New Executive Appointments
Dear Colleagues,
We continue to make updates to our organization to strengthen the Authority and our service to residents. I am pleased to announce the following appointments to our leadership team that were made this month.
Daniel Sherrod, our new Chief Operating Officer, is now on board at NYCHA. In collaboration with his current employer, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), we will gain from his vast expertise in improving the performance of public housing authorities across the nation. This will be especially valuable as we continue the important work of transforming NYCHA – efforts that he has already been involved with during his time at HUD. Mr. Sherrod has served at HUD since 2014, most recently as the Director of Federal Monitorships. In that role, Mr. Sherrod directs a team of supervisors who provide performance oversight, compliance assurance, technical assistance, coordination, and program implementation for public housing authorities. He manages staff at all levels who are focused on addressing national initiatives and recommending solutions in response to newly proposed legislation and notices. In addition, Mr. Sherrod has worked with public housing authority directors, government officials, resident groups, and industry leaders to improve the public housing authorities’ performance and resolve critical issues. Prior to HUD, Mr. Sherrod served for two years as the Director of Asset Management at the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority in Toledo, Ohio. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and government from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Brad Greenburg was appointed Chief Compliance Officer. The Compliance Department oversees NYCHA’s regulatory compliance. It is also responsible for ensuring the accuracy of external reporting by NYCHA and developing venues for employee and resident complaints regarding compliance issues. Before joining the Compliance Department, Mr. Greenburg served as a Special Counsel at NYCHA, helping to manage NYCHA’s work under its Agreement with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. That included helping to build a reporting structure for the obligations for each pillar of the Agreement and drafting and helping to implement Action Plans required under the Agreement, among other tasks. Before his work at NYCHA, Mr. Greenburg was an Associate at the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where his practice focused on transactional real estate and urban development work. Prior to that, he served in a number of roles, including as Legislative Director for Congressman David Cicilline, and he worked at the Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at NYU. He holds a BA from Brown University and a JD magna cum laude from NYU School of Law.
Shaan Mavani was appointed NYCHA’s first-ever Chief Asset & Capital Management Officer. Mr. Mavani was previously the Senior Advisor for Special Projects in NYCHA’s Office of the Chair, most recently leading the design and setup of the Comprehensive Modernization Program. Before joining NYCHA, he served in a variety of leadership roles internationally with the United Nations, the Boston Consulting Group, and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, amongst other organizations, including as Senior Director & Senior Advisor to the CEO at the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency. His experience includes building out new teams in government and international agencies, implementing large-scale organizational transformation, and leading major projects and programs. Mr. Mavani earned a Master of Public Administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (where he focused on housing and urban economic development), a Master of Arts in international studies (focused on comparative economic development) from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley. In his new role, Mr. Mavani will lead the new Asset & Capital Management Division (ACMD), which integrates and aligns the Authority’s existing development, modernization, and asset management work being carried out by the Real Estate Development, Capital Projects, and Comprehensive Modernization teams. ACMD will bring comprehensive repairs to NYCHA buildings and apartments through strong partnership with residents and other stakeholders; strategic, data-driven portfolio planning; and cost-effective project delivery and management. The Division will also position NYCHA’s housing portfolio for the future by incorporating innovative building materials, construction methods, and technology, improving residents’ quality of life while enhancing building performance and management. Aligning NYCHA’s capital investment plans portfolio-wide is an important part of our Transformation Plan efforts to become a stronger and more streamlined organization, and we are excited about the progress we’re making.
Daniel Greene was appointed NYCHA’s Senior Vice President for Healthy Homes. He is responsible for the overall management and administration of lead-based paint, mold operations, asbestos, and other initiatives that focus on the health and safety of residents. Mr. Greene joined the Authority in April 2019 as Acting Chief Compliance Officer, and he was appointed Chief Compliance Officer in November 2019. In this role, he oversaw NYCHA’s compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations and ensured the accuracy of NYCHA’s regulatory reporting and statements. He also led the establishment of a communication channel for compliance-related complaints made by NYCHA residents, employees, contractors, and the general public. Before coming to NYCHA, Mr. Greene served as Counsel to the LeadFreeNYC Task Force, helping to develop the LeadFreeNYC report and implementing many of its recommendations. Mr. Greene has also served as the Deputy General Counsel and then General Counsel of the New York State Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery; his team provided legal advice on the Office’s work to assist homeowners, small businesses, and communities build back and become more resilient following Superstorm Sandy. Prior to that, he was a Senior Counsel at the New York City Law Department. He is a graduate of Fordham University and Vermont Law School.
Please join me in congratulating our colleagues on their appointments.
Thank you,
Greg Russ
Chair & Chief Executive Officer
