Sean Spear

Sean Spear is the President & CEO of Community HousingWorks (CHW).  Founded in 1988, CHW provides and builds life-changing affordable apartment communities with resident-centered services for working families, seniors and people with disabilities to forge stronger futures.  Sean is directly responsible for ensuring that the organization fulfills that mission every day.

Sean has served as a top local and state government leader in successive community development roles in the cities of New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and in Sacramento for the State of California.  Prior to joining Community HousingWorks in 2020, Sean was the Assistant General Manager at the Los Angeles Housing + Community Investment Department where he was responsible for leading its housing production efforts and directing the operations of its Housing Development Bureau.  He also most notably served as the Executive Director of the California Debt Allocation Committee (CDLAC) from 2009-2015, administering the $3.8 Billion private activity bond program for California.  Sean holds both graduate and undergraduate degrees from Cornell University. He is a member of several industry board of directors including service as Board Chair of the San Diego Continuum of Care (CoC), and is a member of the invitation-only Lambda Alpha International Society for Land Economics.