Ed McNamara
Ed McNamara has over 45 years of experience in construction, community development, real estate development, and asset management in Portland. Ed has developed and operated more than 1 million square feet of residential and mixed-use buildings including more than 1,100 units of affordable housing (many with supportive services).
Before starting Turtle Development, Inc. in 2002, Ed’s experience included work as a building contractor, as executive director of REACH CDC, as director of development for Prendergast & Associates, overseeing a HOPE VI project for the Housing Authority, and as a policy advisor to the mayor. Ed is a native of Philadelphia, attended Reed College for a year in 1970, and attended Harvard University as a Loeb Fellow in 1995.