WHITE RIVER JUNCTION — Andrew Winter, who’s been executive director of Twin Pines Housing for the past 14 years, will retire within the year.
Andrew Winter became head of the White River Junction-based affordable housing nonprofit organization in 2012. He will likely stay in his role until the organization’s board of trustees hires his successor, according to a news release.
“I’ve been doing this for 14 years and obviously am anticipating it taking a little while to fill the position, so I’ve given the board six to 12 months,” Winter, 60, said in a phone interview. “Depending on the timing, I might be 61 by the time I retire. It felt like a good time to make a transition.”
Winter, who lives in Norwich, worked as a real estate director for a housing nonprofit in Boston before joining Twin Pines. He is the longest-serving executive director in the organization’s 36-year history, according to its 2024 annual report.
“Andrew has transformed Twin Pines Housing in every sense of the work,” said Julia Griffin, the former Hanover town manager who’s chair of the organization’s, in the release.
Twin Pines had eight employees when Winter was hired and now has 30, according to the release. It has more than tripled its number of housing units, from 200 homes to 665 apartments and 71 shared-equity homes that it helps people buy with down payment support.
It owns 118 affordable housing units in Hanover, 300 in Hartford, 200 in Lebanon and 11 in Enfield, Winter said.
Among its current projects is Mellishwood, a senior housing development in Woodstock that will have 39 total units once its completed in the next couple of years, Winter said, adding to a total of 67 affordable housing units in Woodstock.
The organization also hopes to start construction on a 48-unit housing project off Sykes Mountain Avenue in White River Junction by next spring.
Hartford residents raised safety concerns about that project to the town selectboard, and Twin Pines has worked on a plan with the town to address them.
The organization’s annual operating budget is around $3 million and is funded primarily by property management fees, project development fees, donations and grants, Winter said.
The board of trustees is forming a committee to conduct a national search for Winter’s successor.
“While Andrew will be greatly missed, the board is committed to finding an energetic, mission-driven leader who will build on this extraordinary foundation and guide Twin Pines into its next chapter,” Griffin said in the release.
