Pascale Leone brings over two decades of experience in the nonprofit sector, with a deep focus on reproductive rights, public health, and housing justice. For the past 14 years, her work has centered on supportive and affordable housing, driving transformative change for historically marginalized and disadvantaged communities. Since 2022, Pascale has served as the Executive Director of the Supportive Housing Network of New York (the Network), a nonprofit membership organization representing more than 200 organizations that operate and develop supportive housing in New York. Under her leadership, the Network launched its first-ever State of Supportive Housing report, providing an unprecedented, comprehensive overview of the state’s supportive housing landscape.

Pascale has also spearheaded critical initiatives to address the evolving needs of supportive housing staff and the tenant community. She secured funding and led the development of the Safety and Wellbeing Training Series and Community of Practice, a three-year training series designed to strengthen staff skills, foster community, and reignite a sense of mission within the sector. Pascale also serves on the steering committee of the Racial Equity in Supportive Housing collaborative, successfully launching its third cohort of the Readying Emerging Leaders in Supportive Housing (RELISH) program, which is focused on empowering Black professionals in the nonprofit housing sector for leadership roles.

Before joining the Network, Pascale spent nine years at the Corporation for Supportive Housing (CSH), most recently as the Vice President of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). In that role, she crafted and implemented CSH’s Racial Equity Framework, driving both internal and external organizational change, including the development of CSH’s Redesigning Access by Centering Equity (RACE) initiative aimed at increasing supportive housing production and building capacity in communities most impacted by systemic inequality and structural racism. This work earned CSH Crain’s New York Business “Diversity and Inclusion: Showing the Way” award in 2022. Prior to her DEIB leadership, Pascale worked on state and local initiatives to expand supportive housing access for vulnerable populations, including drafting New York State’s first supportive housing needs assessment, which influenced Mayor Bill de Blasio’s NYC 15/15 plan to create 15,000 units of supportive housing over 15 years.

Pascale holds a Bachelor of Arts in Africana Studies and Political Science from the University at Albany, State University of New York, and a Master’s in Public Policy from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. She serves as Vice President of the Health & Housing Consortium Board of Directors and as an Advisory Member for the Center for Health Care Strategies’ Better Care Playbook. Pascale’s leadership has been widely recognized, including her inclusion in PoliticsNY & amNY Metro’s 2023 Nonprofit Power Players list and City & State’s 2024 Above & Beyond: Social Services honorees.