Andrea K. Sanchez, Deputy Director

Andrea K. Sanchez believes access to safe, affordable housing improves health outcomes. As deputy director, Andrea works within HDC’s equity-oriented strategic framework to ensure that HDC’s program operations respond to the evolving needs of Oregon’s affordable housing industry. Additionally, Andrea helps to set organization-wide direction and priorities as a member of HDC’s management team. Andrea has 20 years of experience in public and private real estate development. Prior to assuming the role of deputy director in 2022, Andrea served as HDC’s director of project finance and interim director of real estate development, overseeing a team of project managers providing real estate development services to nonprofit and housing authority clients. Previously, from 2013 to 2017, she served as director of housing for Human Solutions, overseeing housing development, asset management, and resident service delivery for a 700-unit affordable housing portfolio. Andrea’s public sector experience includes leading implementation of a 10-year portfolio redevelopment and repositioning strategy with the Housing Authority of Clackamas County and administering the permanent supportive housing component of the City of Portland’s 10-year plan to end homelessness. Andrea began her career in the San Francisco Bay Area working on urban renewal initiatives for a private real estate advisory firm. She holds a Master of City and Regional Planning and a Master of Public Health from University of California, Berkeley.