Nandini Natarajan

Nandini Natarajan is Chief Executive Officer – Executive Director of the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority, the state level housing finance agency in the State of Connecticut. Nandini is the first woman and first person of color CEO in the organization’s history. CHFA’s mission is to alleviate the shortage of housing for low- and moderate-income families and persons in the State and, when appropriate, to promote or maintain the economic development of the State through employer-assisted housing efforts. CHFA is a venerable financial institution that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019. Nandini led the development and adoption of CHFA’s 2021-23 strategic plan and the organization’s first ever strategic capital analysis to align capital sources with the goals and priorities of the plan, while providing reliability and transparency for all stakeholders. A key result of the analysis was the creation of the “Opportunity Fund” for flexible financing and mission worthy lending activities of the organization.

Ms. Natarajan has served on the National Council of State Housing Agencies Board of Directors since 2020 and is a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Boston Advisory Council.

Prior to joining CHFA, Ms. Natarajan was the Chief Financial Officer of the Illinois Housing Development Authority for six years where she oversaw all aspects of the Authority’s financial plans and policies, including the issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds, loan securitization and secondary market activities.

Nandini began her career at Caine Mitter & Associates, and its predecessor firm, CGMS, as a financial analyst and computer programmer. She worked her way from creating and managing computer programs for housing cash flow analysis to serving as financial advisor for State HFAs and their bond programs.

Nandini is originally from India but has made the United States her home since 1989. She attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics. Nandini holds a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

AC22 Session: Strategic Tech and Organization Planning: Looking Ahead

AC21 Session: Closing Plenary: 50 Years of HFA Collaboration and Impact