CLPHA is pleased to announce that Lisa Bova-Hiatt, Interim CEO of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), was elected to CLPHA's board of directors at the board's March 2023 meeting.
Lisa Bova-Hiatt was appointed Interim Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority on September 19, 2022.
Lisa 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 HUD Agreement, NYCHA’s Transformation and Implementation Plans, as well as 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 Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR), 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 the acquisition of property by eminent domain, in rem tax foreclosures, and real estate titles.
CLPHA welcomes Lisa to our board and looks forward to continuing to work with her on shaping CLPHA's national goals and priorities!