Mary Murtagh

Mary Murtagh joined EAH Housing as Executive Director in 1986. Professionally trained as an architect, Mary specialized in real estate finance and project management prior to joining EAH. Under her direction, EAH has successfully pursued development opportunities creating over 7,300 units throughout California and Hawaii, and increasing units under EAH property management by over 850% to more than 9,300. EAH has grown to a staff of 450, serving 20,000 residents. Mary is a passionate advocate for affordable housing and ways to help lower income families improve their lives. She has implemented an ongoing list of innovative policies at EAH Housing, including: EAH Scholarship program; the creation of the first computer learning center in HUD’s western region, which has since been expanded to a network of 30 “technology lounges” (Windows and Mac based computers, WiFi connections) in ...