Leadership That Lasts, Season 2—Episode 12
In this episode of EmpowHER, Nicole Graham and Tanya Dempsey sit down with Cheree Gulley, Executive Director of the Housing Finance Authority of Miami-Dade County and President of NALHFA, whose career has taken her through local government, law, housing finance, and national advocacy.
Cheree brings a deeply community-centered perspective to leadership, shaped by more than a decade leading the HFA in the place she calls home.
- How experience in local government shaped her approach to affordable housing
- Why understanding the community perspective matters when financing housing
- Building teams around mission, passion, and shared purpose
- Mentorship, succession planning, and preparing the next generation of housing leaders
- The importance of networks throughout every stage of a career
- NALHFA’s role in advocacy, professional development, and strengthening the affordable housing industry
- Why policymakers need to understand how the many layers of affordable housing financing work together
- Finding work that brings not only success, but happiness and peace
Leadership is not only about the work you accomplish today. It is also about the people, institutions, and communities you prepare to carry that work forward.
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