Kimberly Danna is the Field Office Director for HUD’s Illinois State Office.  Kimberly provides outreach to and coordination with HUD’s stakeholders for Secretarial priorities related to housing, homelessness, economic opportunity, disaster coordination and sustainability.  She also oversees a customer service operation in Illinois which responded to over 7,000 members of the public in 2023.  Kimberly is a subject matter expert in HUD’s affordable housing and community development programs with more than 30 years of experience in grants for housing, community development, homelessness and disaster recovery.  In 2022, Kimberly lead a national eviction prevention initiative on behalf of HUD’s Office Field Policy and Management.  Kimberly is coordinating with Federal, State and Local partners for housing production, preservation and sustainability.  She is passionate about access to affordable housing and to stabilizing existing affordable housing.