Nadia Sesay

Nadia Sesay is Bedrock’s first Chief Community Growth and Development Officer, where she grows and leads a team focused on making meaningful connections between Bedrock’s expertise and the growing communities of Detroit and Cleveland.

Since its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including some of the most significant new developments that Detroit and Cleveland have seen in decades. Bedrock’s portfolio totals more than 18 million square feet of office, retail and residential space within new construction and adaptive reuse projects.

Prior to joining Bedrock, Nadia was the Executive Director of the City of San Francisco’s Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure. In that role, she was responsible for the economic development of the new Transbay, Mission Bay and Hunters Point Shipyard neighborhoods, which collectively provide over 20,000 new housing units, including approximately 7,000 affordable housing units, 400 acres of parks and open space and 10 million square feet of commercial space.

Nadia also served as the Director of the Controller’s Office of Public Finance for the City & County of San Francisco (City) for 12 years and worked in the Office of Public Finance for nearly 19 years, serving as Financial Administrator and Bond Associate prior to her appointment as Director. Before joining the City, Nadia worked for Union Bank of California, N.A. in the Corporate Trust Department.

Nadia serves as the Chair of the Transbay Joint Powers Authority Board and as Treasurer of the Board for the San Francisco Community Investment Fund. She also serves as Board Member of the Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy and as Committee Member of the California Debt and Investment Advisory Committee. She is currently President of the Women in Public Finance, Northern California Chapter. In 2015, Nadia served on the State Treasurer’s Task Force on Bond Accountability, whose final report in December 2015 prompted the state of California to adopt several of its recommended reforms. Nadia was awarded San Francisco’s Public Managerial Excellence Award for exemplary leadership, fiscal ingenuity and vision in 2010.