Alyssa Hernandez

Director of Community Development

City of Cleveland

In her role as Cleveland's Director of Community Development, Alyssa Hernandez

oversees the disbursement of both HUD and capital funds in programs targeting

homelessness, housing improvement and affordability, and lead abatement. Born and

raised in Chicago's South Suburbs, Ms. Hernandez is a graduate of DePaul University

with a bachelor’s degree in Geography and Public Policy and is a proud member of the

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She went on to earn a master’s degree in Education

Policy and Leadership Studies from Florida State University. Most recently, Ms.

Hernandez served as a Bureau Chief within the Office of Long-Term Resiliency at the

Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, where she managed several HUD CDBG-Disaster Recovery and Mitigation programs with a combined budget of over 1.7-billion dollars.