Avesta Housing, a nonprofit affordable housing provider in northern New England, has hired former speaker of the Maine House of Representatives Ryan Fecteau for a newly formed role of senior officer of policy and planning. As a member of Avesta’s real estate development team, he will support Avesta’s organizational advocacy efforts and work on municipal-level coordination to move new affordable housing developments through key milestones.

Prior to joining Avesta, Fecteau was most recently the senior advisor on community development and strategic initiatives for the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation & the Future. During his tenure in the Maine Legislature, he also served as the Maine House assistant majority leader and as chair of the Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research and Economic Development.