Stephanie Berman-Eisenberg

PRESIDENT & CEO, CARRFOUR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, MIAMI

Carrfour Supportive Housing manages more than 2,000 homes with a workforce of 160 employees and is Florida’s largest not-for-profit affordable housing developer. Last year, its communities housed more than 6,000 people. Berman-Eisenberg has been president of Carrfour for 19 years.

EDUCATION: Brandeis University (BA), Harvard University (Ed.M.)

READING: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover and Caste, by Isabel Wilkerson

INSPIRING FLORIDIAN: From my 14-year-old son I have learned to say what I think even if it is not a popular viewpoint, make time for people that bring me joy and make me laugh, and that it is OK to say ‘no’ to things that don’t light me up.