Vanessa Talasazan

Vanessa Talasazan holds the dual positions of Chief Strategy Officer and Chief of Staff at Harbor Care. After a successful career in real estate, Ms. Talasazan joined Harbor Care in 2008 as a grant writer and, throughout the years, took on more senior leadership roles including Director of Grants Development and Vice President of Development and Grant Compliance. She has led efforts for Harbor Care to achieve more than $250 million in awarded grants and secured funding for more than $30 million in real estate projects/facilities for the organization. She recently served as the lead project manager for the organization’s first Low Income Housing Tax Credit project, Boulder Point Veterans Housing, and continues to lead Harbor Care’s real estate leasing and development activities.

Ms. Talasazan performs strategic functions within the framework of her twofold roles, working to support, liaise, and advise the CEO, internal and external stakeholders, and funders, in administrating cohesive execution of various activities, while continuing to work with colleagues and subject matter experts to design and develop high-quality programs and services for Harbor Care. Ms. Talasazan holds a B.A. in English from University of New Hampshire and a Master of Science in Business with a focus in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University. She has been a licensed NH real estate agent for more than 20 years.