Alvin Nance

CEO of Development

Alvin Nance is Chief Executive Officer of Development. Before joining LHP in 2015, Alvin served a 14-year tenure as Executive Director and CEO of Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation, the public housing and redevelopment authority for the City of Knoxville, during which he served on the staffs of Mayors Victor Ashe, Bill Haslam and Madeline Rogero.

Alvin is active in organizations representing public housing authorities in Tennessee and the Southeast. He served two terms on the Board of Directors and was Vice Chairman of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency and served on THDA’s Tax Credit Committee. He also served as Chairman of the Tennessee Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities’ legislative committee and in several leadership roles for the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, including posts on its community revitalization, development and legislative committees. Among his many business and community activities, Alvin serves on the boards of Mountain Commerce Bank, Covenant Health and Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati and he was recently elected chair of the new Knoxville-Knox County Sports Authority Board. Alvin earned a Bachelor’s degree from Maryville College.