PORTLAND, Maine — Avesta Housing, the largest nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, is proud to announce that Jim Hanley has been appointed to the Avesta Housing Board of Directors for a three-year term effective Nov. 1.

Since 2021, Hanley has been president of The Wishcamper Companies Inc., a housing developer and renewable energy investor with more than 7,000 affordable housing units nationwide. Prior to joining Wishcamper, he was chief executive officer of a privately held real estate and finance company. An attorney and certified public accountant, he has extensive experience in real estate, finance and taxation, including practicing law at Preti Flaherty in Portland and serving as a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice.