Leila A. Finucane

Since 2017, Leila Finucane has led Victory Housing, Inc., a regional nonprofit focused on affordable housing development and the provision of assisted living, as president and chief executive officer. Victory Housing serves as the housing development arm of the Archdiocese of Washington, with 32 communities and approximately 200 employees in Maryland and Washington, DC. Ms. Finucane, an attorney, has over 20 years of experience in real estate, affordable housing, and community development in the private, nonprofit and government sectors. Prior to Victory Housing, Ms. Finucane worked on network-wide branch transformation efforts and affordable housing and risk mitigation strategies at Capital One in senior manager roles in Market Planning & Execution and Community Development Banking, and as a director at NeighborWorks America, where she led the National Initiatives and Applied Research Division, leading best practices, program innovations and peer networking efforts for the key business lines of the NeighborWorks affiliated members. Ms. Finucane holds a Bachelor of Arts in American History and African-American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and Master of Urban Planning and Juris Doctor degrees from New York University. Ms. Finucane has received awards and acknowledgements from the DC Building Industry Association, the DC Coalition for Non-profit Housing and Economic Development, the DC Apartment and Office Building Association and MFY Legal Services. She is a member of the New York State Bar and serves on the boards of the National Housing Trust Community Development Loan Fund, Catholic Charities of DC, and the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development. She also serves on the Housing Development Loan Committee of Volunteers of America National Services.