Kevin J. Nowak
President and Chief Executive Officer
Kevin Nowak is responsible for the vision, strategy and overall management of CHN Housing Partners, its operating entities and real estate partnerships. Under Kevin’s leadership, CHN has grown to an operating budget of $68 million and a real estate development pipeline of over $200 million, expanding its work to fill gaps in residential mortgage markets, implement impactful housing services and address affordable housing shortages across four states. Strategies developed during Kevin’s time at CHN have included becoming a member of the NeighborWorks America network, launching CHN Housing Capital, a non-profit community development financial institution created to address mortgage deserts and equity in access to homeownership, re-aligning CHN’s home repair and rehab work to address asset quality issues in Cleveland and Detroit, developing and becoming the network manager of the Detroit Housing Network, administering both the first of its kind Cleveland Lead Safe Home Fund and the $100 million Cleveland/Cuyahoga County rental assistance program, and growing CHN’s role as a strategic partner to other non-profits seeking to meet housing needs in their communities in Michigan and Pennsylvania . In addition to his work at CHN, Kevin serves on a number of boards, both national and local, including as the president of the Ohio Housing Council, and board member of the Housing Partnership Network and Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing. Prior to CHN, Kevin was the National Equity Investment Manager of Key Community Development Corporation, and earlier in his career, he practiced real estate and corporate law at Thompson Hine LLP. A proud native of Detroit, who now resides in the Cleveland area with his wife and family, Kevin holds bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Michigan and University of Michigan Law School.
