MARY A. BURKHOLDER

Mary Burkholder is Senior Vice President, Housing and Economic Development for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC).  Working from LISC’s headquarters she oversees LISC’s national housing and economic development programs including the Center for Commercial Revitalization, Metro Edge, the Community Safety Initiative, Centers for Working Families, the Vacant Property Initiative, the Housing Preservation Initiative, the Housing Authority Resource Center and the Green Development Initiative.

Prior to joining LISC, Ms. Burkholder served as Assistant Secretary of the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) as well as Director of the Community Development Administration (CDA).  CDA is Maryland’s housing finance agency and is the housing bond issuing entity for  the state.  At CDA, Ms. Burkholder managed a $225 million budget and all of Maryland’s affordable housing programs.

Ms. Burkholder has also served in several other public and private sector positions in economic and community development in the last 20 years.  These include Senior Associate for ZHA, Inc., a real estate economics consulting firm; Deputy Director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs; Assistant Secretary of the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development and Director of Economic  Development for the City of Annapolis, Maryland.

Ms. Burkholder holds a Master of Community of Planning degree from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Michigan.