The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC) Board named Denise Iseri-Matsubara executive director effective July 1. She has served as interim executive director since January. Prior to joining HHFDC, Iseri-Matsubara was the executive director of the State Office of Community Services. From 2014 to 2018, she was a senior special assistant to the governor, developing and implementing the state’s housing plan and related policy issues. Iseri-Matsubara was appointed by the governor to the HHFDC Board and served as the chief of staff’s designee on the state’s Interagency Transit-Oriented Development Council and Affordable Housing Task Force.