Chan U Lee
President and CEO, Chairwoman
Devine and Gong
Ms. Lee has worked with public agencies and nonprofit organizations for more than twenty years and is well versed in all aspects of affordable housing financing and structuring, including tax exempt bond and tax credit regulations, as well as the financial structuring of mixed income and public housing revitalization. Ms. Lee brings to her work a passion for justice, a dedication to assisting disadvantaged communities and finely honed technical skills.
At Devine and Gong, Ms. Lee is actively involved in the multi-phase Hunters View Public Housing revitalization. She has also been the lead financial consultant for the development of the award-winning Holly Park, High Point, and Rainier Vista HOPE VI communities. She has also been instrumental in the preservation of Kukui Gardens in Honolulu, HI, the largest preservation project in the country. She is on the Community Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Board as well as the advisory boards of Oakland Lacrosse, the Kelsey, Oakland Roots and EAH, Inc. She is also a board member of Mid-Peninsula Housing.
Ms. Lee holds a master's degree in Public Policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley and a bachelor's degree in Government from Harvard-Radcliffe.