Ed Brady

Ed Brady led a large regional home building company in Illinois before being appointed President and CEO of Home Builders Institute (HBI) in 2018. Following the 2008 financial crisis, he served on the Bipartisan Policy Center Housing Commission, working with other leading experts to advance the nation’s housing policy. He serves as a director at both the Chicago Federal Home Loan Bank and at the board of Enterprise Community Partners. He has also served on boards for Illinois Habitat for Humanity, as well as on other economic development and housing-related boards. Brady was the National Association of Home Builders 2016 Chairman. In 2018, he was inducted into the Illinois Home Builders Hall of Fame and in 2023 inducted into the National Housing Hall of Fame.