Suny Lay Chang
Vice President,
Director of Housing Development

Suny Lay Chang leads LINC’s housing development operations including development, project financing, and construction administration for all LINC projects. She brings to her job years of professional experience in affordable housing and community development.

 
Prior to joining LINC, Suny was the Associate Vice President of Development with MWH Development Corporation where she built and led a team of development professionals to entitle, design, and permit a $48 million mixed-use redevelopment project including 90 for-sale townhomes. Suny also served as Director of Development with New Capital, LLC, the for-profit subsidiary of New Economics for Women, where, among other projects, she managed joint-venture agreements in a nonprofit/for-profit collaborative development of for-sale condos. As Management Consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, Suny consulted for senior managers of Fortune 100 companies across several industries, including entertainment, consumer products, and media. Suny’s experience in economic development includes work in developing countries, serving as an Economic and Commercial Intern for United States embassies in Uruguay and Cambodia. Suny obtained her Master of Business Administration degree from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she competed in the Bank of America Affordable Housing Challenge. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Harvard University, where she wrote her thesis on measuring the effects of economic growth on poverty alleviation. She revisited Harvard to complete the Achieving Excellence program, a prestigious and highly selective training program offered by NeighborWorks America through the Kennedy School of Government.

Suny and her husband enjoy hiking and photography, and opportunities to do both in Yosemite. Most recently, Suny’s young son and daughter have been the subjects of most of her picture taking.

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