Pam Patenaude

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Pamela Hughes Patenaude is an accomplished real estate, housing policy, and disaster recovery expert with a four-decade record of achievement as an executive in government, nonprofit sector, and private industry. Patenaude is an Independent Director for Target Hospitality, Corp. (NASDAQ: TH) and is Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and Chair of the Compensation Committee. Patenaude is an Independent Director of loanDepot, Inc. (NYSE: LDI) and a member of the Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee. Patenaude is also a member of the Social Impact Advisory Board for Center Creek Housing Fund. Patenaude is a Trustee and Chair of the Home Builders Institute (HBI). Patenaude is a member of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Advisory Committee on Affordable, Equitable, and Sustainable Housing (ACAESH). Additionally, Patenaude serves on the Board of Directors for Habitat for Humanity International as well as the Board of Directors for the Bipartisan Policy Center and serves on the Board of Governors for the National Housing Conference. Patenaude is Principal of Granite Housing Strategies, LLC, serving as a strategic advisor for clients engaged in real estate development, affordable housing, and disaster recovery management.

Patenaude served as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Patenaude managed the day-to-day operations of the $52 billion cabinet level agency with a diverse portfolio of federal housing and community development programs.

Patenaude served as the President of the J. Ronald Terwilliger Foundation for Housing America’s Families. Previously, Patenaude was the Director of Housing Policy for the Bipartisan Policy Center where she successfully led a 21-person commission to present a new direction for national housing policy. Patenaude also served as Executive Vice President of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Founding Executive Director of the ULI Terwilliger Center for Housing.

Earlier in her career, Patenaude served as Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development at HUD. Patenaude also served at HUD as the Assistant Deputy Secretary for Field Policy and Management.

Patenaude earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Anselm College and a Master of Science degree in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University.

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