Philip Giffee

Executive Director

Phil graduated from Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was born in the Mid-West but moved East with his family when his father took a job at Natick Labs.

Phil moved to East Boston in 1971 when neighborhood activists and some fellow conscientious objectors were forming the East Boston Community Development Corporation.

Phil has been involved with affordable housing since the 1970's when friends formed a small corporation to rehabilitate vacant housing and rent it out at a low cost to local residents. Soon after, he joined some friends at the East Boston Ecumenical Community Council (EBECC) who were responding to the call for racial harmony and affordable housing.

NOAH became the entity that focused on housing, with Phil serving as the Executive Director officially since July 1987.

In the 70's Phil co-founded Shelter Inc, now a leading homeless shelter and advocacy organization with sites in the Cambridge and Greater Boston areas. He co-chaired the Framingham Housing Partnership from 2002-2004.

Lastly, he is currently on the Board of the Mass. Association of CDC’s, giving him a strong presence in regional issues.

He later moved to Framingham with his wife Nancy O’Hare in the late 90's, where they would go on to raise their son, Justin.