About Us

Zigas and Associates LLC helps organizations develop sound strategies, build effective leadership, and create innovation that produces results.  Zigas and Associates LLC works with both for profit and nonprofit organizations.  The firm brings to its engagements a robust understanding of organizational growth and development; a deep expertise in how policy and practice interact to create effective results; a passionate commitment to effective strategies that improve peoples’ lives; and a practical, market oriented approach to social ventures.  

Zigas and Associates LLC is led by Barry Zigas.  With more than 30 years of leadership in diverse roles in housing, community and economic development, Zigas has a unique blend of for-profit and nonprofit experience.  This includes leading organizations and workgroups ranging from more than 200 national and regional staff members as a Senior Vice President at Fannie Mae to leading the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a national nonprofit advocacy organization, with 16 staff.  He has effectively articulated and promoted innovative public policy solutions to pressing social concerns. 

He helped create market-changing innovations such as the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, the HOME program, and affordable single family mortgage products that have helped to significantly expand affordable homeownership and rental housing opportunities for low and moderate income Americans.  He has led strategic planning, product development, board management and constituency relations in both the for-profit and nonprofit realms.  

Zigas has published articles on housing, finance and other topics in  the American Banker, Huffington Post, The American Prospect, Shelterforce, The Washington Post and other publications.

He currently serves as Director of Housing Policy for Consumer Federation of America in addition to working with nonprofit and other clients.  He is a Trustee of Enterprise Community Partners, and serves on the boards of Mercy Housing, Inc., the National Housing Trust, the National Housing Conference, and The Avalon Theater Project.