About Ms. Draughn

Shenae Draughn serves as the President of Elm City Communities and The Glendower Group, an instrumentality of the Housing Authority of the City of New Haven.  She joined the Housing Authority in 2009.

As President of Elm City Communities and The Glendower Group, Mrs. Draughn oversees operations and strategic initiatives with a $152 million operating budget, serving over 6,100 families and more than 14,000 individuals through our public housing, housing choice voucher, and low-income housing tax credit programs. These efforts have contributed to over $850 million in real estate projects in the Greater New Haven area.

Mrs. Draughn has over twenty years’ experience in the real estate development industry with an expertise in affordable housing, managing complex projects utilizing tax credits, private debt, state grants, and HUD- mixed finance and RAD (Rental Assistance Demonstration). Mrs. Draughn’s background and experience has helped provide for over $800 million dollars of real estate development in the Greater New Haven area.

Prior to working for The Glendower Group, Inc, Mrs. Draughn was an Executive Project Manager with primary responsibility of planning, directing and managing the full scope of projects – from feasibility analysis, to control of related expenditures and tax credits. Mrs. Draughn also worked at the Mutual Housing Association of South Central Connecticut, Inc. for many years – most recently as the Deputy Executive Director where she identified affordable housing needs, promoted the development and implementation of affordable housing measures, and supervised and directed all related real estate transactions.

Mrs. Draughn holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and Real Estate Studies from Temple University in Philadelphia, PA and received a Master of Science in Management from Albertus Magnus in New Haven, CT.