Michael Chu serves as Chief Financial Officer of People Restoring Communities, overseeing the organization’s finance, accounting, treasury, and tax functions. He brings more than 15 years of experience in affordable housing finance across development, construction, and property management.
Prior to joining PRC, Michael was Chief Financial Officer of WBP Development, a Westchester-based vertically integrated affordable housing developer with a portfolio of more than 4,500 units, where he led the execution of a GP cash flow securitization and an ESOP reorganization. Before that, he spent eight years as Senior Vice President of Finance at Omni New York (now Paths), a 14,000+ unit affordable housing firm, where he executed a securitization of GP cash flows and oversaw the annual valuation, audits, and consolidated financial reporting of a 50-property portfolio. He began his career in public accounting at Margolin, Winer & Evens, serving institutional New York real estate developers and construction firms.
Michael holds a BS in Accounting from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business and resides in Westchester County with his family.