Senior Counselor
Office of the Secretary
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, DC
Julienne Joseph currently serves as the Senior Counselor to the Acting HUD Secretary, the Honorable Adrianne R. Todman at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prior to assuming this role, Ms. Joseph served as Chief of Staff under the leadership of former HUD Secretary, the Honorable Marcia L. Fudge, through her retirement in March 2024, and assisted in the transition of the seat to Acting Secretary Todman. Before assuming the role as Chief of Staff, she served as Secretary Fudge’s Senior Advisor for Homeownership. In this role, Ms. Joseph was the Secretary-level point of contact and subject matter expert on all homeownership issues with a focus on expanding access to homeownership for diverse segments and first-time homebuyers. Prior to her promotion to Senior Advisor in January 2023, Ms. Joseph served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Single Family Housing, where she oversaw the Federal Housing Administration’s (FHA) insurance-in-force portfolio of more than eight million loans with an unpaid principal balance of more than $1.2 trillion. She was appointed to that role by the Biden-Harris administration in June 2021 and managed all aspects of FHA’s single family housing operations including origination and servicing policy, information technology strategy, quality control and lender enforcement, and institutional risk management. Her responsibilities also included the management oversight of more than 700 employees.
Ms. Joseph has more than 20 years of housing, borrower outreach, and mortgage industry experience. Prior to joining HUD in 2021, she was most recently the Associate Director of Government Housing Programs and Member Engagement at the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). Additionally, she previously served as the Housing Finance Program Manager for the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development where she managed the Commonwealth’s Affordable and Special Needs Multifamily Housing Program and administered the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Julienne also held the position of Senior Homeownership Advisor for Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore where she provided foreclosure and prepurchase counseling following the 2008 Housing Crisis. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration Degree in Real Estate Management from Marylhust University.