Gregory P. Russ

Gregory Russ, appointed as Minneapolis Public Housing Authority’s executive director/CEO by the MPHA board of commissioners in December 2016, is a national leader in public and affordable housing, and brings over three decades of progressive industry experience. Greg was formerly executive director of the Cambridge (Mass.) Housing Authority. He previously held leadership roles in public housing programs in Chicago and Philadelphia and has also worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Detroit and Washington, D.C. He served as president of the Public Housing Authority Directors Association and is a current board member of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities.