Heidi Green

Heidi Green joins The Housing Collective as Chief Development and Communications Officer (CDCO). She brings more than 15 years of executive leadership in institutional advancement, strategic marketing, and policy advocacy for systemic change. 

In this C-suite role, she leads strategy and execution for development and cross-channel communications. Because The Housing Collective is a critical backbone organization that coordinates more than 200 partner entities to advance housing solutions across Connecticut, her priority is to robustly expand resources and enthusiastically engage the public. 

Throughout her career, Green has generated more than $3 million in philanthropic support and earned a reputation as a strategic relational architect. She translates complex policy and programmatic data into compelling, fundable, investment-grade narratives. Her high-impact fundraising record includes identifying an unassigned prospect and stewarding the gift cycle to close a $2.4 million current-use and legacy commitment for her alma mater Trinity College. She cultivated and closed a multi-year gift to endow a directorship for Save the Sound. She rationalized nonperforming assets to generate unrestricted revenue for the Gateway Community College Foundation. In addition, Green has executive advancement and foundation experience with Gateway, The Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut; Connecticut Community Foundation, Save the Sound and 1,000 Friends of Connecticut. 

A dedicated champion of collective impact for social change, Green specializes in aligning independent stakeholders around common goals. She works closely with corporate leaders, individual donors, family foundations, municipal agencies and grassroots coalitions to break down funding silos and braid public and private capital. 

In her work at The Housing Collective, she integrates collaborative communications, donor intelligence, and equity-centered storytelling to scale affordable housing access, strengthen community trust, and secure lasting financial resilience for Connecticut’s vulnerable populations.

Because her career in Connecticut began in affordable housing and community development, Green welcomes the opportunity to step firmly into the sector’s opportunities and challenges today. 

Collective Impact & Systems Change

"The Housing Collective has set the standard for what true collective impact looks like in Connecticut. No single organization can solve the state’s housing crisis in isolation—it requires an aligned ecosystem, rigorous data, and deep regional collaboration. I am thrilled to join this team and apply my experience to strengthen our narrative, dismantle funding silos, and unlock new capital streams that will accelerate systemic housing solutions."

Philanthropic Growth & Resource Diversification

"Connecticut is at a defining crossroad for housing access and affordability. While fiscal and market pressures on families are severe, there is immense opportunity to engage private donors, foundations, and corporate partners who want to invest in collective impact and proven backbone infrastructure. I look forward to working with The Housing Collective’s leaders, board, and statewide partners to pave compelling investment pathways to house everyone."

Collaborative Communications & Equity

"Throughout my career, I have seen how strategic communications and trust-based relationships can shift mindsets from traditional charity to lasting systemic investment. I am honored to step into this role at The Housing Collective to amplify partnerships, data, and human stories and align private philanthropy and strategic public investment for housing affordability and economic justice.”