WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 6, 2013 – (RealEstateRama) — Greta Harris, a long-time member of LISC’s leadership team, is taking over as president and CEO of the Better Housing Coalition (BHC), one of Richmond’s leading community development organizations and an important LISC local partner there. While at LISC, Harris has been a tremendous voice for healthy, sustainable communities, especially in her home state of Virginia, where she led our Virginia LISC program for nine of her 16 years at LISC, before her promotion to vice president. “We will miss her clear sense of purpose and keen eye for smart, community-focused strategies,” said LISC President and CEO Michael Rubinger. “But this is not good-bye. We are thrilled that BHC will have such strong leadership, and we look forward to working closely with Greta on programs that benefit low-income Richmond residents for many years to come.”
Richmond, Va. (June 5, 2013) —The Better Housing Coalition (BHC), the largest not-for-profit housing developer in the Greater Richmond region, named Greta J. Harris as its new president and CEO, effective August 5, 2013.
Harris will succeed T.K. Somanath, who is retiring June 30, 2013, after serving as BHC’s first and only president and CEO for nearly 25 years.
“Building on T.K.’s legacy is a tall order, but we are confident that Greta’s scope and breadth of experience makes her exceptionally qualified to lead BHC and fulfill its mission,” said John McCann, chairman of BHC’s Board of Directors. “She can navigate the complexities of sustainable development, and she works collaboratively with a wide variety of community partners to succeed in creating healthier, more viable communities.”
Harris most recently was vice president for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a national non-profit community and economic development corporation. In this role, she provided strategic and managerial support to 10 of LISC’s local offices in southern and mid-western regions. Prior to that role, she was the senior program director for Virginia LISC, based in Richmond, which supported local organizations in developing more than $250 million in real estate in Central Virginia. Continued[+]…
