Emily Seibel, Executive Director
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Emily Seibel has served as Executive Director of Yellow Springs Home, Inc. since 2011. She graduated from Antioch College with a Bachelor of Arts in Social and Global Studies and a Concentration in Economics. She went on to earn a Certificate in Project Management from Antioch University Midwest and a Master of Arts degree in Wisdom Studies through the Holmes Institute. She is a certified Housing Development Finance Professional through the National Development Council and completed a year-long Business Planning Fellowship through the National Community Land Trust Network.
Emily has championed the successful completion of a variety of affordable housing projects, including multifamily rental, single-family for-sale, new construction, and acquisition rehab. She has grown the community land trust portfolio to more than $6,000,000, removing land from the speculative market to serve the community forever. She has also overseen business planning and implementation of multifamily rentals and expanded Client-First Programs, including home repairs.
Emily is completing her 10th year of board service to the Ohio CDC Association, where she is actively involved in advancing policy initiatives and increasing pass-through financial resources for member organizations. In 2025, she was appointed to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati's Housing Advisory Council, where she helps to set the direction for the FHLB’s affordable housing and community lending programs by advising the Board of Directors and management on affordable housing and economic development needs within the Fifth District.
She has consulted with community land trust start-up peers on behalf of the Grounded Solutions Network and NeighborWorks America, where she is a Shared Equity course instructor. She has presented at numerous conferences, webinars, and trainings in several states and online on a variety of topics, locally and through the Ohio CDC Association, Ohio Land Bank Association, Ohio Housing Conference, National Community Land Trust Network, Northwest Community Land Trust Coalition, and NeighborWorks America. In 2021, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Antioch College, where she currently serves as Board Co-Chair.
Emily's prior work experience includes a variety of roles in higher education, including academic support, disability services, and study abroad administration. She interned with nonprofit organizations in her native Lawrence, Kansas; on White Earth Reservation, Minnesota; and Sikkim, India. While in college, she earned a scholarship to study emerging capitalism in Eastern Europe, traveling to Poland, Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. In 2011, she co-founded Yellow Springs Pride.
Emily has dedicated her career to the pursuit of beloved community, social justice, and the power behind possibility.
Emily has championed the successful completion of a variety of affordable housing projects, including multifamily rental, single-family for-sale, new construction, and acquisition rehab. She has grown the community land trust portfolio to more than $6,000,000, removing land from the speculative market to serve the community forever. She has also overseen business planning and implementation of multifamily rentals and expanded Client-First Programs, including home repairs.
Emily is completing her 10th year of board service to the Ohio CDC Association, where she is actively involved in advancing policy initiatives and increasing pass-through financial resources for member organizations. In 2025, she was appointed to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati's Housing Advisory Council, where she helps to set the direction for the FHLB’s affordable housing and community lending programs by advising the Board of Directors and management on affordable housing and economic development needs within the Fifth District.
She has consulted with community land trust start-up peers on behalf of the Grounded Solutions Network and NeighborWorks America, where she is a Shared Equity course instructor. She has presented at numerous conferences, webinars, and trainings in several states and online on a variety of topics, locally and through the Ohio CDC Association, Ohio Land Bank Association, Ohio Housing Conference, National Community Land Trust Network, Northwest Community Land Trust Coalition, and NeighborWorks America. In 2021, she was appointed to the Board of Trustees of Antioch College, where she currently serves as Board Co-Chair.
Emily's prior work experience includes a variety of roles in higher education, including academic support, disability services, and study abroad administration. She interned with nonprofit organizations in her native Lawrence, Kansas; on White Earth Reservation, Minnesota; and Sikkim, India. While in college, she earned a scholarship to study emerging capitalism in Eastern Europe, traveling to Poland, Germany, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. In 2011, she co-founded Yellow Springs Pride.
Emily has dedicated her career to the pursuit of beloved community, social justice, and the power behind possibility.
