Leadership Team

Kenneth Barbeau
Interim Secretary-Executive Director
HACM's Board of Commissioners appointed Ken Barbeau Interim Secretary-Executive Director on January 2, 2025. Mr. Barbeau has worked for HACM since 1999 and has served as HACM’s Chief Operating Officer of Program Services. He is responsible for the planning, design, implementation and management of all public housing resident services programs in Milwaukee, including programs that assist residents with employment, education, healthcare, senior and disabled services, financial education, and many other programs and partnerships. He also oversees HACM’s Section 8 program, public safety, and public housing wait list and screening functions. Mr. Barbeau previously worked as Director of Internal Audit & Compliance for an international healthcare organization, Pathfinder International, from 1991 to 1999 and worked for Ernst & Young from 1985 to 1991. He received his A.B. in Physical Sciences from Harvard University in 1981 and his B.B.A. in Accounting and MIS from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1985.