Angela Penn

Angela Penn has worked in housing development for over a decade. She began her foray into the housing world at the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA), eventually serving as its vice president of real estate development. Before becoming TAP’s vice president for economic and real estate development, she served as director of its housing and community development component. She was instrumental in TAP’s rehabilitation of the 187-unit Terrace Apartments complex located in Roanoke’s Grandin Village, as well as its conversion of the old Raleigh Court Elementary School into TAP Head Start’s Raleigh Court Child Development Center. She is instantly recognizable on any construction site because of her pink hardhat.

Ms. Penn holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from James Madison University and an MBA from Radford University. Deeply engaged in public service, she is a member of the City of Roanoke Planning Commission; served as the 2013 co-chair of the United Way of Roanoke Valley President’s Circle; is as a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; and is a member of the Roanoke Valley Chapter of Jack and Jill of America. Widely recognized as a leader in the Roanoke Valley, she recently completed LEAD VIRGINIA’s seven-class program focused on social capital.