Peg Moertl has been named president of the Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing (OCCH). She succeeds Hal Keller, OCCH’s president of 25 years, when he retires this year.

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Moertl will become president April 1, with Keller assisting in the transition for the balance of the year. Keller will assume the title of president and CEO emeritus and continue to support the organization into the future as needed.

She recently served as president of HCDC (formerly Hamilton County Development Co.), a 35-year-old nonprofit economic development agency in Cincinnati that grows jobs and the economy through innovation incubation, small business lending, and development services.

Her work also includes serving as senior vice president of community development banking at PNC Bank for nearly 15 years, leading teams responsible for community development loans and investments, grant making and sponsorships, along with increasing lending in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods using creative bank-community partnerships. She also served as the director of development for the city of Cincinnati.

Moertl's selection ends a national search process lead by the Benefactor Group.

“The board selected a very strong leader at a time when OCCH is in a very strong position,” said Keller. “Peg is a successful, visionary executive, and, more importantly, she's a great fit with the OCCH mission-driven culture and core values. Having known Peg for years, I know she is the right person, and OCCH will only grow stronger under her leadership. OCCH is all about relationships with our development and investment partners, many of which Peg knows.”

Moertl has been recognized as one of Cincinnati Magazine’s 2019 Most Powerful Business Leaders, a YWCA Career Woman of Achievement, and among the Top 15 Ohio Women Business Leaders by the Ohio Women’s Conference.

OCCH is a Columbus, Ohio–based nonprofit low-income housing tax credit syndicator and affordable housing financial intermediary created in 1989. It has raised more than $4.25 billion in corporate equity investments for housing tax credit developments involving more than 825 transactions and 46,500 units of affordable housing in Ohio as well as Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.