Donna Maestas-de Vries

Chief Housing Officer @Housing New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM, US

Donna Maestas-De Vries came to the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority in March 2020 as the organization’s Chief Housing Officer. She oversees all aspects of MFA’s asset management, community development, compliance & initiative, and marketing & communications departments, which together administer more than 30 affordable housing programs.The New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority is a self-supporting quasi-governmental entity that provides financing to make quality affordable housing and other related services available to low- and moderate-income New Mexicans. Using funding from housing bonds, tax credits and other federal and state agencies, MFA provides resources to build affordable rental communities, rehabilitate aging homes, weatherize existing homes, supply down payment assistance and affordable mortgages. Additionally, MFA has programs that offer funds for emergency homeless shelters, rental assistance and subsidies. MFA partners with lenders, REALTORS, nonprofit organizations, state agencies, local governments, tribal communities and developers throughout the state to make these programs and services available to all eligible New Mexicans.

UC San Diego

Bachelor of Arts - Psychology, Minors:Mathematics & Physics