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 Ms. Murtagh joined EAH Housing as Executive Director in 1986. Professionally trained as an architect, Ms. Murtagh specialized in real estate finance and project management prior to joining EAH. Under her direction, EAH has successfully pursued development opportunities creating over 4,000 units throughout California and Hawaii, and increasing units under EAH property management by over 750%.
She has implemented a number of innovative policy changes, including the creation of the first computer learning center in HUD's western region, which has since been expanded to a network of 13 learning centers in EAH developments. Murtagh's leadership has positioned EAH as one of the most respected affordable housing and advocacy organizations in the Western United States.
In 1980, Murtagh served as Development Officer for the Urban Development Action Grant (UDAG) program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Based in Washington, D.C., Murtagh was responsible for negotiated loans for real estate projects having a combined value of more than $300 million.
Prior to relocating to the Bay Area, Murtagh was Assistant Deputy Administrator of the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) of the City of Los Angeles. While at the CRA, she participated in the financing of numerous projects in downtown Los Angeles, including the LA Central Library, business development districts and urban residential.
Murtagh was raised in a university town in New Hampshire, home of Dartmouth College. She graduated cum laude from Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts degree, in philosophy and art history and went on to receive a Master of Architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She subsequently studied investment analysis, tax and real estate finance at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Currently, Mary lives with her husband and her two sons in Berkeley, California.
As of January 2006, Mary Murtagh also joined the Board of Directors for Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern California, NPH. "I'm delighted to be serving on the board of a valuable organization that is dedicated to the cause I'm most passionate about," said Murtagh. "NPH has been a key player in strengthening the local, regional and statewide housing movement."
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