Carl R. Greene

Carl R. Greene was the executive director of the Philadelphia Housing Authority (PHA), (March 9, 1998 to September 23, 2010) the fourth largest public housing authority in the nation. On his departure, PHA provided approximately 14,000 units of affordable housing for 80,000 Philadelphia residents and managed the city’s Housing Choice Voucher program. Before heading PHA, Greene held a similar position with the Detroit Housing Commission. He also held senior positions with housing authorities in Atlanta and Washington, DC.

Greene earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland and a Master of Science in Information Systems Technology from George Washington University. He is a Certified Property Manager with the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM).

Since 1998, Carl Greene and his staff at PHA managed more than $1.6 billion in redevelopment projects throughout the city. Upon his departure, PHA was administering $126.9 million in [https://web.archive.org/web/20100102062104/http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD HUD] stimulus funds to improve and expand affordable housing, rebuild neighborhoods, and create more than 3,000 local jobs. Provided by Wikipedia