John Lehner is president of the NFR Corporation, a multifaceted organization that provides training, group facilitation, and consulting services to not-for-profit and for-profit corporations. Mr. Lehner is a licensed real estate broker and licensed mortgage broker in Indiana, with 30 years of experience in; community and neighborhood planning and redevelopment, housing and commercial development, lending and finance; collaborations and joint ventures, and organizational design and management.

Mr. Lehner is an approved consultant and instructor for the NeighborWorks Training Institute and has provided services for: the Regional Neighborhood Network, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis, Freddie Mac, Indiana Housing Finance Authority, the Indiana Department of Commerce, the Indiana Association of Realtors, the Indiana Association for Community Economic Development, and a variety of not-for-profit organizations and micro businesses.

Mr. Lehner is a former city planner and neighborhood planning manager with the cities of Cleveland and Hamilton, Ohio, and the past executive director of the Fort Wayne Neighborhood Housing Partnership in Fort Wayne, Indiana.