Shola Olatoye was appointed Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) on February 8, 2014, by Mayor Bill de Blasio. NYCHA is the largest public housing authority in the nation, providing decent and affordable housing for more than 620,000 New Yorkers with low and moderate incomes. As Chair, Ms. Olatoye will lead NYCHA’s efforts to improve residents’ quality of life and to help fulfill Mayor de Blasio’s plan to create or preserve 200,000 affordable housing units over the next 10 years. Ms. Olatoye will focus on bringing more employment opportunities to residents, retrofitting the public housing stock for a more sustainable future, and investing in residents and employees.