Ms. Selby oversees the day-to-day operation of HHDC. Ms. Selby joined HHDC as CFO to oversee all accounting and finance activities. She was later promoted. She works across the organization in an oversight role with the CEO setting goals and initiatives and exploring new business opportunities. She procures all lines of insurance for the organization; she is responsible for systems planning, cultivating, and maintaining banking and investor relationships, negotiating contracts, loans and lines of credit, business planning, cash management, and audit oversite. Ms. Selby currently has management oversight and responsibility for HHDC and its subsidiaries with combined annual revenues of more than $96 million for a portfolio valued at over $1 billion and works in a collaborative fashion across the organization. She has extensive management experience in the operational and financial oversight of the HHDC and the CHA housing management portfolios.
Ms. Selby is responsible for planning and procuring HHDC’s benefit package. She directed the procurement and application of a robust HRIS system. Ms. Selby also provides leadership in the development, implementation and maintenance of the information systems and technology infrastructure for HHDC. In addition, she has been responsible for refinancing various portfolios, including HHDC’s GSA Social Security assets. Additionally, Ms. Selby has successfully completed multiple acquisitions for HHDC of its expiring limited partnership tax credit interests. She works closely with the President and Vice Presidents on new property acquisitions and ground up LIHTC developments. In 2021, Ms. Selby created a Public Housing Management Division to facilitate the management of the CHA portfolio.
Ms. Selby has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Northern Illinois University.
Ms. Selby served on boards and finance committees of several non-profit organizations, including Housing Partnership Equity Trust (HPET), a national social purpose investment trust created to raise capital for affordable housing, and Housing Partnership Insurance Exchange (HPIEx), a property and casualty reinsurance company created, owned, and operated by nonprofit housing developers. Ms. Selby has served as President of the 325 N. Wells Condo Board for the last 14 years. She served as Chair for the Institute of Clinical Social Work. She served as Treasurer for SER Central States Chicago, and SER Metro Detroit. She served as a mentor sponsor for The Center of Nonprofit Success. Ms. Selby served as a judge/mentor for the Young Innovators Program, and she is a member of IREM and SHRM.
