PHILADELPHIA – In a statement, Mayor Jim Kenney announced that Frank Breslin will serve as Revenue Commissioner, Rue Landau, Esq. will continue to serve as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations, and Elizabeth Hersh will serve as Director of Supportive Housing.

“With over 30 years of tax compliance experience, I can’t think of another individual more qualified to serve as Revenue Commissioner than Frank Breslin. I look forward to working with him in the near future as he takes charge of the Revenue Department.”

“Rue Landau has done an excellent job leading the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. I have no doubt that she will continue to build on her successful tenure ensure that the rights of all Philadelphians are respected.”

“You will be hard-pressed to find someone with more success helping low-income and homeless individuals find housing than Liz Hersh. I am confident that she will thrive as the City’s new Director of Supportive Housing.”

Frank Breslin will serve as Revenue Commissioner. Breslin previously served as Deputy Revenue Commissioner, where he was responsible for directing the Accounting Operations, Compliance Operations, and Taxpayer Services Division of the Department of Revenue. Throughout his career, Mr. Breslin held various leadership positions, including Compliance Operations Manager and Revenue Compliance Program Director.  In these roles, he worked to implement and utilize technological advances to reduce the tax gap and increase taxpayer compliance. He brings knowledge and expertise gained from over 31 years of experience in tax compliance. Mr. Breslin earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Temple University.  He is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Rue Landau, Esq. will continue to serve as the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (PCHR). In her capacity as Executive Director of the PCHR, Landau oversees a staff that enforces the city’s laws prohibiting discrimination, to promote equal rights and opportunities of all Philadelphians, and advances community relations across differences such as race, religion, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation and gender identity.  Since 2008, Landau has assisted with many successful legislative efforts to strengthen city laws, particularly the Fair Practices Ordinance, to include additional protections for the LGBT communities, victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, pregnant and breastfeeding women, as well as, the recent amendments to the city’s Ban the Box law that governs when employers can ask about criminal records during the job application process. Prior to her current position, Rue was a senior attorney in the Housing Unit at Community Legal Services (CLS) in Philadelphia. At CLS she specialized in landlord-tenant law with a focus on public and subsidized housing. In 2006, she was named a Pennsylvania “Lawyer on the Fast Track” by The Legal Intelligencer, a distinction given to lawyers under 40 for outstanding professional achievement and community service. She currently serves on the board of the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies (IAOHRA), Philadelphia’s Police Community Oversight Board and is a member of the DNC’s Diversity Business “Best Practices” subcommittee.

Elizabeth Hersh will serve as Director of Supportive Housing. Hersh previously served as Executive Director of the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, where she led the building of numerous bipartisan initiatives designed to create good housing opportunities by wisely investing public and private funding across the entire Commonwealth. Under her leadership, the Housing Alliance leveraged nearly a half-billion dollars for housing, community development and support for homeless individuals and families across Pennsylvania. The Housing Alliance spearheaded the creation of Pennsylvania’s Housing Trust Fund first through impact fees from natural gas production. In 2015, the Trust Fund’s reach was expanded across the state with an infusion of an expected $25 million annually, winning a combined 242-1 vote that unified a divided legislature. Hersh serves on Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Task Force and the board of directors of the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations and served on the transition teams for Governor Rendell and Governor Wolf. Hersh is a graduate of Philadelphia High School for Girls and earned a Master’s Degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago.