Richard Roberts
Board of Directors
Richard Roberts is principal and managing director of Acquisitions for Red Stone Equity Partners, LLC. Prior to joining Red Stone, he worked in the government, for-profit, and non-profit sectors including serving as the commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, where he was responsible for the investment of more than one billion dollars into New York City’s neighborhoods and the creation of over 30,000 units of affordable housing. He is also the founding managing director of the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group where he devised and led a creative strategy responsible for the establishment of the firm’s community development investment platform. He is active on a number of civic, philanthropic and industry organizations and serves on the boards of Citizen’s Housing and Planning Council (chair), the New York State Association for Affordable Housing (executive committee), and Habitat for Humanity New York City. He holds both a B.A. and J.D. from Yale University.
