Linda Mandolini

Bio:

Linda Mandolini has served as President & CEO of Eden Housing since 2001. Under Linda's leadership, Eden has developed or acquired over 12,000 affordable rental apartments, serving over 22,000 low-income residents in communities throughout California.

Linda is a leader in housing policy at the local, state, and national level and has served on a number of
housing policy boards including the California Housing Consortium, the National Housing Conference, the ULI Terwilliger Center for Affordable Housing, and is a founding board member of the Housing Trust of Silicon Valley. Linda is a vocal advocate for local and statewide housing policy and expanded resources for
affordable housing, working tirelessly for the passage of statewide and local housing initiatives that have collectively generated billions in funding for affordable housing production.

Linda has received a number of awards, including being inducted into the Affordable Housing Finance's Hall of Fame in 2025, California Homebuilder’s Hall of Fame in 2022, and Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame in 2017; named to the San Francisco Business Times’ Forever Influential Honor Roll in 2016 and Bay Area’s Most Influential Women in Business in 2011, 2014 and 2015.

A native of Massachusetts, Linda held various community development positions in Boston. Linda received her AB degree from Wheaton College and her MBA from Boston University.
In her free time, Linda enjoys cooking, travel and is an avid bicyclist, frequently riding for charitable causes, including Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.