Kerri Jew

John Saggese
Kerri Jew

Kerri Jew was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for NYCHA in January 2016. In this capacity, Ms. Jew oversees major components of NYCHA’s organizational redesign, labor relations, and agency-wide process improvements. She has direct oversight of NYCHA’s human resources and employee engagement; administrative service operations; Customer Contact call and walk-in centers; and fleet management and maintenance. In addition, she oversees the management of central office facilities, as well as the newly rebranded Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. 

Prior to joining NYCHA, Ms. Jew served as Deputy Commissioner at the NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS), where she held the position of Deputy General Counsel. In this role, Ms. Jew oversaw the City’s Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE) Program, which promotes equity in City contracting opportunities and provides services to companies interested in doing business with government. Ms. Jew also served as Executive Director of New York State’s M/WBE Program at Empire State Department, after first working as the Corporation’s Compliance Officer. Ms. Jew entered City service as a federal civil rights litigator with the NYC Law Department. 

Ms. Jew holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University and earned her J.D. from Emory University School of Law, where she graduated with distinction.