Ellen Duffy

Ellen Duffy was appointed to Executive Vice President in 2021. She joined the New York City Housing Development Corporation as Senior Vice President for Debt Issuance and Finance in 2009. In her role, Ms. Duffy is responsible for structuring and executing all the Corporation’s debt issuance as well as overseeing the cash management, investment, mortgage operations, and construction loan servicing functions for the Corporation. To date she has executed over $29 billion of innovative tax-exempt and taxable affordable housing bond financings for new construction and preservation.

Prior to joining the NYCHDC, Ms. Duffy was a Principal in the Housing Finance group at Bank of America Securities where she focused on the quantitative structuring of transactions and cash flow analysis for state and local housing issuers. Ms. Duffy previously held positions in the Public Finance Departments at CS First Boston, First Union Securities and Citicorp Investment Bank.

Ms. Duffy holds a B.A. in Economics from Providence College.

AC25 Session: Financial Structuring with Multifamily Bonds