Senior Associate, Atlanta Civic Site
With 25 years of experience in housing and community development, Natallie Keiser leads the Foundation’s neighborhood transformation efforts in the Atlanta Civic Site.
Before joining the Foundation, Keiser ran a community development consulting practice for strategic planning, project management, group facilitation, fundraising, interim leadership and board governance. She coordinated Atlanta’s NeighborhoodLIFT down-payment assistance program, helping 375 people become homeowners, and served as interim chief executive officer of the Center for Working Families Inc., guiding the organization through a transition.
Keiser previously worked at a nonprofit community development corporation specializing in housing development, homebuyer and financial education and community building. She has also supervised microenterprise and workforce development projects for the Association for Enterprise Opportunity and United Way of Metro Atlanta. Keiser has a master’s in public policy from the University of Chicago.