Leadership

Stacy Jackson

Acting Deputy Director of Administration / CFO

Stacy Jackson is the Acting Deputy Director of Administration / Chief Financial Officer for the Housing Authority of New Orleans. In this role, Stacy provides financial leadership for the Agency’s operating and capital budgets, accounting and internal controls processes. Stacy joined HANO in 2012 as a Staff Accountant and was promoted to Finance Director in 2018. Prior to joining HANO, Stacy held several finance and accounting roles in banking and manufacturing at Provident Bank,Kroger and Pepsi. She has deep domain expertise in financial planning and analysis, accounting, internal controls, enterprise risk management, auditing and compliance. A native of New Orleans, LA, Stacy attended the University of Notre Dame on an academic scholarship where she received her undergraduate degree in Finance and Business Economics in 1990.

Nyssa LeBeau

Director of the Housing Choice Voucher Program

Nyssa LeBeau is the Director of the Housing Choice Voucher Program for the Housing Authority of New Orleans. In this role, Nyssa manages the day-to-day operations of the Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCVP). Prior to her appointment to the role of Director of HCVP, Nyssa held various other positions at HANO including Deputy Director of HCVP, Principal Administrative Analyst, Special Projects Manager administering the Project Based Voucher Program and the HANO Apprenticeship Program, Asset Manager, Operations Analyst, and Administrative Assistant. She began her housing career in Boston, Massachusetts managing a caseload of state subsidized housing participants. Nyssa is a New Orleans native who holds a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of New Orleans and an undergraduate degree from Boston University.

Kelly Walker

Director of Human Resources

Kelly Walker is the Director of Human Resources at HANO and supervises various functions of the Human Resources Department. In her current position, Walker manages the day-to-day processes of the HR Department, consisting of recruitment, orientation, compensation, staff management, employee relations, organizational change, employee development, and employee training. Before her appointment as Manager of Human Resources this year, Walker previously served as the HR Generalist and Senior HR Generalist at HANO. Walker holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management and a Masters of Business Administration with a specialization in Human Resource Management (MBA/HRM). In addition, Walker is an active member and Conference Ambassador for the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) and the local Human Resource Management Association (HRMA) of New Orleans.

Bejide Legania

Procurement Manager

Bejide Legania is the Head of the Procurement and Contracts Department for the Housing Authority of New Orleans. In her current role, she is responsible for managing Procurement and Contract Administration, including Minority Business Enterprise, Women Business Enterprise, Section 3 Agency Plans, and Inventory Management. As Procurement Manager, Bejide serves as HANO's contracting advisor and is responsible for providing the Authority with an overall efficient, skillful, and timely procurement process. Specializing in procurement, contract, human resource, budget, and training administration, Bejide has garnered over 14 years of experience as the highest-ranked department administrator throughout her pre-HANO professional tenure. Bejide refined many of her skills during her nine years of progressive experience as the Procurement, HR, and Budget Manager for the City of New Orleans' Office of Information Technology & Innovation. She was held in high regard throughout the City as a reliable point-of-contact for her procurement expertise which landed her a Super User role in Buyspeed, the City’s previous ERP system. She also served as a Project Lead for the implementation of the City's new ERP system, BRASS. Additionally, Bejide held roles with procurement oversight as the HR Training Administrator at Phillips 66 Alliance Refinery (formerly ConocoPhillips) and as the Administrative Unit Manager for the Louisiana Department of Health's STD, HIV, and Hepatitis Program. Bejide attended Louisiana Tech University on a track & field and academic scholarship. She was an All-American long jumper and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (Pre-Law) and a minor in Journalism. She also has a Master of Science in Hospitality & Tourism Management and an MBA from the University of New Orleans and a Master of Public Administration from Capella University. She loves music, traveling, cooking, event planning, coaching with her husband on their summer track team, Sprint Nola, and spending time with her two kids, Nile Jr. and Nia.

William Webb

Director of Asset Management

William Webb comes to HANO with a successful track record in the field of public housing management. William spent 15 years as the Director of Asset Management for the Memphis Housing Authority. Under his leadership, the agency achieved their first “High Performer Status." The agency went on to achieve this status for 5 straight years. William also spent 6 years as a Senior Project Manager for a local architectural firm in Memphis and coordinated efforts to spend $20 million in Capital Funding for the agency prior to joining as a Director. William graduated from Memphis State University with a degree in Architectural Engineering Technology. William is also a Certified Public Housing Manager under NAHRO and has completed compliance training in LIHTC and UPCS (REAC).

Dianne Alexander

General Counsel

Dianne T. Alexander is now serving as General Counsel and head of the legal department for the Housing Authority of New Orleans and has been a licensed attorney for 23 years. She previously served as the Attorney for Character & Fitness for the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions, where she investigated the backgrounds of all applicants seeking to become licensed attorneys in the state of Louisiana. Ms. Alexander has served as General Counsel for the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors; as Clerk of Court, of Orleans Parish Juvenile Court; as well as, Staff Attorney, for the Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal. Ms. Alexander is a graduate of St. Mary’s Academy; Southern University at New Orleans; and Loyola University of New Orleans School of Law. She is a native New Orleanian and the mother of one teenage son.

Kelsy Yeargain

Director of Strategic Planning

Kelsy Yeargain is the Director of Strategic Planning at HANO. Prior to joining the HANO team, Kelsy worked as the Executive Director of the Tulane Canal Neighborhood Development Corporation for over eight years. She is a cofounder of the affordable housing nonprofit, People’s Housing+, a board member for Broad Community Connections, and has served as co-chair of the policy committees for the Greater New Orleans Housing Alliance and Housing NOLA.

Kelsy graduated from the American University of Cairo with a Masters (M.A.) in Refugee and Migration Studies along with a Graduate Diploma in Political Economy. Her B.A. degree is from the University of North Texas in Sociology with minors in Women’s Studies and Economics. She was also a PhD candidate in Urban and Political Geography at the University of Kentucky. In 2018, she graduated with the inaugural class of UNO’s Community Development Finance Certificate Course.

For the past 15 years, Kelsy has worked on issues of displacement and housing, from natural disasters to forced migrations to the continuing need for affordable housing. She has lived and worked in Montana, Kentucky, Budapest, India, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Cairo, and Haiti, but now calls New Orleans home.