Lionel Hotard, Chief Operating Officer
Prior to being named Chief Operating Officer, Lionel began his career with Cityside as Contract Manager for HUD’s Management and Marketing contract in the States of Louisiana and Arkansas.
He worked closely with government officials, lenders, brokers, buyers, appraisers, contractors, property management staff, and other related Real Estate Owned (REO) industry participants to facilitate the organized liquidation of single-family foreclosed government assets.
Dating back to 1996 when he served as the very first Contract Manager for HUD’s M&M pilot program, he has been responsible for the management and marketing operations for single-family housing inventory in 37 States.
Lionel currently resides in Louisiana and works out of Cityside’s Covington office. He is responsible for oversight of all government contract field and marketing activities and provides direction to team leaders. He designs property management plans, marketing plans, and sub-contract plans under the direction of the president; and maps out operations and staffing strategies.

