Ellen Lurie Hoffman

Ellen Lurie Hoffman is executive director of the Center for Impact Finance (CIF) at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, a role she has held since September 2024. She has over 20 years of experience developing and advancing impactful policy solutions related to affordable housing, community development, and sustainability.

Prior to joining CIF, Ellen advised the US Department of the Treasury’s deputy secretary on housing policy, working to develop and advance Treasury’s housing policy agenda and leverage Treasury resources to increase housing supply and expand access to affordable housing. She also aided Treasury’s Inflation Reduction Act program office in implementing new climate and clean energy tax credits for underserved communities and previously served as acting director of Treasury’s Office of Community and Economic Development. Earlier in her career, Ellen led federal policy analysis and advocacy related to housing, sustainability, and community development at the National Housing Trust. Before that she advanced federal multifamily housing policy at the National Council of State Housing Agencies on behalf of the nation’s state housing finance agencies.

Ellen holds a master’s in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor of arts in political science from Vassar College.