Rayburn Traughber, the Chattanooga Community Housing Development Organization executive director, retired Wednesday.
Roya Evans, the former assistant director of the organization, will become the agency’s new head today.
Mr. Traughber served as head of the group from 2007 to 2010. Before that, he was interim executive director of Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise from May 2006 until July 2007, and he served as CNE’s operating officer before that.
Mrs. Evans was Mr. Traughber’s assistant director for the past three years. From 2004 to 2007, she was assistant to the president at Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise.
The Chattanooga Community Housing Development Organization is a private nonprofit group established to provide affordable homeownership for low- to moderate-income families through partnership with Chattanooga and other community development organizations, according to a news release.