Lisa B. Alberghini has been president of the Planning Office for Urban Affairs since 2001. While at the Planning Office she has overseen a dramatic increase in housing production, managing the development of more than 650 units of housing with total debt and equity financing in excess of $170 million. Ms. Alberghini is responsible for overall operations, for all development initiatives and for exploring the redevelopment potential of surplus property owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. She also plays a significant role in the Archdiocese and the region in housing policy and has been actively involved with efforts to increase resources for affordable housing development at the State and Federal levels.

Prior to joining the Planning Office, Ms. Alberghini was the director of the Boston Office of The Community Builders. In that capacity, she managed a $7 million operating budget and oversaw the work of the Development, Property Management, Human Services and Legal departments. During her 18-year tenure with The Community Builders, Ms. Alberghini managed the development of nearly 1,600 units of affordable and mixed-income housing.

Ms. Alberghini has more than 25 years of experience developing affordable housing, including service-enriched housing for vulnerable populations, family and special needs housing, and rental, cooperative and homeownership developments. She has consulted to organizations throughout the country and has been a teaching assistant at Tufts University and guest lecturer at Harvard University, Boston College, Boston University, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Urban Land Institute. In addition to serving on the board of the Housing Partnership Network, Ms. Alberghini currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Boston (CCAB) and is Chair of its Real Estate Committee.