Phil Eide

Phil joined HOPE in September 2000 as ECD was creating a mortgage program. He currently works on HOPE’S Economic and Community Development efforts providing debt to Low Income Housing Tax Credit developments, working with New Market Tax Credit projects and other community development efforts. Phil worked closely with Hope’s efforts to rebuild affordable housing in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

He was a Housing and Urban Development fellow before joining ECD. He previously served as Executive Director of Jackson Metro Housing Partnership, the largest nonprofit housing organization in the Jackson, MS metropolitan area. He obtained an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s degree from Jackson State University. He serves on the American Heart Association Greater Southeast Multicultural Initiative Committee, Boards of Springboard to Opportunities, Gulf Coast Renaissance Corporation, Mississippi Association of Affordable Housing Providers and Housing Mississippi.