CEO, OnyxGroup
Chanda Smart is a long time resident of Roxbury, MA, studied (pre)law at University of Massachusetts and most recently served as an Executive Administrator to Lani Guinier and Yochai Benkler, at Harvard Law School. Her 20 years plus of corporate experience included executing operational strategy and delivering results for employers such as Deloitte & Touche LLP, The Gillette Company, American Express, Andersen Consulting and the Ritz Carlton (Atlanta, GA).
In 2021, Mrs. Smart co-founded The OnyxGroup Development LLC is a Boston based black woman owned & operated brokerage, planning & development. The OnyxGroup focuses on providing quality, programmatic workforce housing through public and private partnerships. We believe that affordable housing should not be synonymous with poverty.
The OnyxGroup has current development projects, such as 200 Senior Affordable units in Foxboro, MA; in collaboration with Peabody Properties and Affordable Housing Service Collaborative and Parcel 3 Roxbury, MA, a Boston Planning and Development (BPDA) project consisting of 7.7 acres a joint partnership with HYM and My City at Peace (MYCAP).
In 2022, the OnyxGroup expanded and launched property management division and partnered with Concord Square Development & Planning as Property Management at 28 Petronelli and 93 Centre, Street, Brockton, MA.
As of 2023, Mrs. Smart is serving on Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s Rent Stabilization Advisory Board, MBTA and MBTA Workforce and Development Subcommittee Board, Member on Children’s Advocacy Center (Boston, MA) Board and Madison Park Development Corporation (Roxbury, MA) Board.