MANNA Inc. seeks President & CEO

Manna, Inc. seeks an adaptive mission-oriented and entrepreneurial leader who is dedicated to affordable housing and wealth creation and can build on Manna’s outstanding reputation and track record as an affordable housing developer and advocate in Washington, DC. 

Manna is looking for a visionary, entrepreneurial and tactical leader with a passion for Manna’s mission and the people served. The President and CEO will be an outward facing leader who can capitalize on and leverage Manna’s outstanding reputation as an affordable housing advocate and developer, as well as work with the senior leadership team and Board to streamline and modernize internal policies and procedures. Adapting Manna’s existing business lines to current realities and potentially identifying new ones to ensure MANNA’s long-term financial sustainability will be a top priority for the President and CEO. 

Manna’s next CEO will: 

·      Be the external face of the organization, maintaining Manna’s stellar reputation as a highly visible and effective advocate and developer; 

·       Lead, with senior staff, the organization’s real estate development efforts, including the ability to create affordable housing opportunities and evaluate the feasibility and organizational risk of specific real estate projects. 

·       Provide strategic management and fiscal leadership that supports current programs and services, and maintains or increases earned revenue;

·       Maintain or develop relationships with for-profit and other partners to ensure a steady pipeline of projects that align with Manna’s mission and bring revenue into the organization;

·      Raise funding from foundations, government, corporations and individuals in partnership with Manna’s development team;

·       Develop sustainable business plans—and the revenue to support them --  for each of Manna’s lines of business;

·       Ensure that the organizational culture is one that is diverse, nurtures and develops talents, creates and supports a common mission across lines of business, and is highly communicative and collaborative.