Chief Executive Officer

In its first two decades, Island Housing Trust (IHT) has delivered more permanently affordable homes to Martha’s Vineyard than any organization in the Island’s history. As Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Philippe Jordi, IHT has grown from a community vision into a nationally recognized Community Land Trust (CLT) and Community Development Corporation (CDC), and a model studied by sister islands and resort communities across the country.

The Board of Directors now seeks the next CEO to succeed Mr. Jordi and to lead IHT through its third decade. The next CEO will inherit a strong organization at a pivotal moment. IHT recently completed its Vision 2025 strategic plan, meeting the organization’s 5-year goal of creating 150 affordable rental and ownership homes. IHT has innovated project financing through partnerships with the Island Towns, its two social impact investing platforms, the Make It Happen Fund and Martha’s Vineyard Future Financing, along with securing Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and state bond financing through its strong relationships with MassHousing and the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC). This has enabled IHT to advance major initiatives, including the recently completed 40-unit Meshacket Commons and the 60‑unit Tackenash Knoll rental development slated for completion in 2027.  As a CDC, IHT has been allotted increased Massachusetts tax credits that reward its donors each year for the past 10 years, and it has grown its roster of multi-year Leadership Circle donors and foundations committed to expanding what is possible on the Vineyard. 

The opportunity is consequential. The Vineyard faces a housing crisis whose scale demands ambition, technical sophistication, political acumen, and the personal credibility to convene a community around shared work.

Jack Gorman is leading this search with Sandeep Kaur.

The Island Housing Trust does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, familial status, children, marital status, veteran status, or membership in the armed services, the receiving of public assistance, or physical or mental disability in the access or admission to its programs or employment, or in its programs’ activities, functions or services.