Bonds currently serves as Deputy Executive Director and will succeed Julian Marsh, who is concluding his assignment from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as GHA comes out of receivership.
“I’m humbled to be selected to assume the role of Executive Director,” said Bonds. “Gary is my home, and it is an honor to serve my city while helping create a new landscape for affordable and market rate housing, and overall economic development for residents.”
Bonds will celebrate his seventh year with GHA later this month. He has worked alongside Marsh overseeing a diverse portfolio of projects including the procurement of properties for development throughout the city and Gary’s downtown area.
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l is a great fit for this position,” said Marsh. “He loves the city and its residents, but most important, he has a vision of greatness for Gary and will stop at nothing to accomplish the goals of GHA.”
Bonds began his career in housing in 2002 as Director of Capital Improvements, Procurement and Maintenance for the East Chicago Housing Authority. He served as a Program Analyst for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Federal Contract Compliance Program, and Procurement/Compliance Officer for the Housing Authority of Cook County in Illinois.
A graduate of West Side High School in Gary, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications/General Studies from Ball State University and a Master’s of Public Affairs from Indiana University Northwest. Bonds holds various certifications in housing from Rutgers University/PHADA and the National Development Council. He was recently accepted into Georgetown University’s Master of Real Estate program where he will study Real Estate Development.
Bonds is the father of four children and resides in Gary with his wife Romeka. For more information about the Gary Housing Authority, visit www.garyhousing.org.