Lorraine Robles serves as Chief Real Estate and Development Officer. She previously served the organization as Director of Development Services and Neighborhood Revitalization. Lorraine has more than 25 years of economic and real estate development experience in San Antonio, most recently serving as Senior Development Manager for Cohen-Esrey Development Group. She returned to Opportunity Home in August 2024.
Lorraine has been with Opportunity Home for nearly 20 years, beginning as a HOPE VI CSS Manager overseeing resident services for Opportunity Home’s three HOPE VI sites. She spent the last 10 years at the organization in real estate development, helping to secure a development pipeline of $1 billion in new housing projects equating to 6,015 units.
Prior to joining Opportunity Home, she worked for ACCION Texas, now known as LiftFund, for 10 years as Senior Vice-President of Operations and Lending. Lorraine received a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Mary’s University, and is certified as a Senior Public Housing Manager (SPHM) and Housing Development Finance Professional (HDFP).