Ene Underwood

Chief Executive Officer at Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area

Speaker

For over a decade, Ene Underwood has been the CEO of Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area. There she leads a team that defies the odds by helping working families build strength, stability and self-reliance through affordable homeownership in what is characterized as one of most challenging residential real estate markets in North America.

Ene was a member of Ontario’s Housing Affordability Task Force which filed its report with the Ontario government in February 2022 setting an ambitious goal of 1.5 million new homes over the next decade.

Ene’s career began in the private sector as a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Company, followed by close to two decades of leadership in Ontario’s publicly funded hospital sector, before devoting her career to addressing the housing challenges facing the GTA and Canada.