LINDA MANDOLINI

 Profile Provided By: http://www.edenhousing.org/senior-staff

Overview

Linda Mandolini has served Eden Housing as a Project Developer as Director of Real Estate Development and since 2001 as President. Eden Housing is California's second oldest non profit housing development companies and has developed or acquired more than 10500 units throughout California. Linda oversees affordable housing production resident support services and property management components of the organization and a staff of more than 325 employees. She is guided in her work by Eden's active volunteer board of directors.Under Linda's strong leadership Eden has become one of the most productive and successful nonprofit affordable housing developers in California. Eden has received numerous awards including being named as Best Places to Work in the Bay Area in 2012 2015 and 2016 and Healthiest Employers in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Journal for the past five years in a row (2012 2016).Linda is a leader in housing policy on the local state and national level. She serves or has served on the Board and has held leadership positions on the Board of The Housing Trust of Silicon Valley Non Profit Housing Association of Northern California (NPH) California Housing Consortium (CHC) National Housing Conference (NHC) Enterprise Communities' Community Leadership Council and International Housing Policy Exchange. Linda held various community development positions in Boston prior to moving to California in 1996.Linda has been honored with the 2016 SF Business Times Forever Influential Honor Roll 2015 SF Business TImes Bay Area's Most Influential Women award 2014 SF Business Times Bay Area's Most Influential Women award 2011 SF Business Times Bay Area's Most Influential Women award 2011 SF Business Times Northern California Real Estate Women of Influence award 2011 Affordable Housing Management Association (AHMA) Pioneer Award and 2008 East Bay Business Times Women of Distinction award.Linda received her A.B. from Wheaton College in Massachusetts and earned an M.B.A. at Boston University. In her free time Linda is an avid bicyclist and frequently rides for charitable causes.