Our Board
The Public Housing Preservation Trust is governed by an experienced and dedicated Board of Trustees that includes NYCHA residents.
Board Members
The New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust is governed by a 9-member Board of Trustees, which includes four members that are NYCHA residents, one member that represents NYCHA workers, the CEO and CFO of NYCHA, the New York City Deputy Mayor of Housing, Economic Development and Workforce, and an at-large member.
The Trust Board also has three committees, Audit, Finance, and Governance, that provide advisory services for the Trust and rest of the Board.
The Trust Board
Lisa Bova-Hiatt
NYCHA CEO & Trust Board Chair
Appointed: June 15, 2022
Appointed by: NYCHA, Ex Officio
Lisa Bova-Hiatt was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the New York City Housing Authority by Mayor Eric Adams on July 6, 2023. She served as the Interim CEO of the Authority since September 2022.
Lisa has more than 25 years of experience in the public sector. She joined NYCHA in February 2020 as General Counsel, where she led the Authority's Law Department and was involved with all NYCHA executive matters including compliance with the HUD Agreement, NYCHA’s Transformation and Implementation Plans, as well as operations and administration. She was previously General Counsel of the City University Construction Fund and Executive University Counsel of the City University of New York (CUNY). Prior to CUNY, Lisa served as Executive Director of the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR), where she played an integral role in helping the agency carry out the reconstruction of over 12,000 homes and hundreds of infrastructure projects.
Lisa previously spent 19 years in various roles at the New York City Law Department, including as the Deputy Chief of the Tax and Bankruptcy Litigation Division, where she specialized in the acquisition of property by eminent domain, in rem tax foreclosures, and real estate titles.
Karen Blondel
President, Red Hook West Houses Tenant Association
Term: 3 years, July 6, 2023 — July 5, 2026
Appointed by: NYCHA Committee(s): Audit, Member; Finance, Member
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Karen Blondel is an award-winning climate activist and leader of the Red Hook West Houses Residents Association. Karen has been a resident of Red Hook Houses since 1982 and has worked tirelessly to build community and organize residents, promote resiliency and decarbonization, and pursue innovative approaches to improve public housing through the creation of the Trust. She was a Harvard Loeb fellow, declared one of New York City’s “Climate Heroes” by the Human Impacts Institute and New York City Department of Transportation, and most recently, in 2023, received the David Prize, an award recognizing leaders for extraordinary work to improve the lives of New Yorkers.
Leila Bozorg
Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning
Appointed: January 1, 2026
Appointed by: New York City Mayor, Ex Officio
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Leila Bozorg is the Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning in New York City, where she leads citywide housing and land use strategies that guide New York City’s growth and affordability agenda. She is a housing and urban policy leader with more than 15 years of experience shaping policy, land use, and housing finance strategies to deliver large-scale, equity-driven outcomes. Throughout her tenure in public service, Leila has played a central role in landmark initiatives including the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning reform, public housing preservation efforts leveraging billions in public and private investment, creating the City’s first comprehensive fair housing plan, and designing innovative housing finance and development programs. Her career spans senior roles at NYC Housing Preservation and Development, the City Planning Commission, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and NYC Kids RISE. She holds a Master in City Planning from MIT and a BA from Wesleyan University.
Pamela Campbell
Labor Representative
Term: 3 years, July 6, 2023 — July 5, 2026
Appointed by: New York City Mayor Committee(s): Audit, Chair; Governance, Member
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Pamela Campbell dedicated her career to serving public housing residents, spending 27 years working at NYCHA. Pamela started as a seasonal employee and steadily advanced to become an Assistant Superintendent for Baisley Houses. Her experience spans developments in Brooklyn and Queens and she brings a wealth of operational knowledge to the Trust’s Board of Trustees. A member of Teamsters Local 237, she also worked at Seth Low Houses and Howard Houses in Brooklyn, as well as Queensbridge Houses in Queens.
John Dionisio, Jr.
Managing Director at Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
Term: 3 years, February 14, 2025 — July 5, 2027
Appointed by: NYCHA, Member at Large Committee(s): Finance, Chair; Governance, Member
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John Dionisio Jr. has over two decades of experience in the infrastructure sector. He is a former Partner of Meridiam, a global investor and asset manager specialized in developing, financing, and managing long-term public infrastructure projects (P3). John has developed and invested in transformational P3 projects across the transportation, social infrastructure, utility, and environmental sectors in the US and abroad. Currently John serves as member of the Executive Management team of Global Infrastructure Solutions Inc., an employee owned, global professional services and construction services firm with over 14,000 employees operating in over 100 countries. John also serves on the board of the New York Building Congress Foundation and is on the executive committee of the New York League of Conservation Voters.
Annika Lescott-Martinez
NYCHA’s Chief Financial Officer
Appointed: June 30, 2023
Appointed by: NYCHA, Ex Officio Committee(s): Audit, Member; Finance, Member
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Annika Lescott-Martinez was appointed Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President of Finance at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in February 2020. In this capacity, Ms. Lescott-Martinez leads the financial planning and analysis, accounting, payroll, risk management, and investment activities of the Authority. She is also responsible for fiscal policy and financial performance of the Authority including the $4 billion operating budget, $1 billion investment portfolio, and the issuance of the annual financial statements for NYCHA and its subsidiaries.
Prior to joining NYCHA, Ms. Lescott-Martinez was a Presidential Management Fellow in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, where she worked on non-partisan housing policy analysis and the President's Budget under the Obama and Trump administrations. Ms. Lescott-Martinez provided strategic oversight on the more than $78 billion budget of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, crafted national housing policy reforms, reviewed national public housing regulatory changes, and implemented landmark legislation to streamline workforce development programs. She also worked at the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, an innovative community development financing institution where she facilitated reinvestment in low-income communities across the five boroughs.
Miriam Rodriguez
NYCHA Resident Representative
Term: November 26, 2025 — July 5, 2027
Appointed by: New York City Mayor Committee(s): Governance, Chair
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Miriam Rodriguez joins the Trust Board as a NYCHA resident representative and longtime resident of Nostrand Houses. She brings over 30 years of public service experience from the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, where she serves as a Claims Examiner.