Chief Executive Officer
Chrystal Kornegay is a mission-driven problem solver whose career is defined by repositioning organizations to grow their impact. She combines listening, instinct, and opportunity to create strategies that advance critical community development goals. Chrystal is passionate about assembling high functioning teams that achieve significant results. Her data-informed, laser focus on outcomes has led to increases in state investments in affordable housing, growth in affordable housing portfolios and the launch of nationally recognized programs to address the racial homeownership gap.
For more than a decade, Chrystal has held leadership positions in the nonprofit and government sectors including serving as the CEO of Urban Edge, a nationally recognized community developer, and as Undersecretary of the Commonwealth’s Department of Housing and Community Development. Since she joined MassHousing in 2018, the Agency has served exponentially more people, increased its net asset position by 23% and secured over $500 million in federal and state funds to create and expand housing production and preservation programs.
Chrystal lends her fun-loving spirit to the industry by serving on the boards of the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), the National Housing Trust (NHT) and the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (MHIC). Chrystal holds a Master's Degree in Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Hunter College.