Business and Fund Development Director, BARHII
Odetta MacLeish-White is a twenty three year career professional in affordable housing, community development, and systemic change. Currently, she is the Business and Fund Development Director for the Bay Area Regional Health Inequities Initiative. She has worked on systemic vacancy as Director of Engagement for the Center for Community Progress; led the TransFormation Alliance, a partnership of nonprofits, government agencies, and businesses working with residents to improve housing, transit and jobs access; supported comprehensive community stabilization efforts and nonprofit capacity around the country as a Senior Program Director with Enterprise Community Partners; and created affordable housing recommendations as staff director for Florida’s Affordable Housing Study Commission. She started her career as a developer building tax credit units and managing small commercial properties. Each of these experiences has deepened Odetta’s understanding of the systemic barriers that hold back communities from achieving shared prosperity and true community. Odetta earned her Juris Doctorate and LLM in International Law from Duke University School of Law, and her bachelor’s degree in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard-Radcliffe University. She lives in Marietta, GA with Todd, her husband of 27 years, and their two children, Isaiah and Adria.