Laura Burns
President and CEO
The Eagle Point Companies

Laura E. Burns has more than 35 years of experience in the affordable housing development business. She is a nationally recognized expert in the affordable housing finance business. As CEO and a founding Partner of the Eagle Point Companies, Ms. Burns has acquired and renovated affordable housing properties and raised and invested private equity in existing housing across the country. In addition, Ms. Burns directed the strategic start-up of Eagle Point’s property management division which now oversees over 5,000 apartments. She continues to oversee the 20-year-old consulting division – The Signal Group – whose clients include federal agencies and private sector owners, lenders and managers. Ms. Burns continues to be actively engaged in acquiring additional assets and ensuring that all new acquisitions and Eagle Point’s existing portfolio perform at the highest possible levels.  

Ms. Burns worked at the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) from 1985 until 1992 where she coordinated neighborhood development projects using low-income housing tax credits. Ms. Burns serves on the Board of the National Leased Housing Association, where she advocates for affordable housing options in LICs; the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association; and the Editorial Advisory Board of Affordable Housing Finance. She is a frequent speaker at national housing and community development industry conferences. Ms. Burns holds a bachelor’s degree from Lehigh University.