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Antonio Riley, Executive Director
Under Mr. Riley and Governor Doyle’s leadership, WHEDA has focused its energies to capture the inherent relationship between housing and economic development by developing new strategies that increase jobs, making homeownership affordable, and renewing and invigorating depressed neighborhoods. A key focus has been on creating greater opportunities for minority-owned businesses. Elected by his peers, Mr. Riley is currently serving a 2-year term on the Board of Directors of the National Council of State Housing Authorities. Before Governor Jim Doyle appointed him to head WHEDA, Mr. Riley served 10 years in the Wisconsin Legislature representing Milwaukee’s 18th Assembly District. Earlier he worked for Milwaukee’s Department of City Development and served as a staff assistant to Mayor John Norquist. Mr. Riley also serves on the boards of the YMCA of Milwaukee, Transcenter for Youth, the Greater Milwaukee American Red Cross, and the Center for Policy Alternatives. He is chairman of the board of Milwaukee’s Westside Health Care Association. Formerly he was commission chairman for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, and served as chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council's national State Legislative Advisory Board.
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Antonio Riley has served as executive director of the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) since he was first appointed by Governor Jim Doyle in February 2003. As the first African American to head the agency, Mr. Riley oversees what is considered the second largest bank in the state, with a $3 billion mortgage portfolio.