Sessions
Leveling the Playing Field in Development
3:45 PM - 4:45 PM Thu
Alnisha Maniaci is the Acting Chief Diversity Officer and Chief of Staff to the Executive Deputy Commissioner at the NYC Department of Housing and Preservation (HPD). At HPD Alnisha identifies innovative and efficient solutions to policy and operational issues. Over the past decade, Alnisha has lent her strategic and analytic expertise to developing programs and policies that increase the presence and use of M/WBEs in the affordable housing industry. More recently, Alnisha has been a core member of the team working to make HPD a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
Alnisha has been at HPD for 12 years, performing various roles—Housing Policy Researcher, strategic planning Project Manager, and the Director of Finance in the Office of Asset and Property Management. Alnisha is a Master’s of Urban Planning graduate of NYU’s Wagner School.