Eileen Wirth, President & CEO of MEND Inc., has focused her career on affordable and subsidized housing. Her employment started at the NJ State Housing Finance Agency, and in the ensuing 30 years advanced her career through positions at both for profit and non-profit housing developers and managers both in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Ms. Wirth earned her BCS with a concentration in Finance, from what was then Rider College, in 1988, and obtained her MBA from Rider University in 1995. In addition to her MBA Ms. Wirth holds the Certified Property Manager (CPM)® designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), the Housing Credit Compliance Professional designation from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), Specialist in Housing Credit Management, and National Affordable Housing Professional Executive designations from the National Affordable Housing Management Association (NAHMA).

Eileen has served in several leadership positions with IREM, and is currently on the IREM NJ Board of Directors and the President of the IREM Foundation.