In addition to his leadership of the NCST, Nickerson was VP of expanding markets for Freddie Mac, where he was responsible for supporting the affordable housing needs of mortgage lenders, building housing industry partnerships to strengthen underserved communities, and increasing homeownership opportunities. He served two terms on NAHREP’s national board.

NAHREP recognizes two individuals annually who have supported sustainable Hispanic homeownership and improved the quality of life for Hispanics in America. The annual awards go to one person from the corporate sector and one from the non-profit world.