March Winter Thought Leader: NYCHA CEO, Lisa Bova-Hiatt

March Winter Thought Leader: NYCHA CEO, Lisa Bova-Hiatt

On Tuesday, March 4th, from 5:30PM – 7PM, the New York Housing Conference and the Rising Leaders Network (RLN) will continue its 2025 Winter Thought Leader series, featuring New York City Housing Authority's Chief Executive Officer, Lisa Bova-Hiatt.

You must be registered to attend this event. Please bring ID and arrive 15 minutes early to go through the building’s security procedures.

Lisa Bova-Hiatt was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in July 2023 after serving as Interim CEO since September 2022.

Bova-Hiatt has more than 25 years of experience in the public sector. She joined NYCHA in February 2020 as general counsel, where she led the Authority’s Law Department and was involved with all NYCHA executive matters, including compliance with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development agreement, NYCHA’s transformation and implementation plans, and operations and administration.

She was previously general counsel of the City University Construction Fund and executive university counsel of the City University of New York (CUNY). Prior to CUNY, Lisa served as executive director of the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery, where she played an integral role in helping the agency carry out the reconstruction of over 12,000 homes and hundreds of infrastructure projects.

Lisa previously spent 19 years in various roles at the New York City Law Department, including as the deputy chief of the Tax and Bankruptcy Litigation Division, where she specialized in real estate acquisition and development, and chief advisor to administration officials.

She is a graduate of Villanova University and Brooklyn Law School.

Again, you must be registered to attend this event. Please bring ID and arrive 15 minutes early to go through the building’s security procedures.

The Winter Thought Leader series are free educational discussions on affordable housing hosted by the Rising Leaders Network. Each winter month we feature a special speaker on topics impacting affordable housing followed by a Q&A moderated by a member of NYHC’s RLN.

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