The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development announced it has made several hires in leadership roles at the agency.

Jordan Gilmore is now the Director of Policy within the Department’s Division of Policy, Strategy, and Research. An attorney with experience in real estate, landlord/tenant, land use and zoning matters, Jordan had served as the Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of Policy Development since 2023. In that role, he led the development and drafting of several key pieces of departmental legislation, and of Maryland’s first statewide housing production targets.

Jamiece Sanders-Lambert is now the Director of the Office of Research and Compliance in the Department’s Division of Policy, Strategy, and Research. Prior to joining DHCD, she served in leadership and program management roles in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she managed complex housing systems, compliance initiatives, and cross-functional modernization efforts supporting national multifamily housing programs. Sanders-Lambert holds a Master of Business Administration and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Law and Policy degree.

Gina Rendina now serves as Deputy Director of the Department’s Division of Homeless Solutions. Rendina brings over two decades of wide-ranging experience in homeless services, renter relief programs, poverty mitigation programs, grant management and federal policy. Rendina has a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Maryland, Baltimore and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Villanova University.

Albert “Bert” Bossar now serves as Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Department’s Division of Business Development. He holds an MBA and MSBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, a Master’s in international economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point.