Lindsey Samsi
Regional Vice President, Pennsylvania, New Jersey & Delaware
As Regional Vice President, Lindsey Samsi oversees all development activities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. In this role, she has total responsibility for the successful development of a full spectrum of real estate development projects. She is responsible for complete leadership of an in-house team of Developers, Associate Developers, and Administrative Assistants and is simultaneously responsible for multiple projects in varying stages of development - overseeing and orchestrating the completion of multiple developments and the activities of the development team.
Since starting with Pennrose in 2016 as the company’s first Assistant Developer, Lindsey has steadily progressed through multiple roles with increasing levels of responsibility. Most recently, she was promoted from Senior Developer to Regional Vice President in 2026. With more than 10 years of industry experience, Samsi is credited with overseeing the development of several notable projects across the region and oversees a full in-house team of developers. During her time at Pennrose, Samsi has closed more than $500 million in affordable housing development and delivered nearly 700 units, including One Thompson Avenue, a 100% affordable veterans and family housing community in Dover, New Jersey, multiple phases of the comprehensive Sharswood Transformation Plan in Philadelphia, and several phases in Tulsa, Oklahoma as part of the Envison Comanche Plan.
Prior to starting at Pennrose, Lindsey worked as a Junior Project Manager at a real estate development consulting firm where she assisted with the preparation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, Federal Home Loan Bank, and local funding applications, and provided support to the senior staff of the firm. In addition to her experience in the real estate development industry, Lindsey has experience working in both the non-profit and government sectors of community and economic development.
Lindsey graduated from Temple University with a Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in Geography & Urban Studies and Environmental Studies. In addition to her work at Pennrose, she is a member of Women in Housing and Finance of Pennsylvania (WHF-PA), the Board of Directors for the Community Partnership School (CPS), the Signature Events Development Committee of the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC), the Board of Directors of the Pennrose Foundation, and is on the Temple University College of Liberal Arts (CLA) Alumni Board.