The Honorable Adrianne Todman leads the dedicated team of public servants at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) who are dedicated to creating strong, sustainable, and inclusive communities with quality affordable homes for all. As HUD’s leader, she is focused on ensuring the agency’s programs and people are accessible to stakeholders across the country. She is the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Secretary and has served as the agency’s Deputy Secretary since her confirmation by the Senate in June, 2021.  She was named HUD’s Acting Secretary in March, 2024.

During her tenure at HUD, she has prioritized critical policy and operational priorities. This included department-wide initiatives to increase housing supply, improve disaster response and recovery efforts, steer climate and resiliency endeavors, and enhance customer access to HUD’s programs.

She oversaw HUD’s efforts to sustain its financial management improvements, improve agency hiring and workforce engagement, and enhance the agency's risk assessments, IT investments and contracting protocols.

Prior to joining HUD she served as the CEO of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO) from 2017 to June 2021. During her tenure, she improved the association’s financial standing and business operations, created a member-centric culture, and advocated for funding and policies to preserve and develop affordable housing and help communities thrive.

Before joining NAHRO, Todman served as the Executive Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority (DCHA). At DCHA, she implemented a national award-winning model to house veterans experiencing homelessness, increased homeownership opportunities by 50 percent for low- and moderate-income families served by DCHA, and increased the number of affordable units available in neighborhoods experiencing rapid growth. She prioritized repairs to units, services for youth, workforce development, and commissioned the first citywide needs assessment of public housing residents.

She previously served in several career positions at HUD. First, as a manager of HUD’s $500 million grant competition that focused on revitalizing distressed public housing sites, and also as a policy aide in the Office of the Secretary where she worked with staff across HUD’s programs.

Her career in public service began in the office of then-Congressman Ron de Lugo, a long-serving member representing the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Todman was born and raised.

She believes that we have a responsibility to confront housing insecurity; increase and preserve the nation’s housing supply; eliminate housing discrimination; and support community resiliency, particularly following a natural disaster.

She is a graduate of Smith College and lives in Washington, D.C.