Don Shea, President

Mr. Don Shea has been a member of the FHP Board since 2005 and has worked in the public sector of Affordable Housing Programs in the Tampa Bay Area for the past 38 years in executive management positions with the City of Tampa from 1972-1979, Consulting from 1979-1991 and Hillsborough County from 1991-2004. In 2004, Mr. Shea joined the North Tampa Housing Development Corporation as the Director of Contract Administration for the State of Florida Performance Based Contract Administration for all the Project Based Section 8 properties in the State. In addition, he is the Director of Business Operations for Related Entities of the Tampa Housing Authority. Mr. Shea has served as the Director of Federal Programs in Hillsborough County, including oversight of all funding from CDBG, HOME, SHIP and Section 8. Mr. Shea has served as the Executive Director of the Hillsborough County Housing Finance Authority and before joining NTHDC was the affordable housing policy and planning advisor for the office of the Hillsborough County Administrator. Mr. Shea is also recognized as an expert in the fields of land use, zoning, community redevelopment and housing regulatory standards.