Dee Walsh serves as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Mercy Housing, Inc., the largest nonprofit developer, owner and manager of affordable housing in the US. Dee is responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight for Mercy’s five geographic business centers (based in San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Denver and Atlanta) and Mercy Community Capital, a federally certified loan fund.  Dee also oversees National Portfolio Management and is responsible for directing Mercy’s real estate strategy and chairs the Mercy Investment Committee.

Walsh joined Mercy Housing following her work as the Chief Operating Officer at Network for Oregon Affordable Housing (NOAH), where she directed operations, lending, communications, and strategic plan implementation. Before NOAH, Walsh served as the Executive Vice President for Network and Corporate Affairs for Housing Partnership Network—leading domestic and international peer learning among HPN’s members to advance housing development practices.

Dee also spent 22 years as REACH Community Development’s Executive Director, where she directed the organization’s housing development, property management, resident services and philanthropy teams, facilitated a merger, and created nationally recognized resident services and neighborhood revitalization programs.

Walsh holds a Certificate in Achieving Excellence in Community Development from Harvard University, and a Master of Urban Planning from University of Washington. Dee was an adjunct professor at the Center for Real Estate Development at Portland State University and is the co-author of the book, Navigating Community Development, as well as several articles on the housing and community development sector.