Jeffrey Wade

Jeffrey D. Wade serves as Chief of Staff/Special Counsel to the Chief Executive Officer for the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA). As Chief of Staff, he serves as the principal counselor and advisor to Mr. Jeffery K. Patterson, engages with the Executive Team to facilitate the Authority’s mission, fosters the values defining the Authority’s vision and culture and collaborates across varied institutions and interests to return value to the more than 55,000 individuals served by CMHA’s programs. As a practicing attorney, Jeff participates in all major development initiatives while providing counsel across all aspects of CMHA’s operations. Wade also has oversight for the Authority’s Housing Programs serving families across Cuyahoga County. Aside from his role with CMHA, Wade serves on the Board of Trustees for Western Reserve Revitalization and Management Company, Inc. – the non-profit arm of CMHA – on the Executive Leadership Team for Purpose Built Communities – Cleveland and as a member of the Insurance Solutions Committee for the Housing Insurance Group Board of Directors which governs a diverse portfolio of companies serving the Affordable Housing Sector throughout the United States. Wade engages as both a thought and operational leader where he fosters best practices and risk principles throughout his areas of responsibility. During his tenure, Wade facilitated a paradigm shift where Risk is included as a discipline among the Leadership Team and where risk principles are explicitly considered. He is animated by the desire to maximize stewardship of the public’s resources with an emphasis on quality management while rendering engaged, compassionate service to families served by the Authority’s programs. Before joining CMHA, Jeff was in private practice with a focus on corporate and business matters, engaging clients to recognize that risk is inherent in all business activity and questioning business assumptions to attain the best outcomes on risk/rewards. He aspires to do that which is right rather than that which is compliant and is a process-oriented leader with a keen sense of how processes and the values that animate them, shape outcomes. Wade holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Liberty University and a Juris Doctor Degree from the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He is admitted to the practice of law in the State of Ohio and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.