CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Janelle Chan brings over two decades of housing and community development experience, with deep expertise in affordable housing finance, equitable transit-oriented development, and government and nonprofit management. Her background includes pivotal roles as the Undersecretary of the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, where she oversaw a $1.3 billion budget and significant funding for affordable housing and community assistance, and as the Chief of Real Estate for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), where she spearheaded the first transit-oriented development policy and negotiated complex, large-scale, mixed-use development projects for the second largest land owner in the state. Prior to her public service roles, Chan was the Executive Director of the non-profit Asian Community Development Corporation and expanded the organization’s impact beyond Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood to serve the greater Boston region.