J. David Heller

President, CEO and Co-Founder , The NRP Group

Over the past 32 years, David helped to create The NRP Group, one of the largest multifamily 
development, construction, and property management companies in the United States. The NRP 
Group has developed more than 65,000 apartment homes and currently manages over 30,000 
residential units across seventeen markets. It consistently ranks in the Top 10 largest developers 
and builders in the U.S. by the National Multifamily Housing Council and Affordable Housing 
Finance.
David is deeply committed to community service and holds leadership positions in many civic 
organizations. In January 2009, the President of the United States appointed him to the United 
States Holocaust Memorial Council. David was appointed to the Ohio Police and Fire Pension 
Fund Board in 2008 and continued to serve after the board reappointed him in 2012, 2016, 2020 
and 2024. He also serves as the Board Chair of Parkwood Corporation, and is on the boards of 
the Mandel Foundation, University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Cleveland Foundation, Greater 
Cleveland Partnership, Playhouse Square Foundation, American Jewish Joint Distribution 
Committee and the Dean’s Advisory Board for the Ross School of Business at the University of 
Michigan. David will be the Chair of the Board of Governors for the Jewish Agency for Israel
starting in October 2026.
David is greatly devoted to serving the Jewish community in Northeast Ohio. He has served on 
the Board of Trustees for Jewish Community Housing and Gross Schechter Day School. He was 
Board President of the Jewish Education Center of Cleveland, President of the Board of the Ohio 
Jewish Communities, and he chaired the Government Relations Committee at the Jewish 
Federation of Cleveland. Following his role as Campaign Chair in 2013 and 2014, the Jewish 
Federation of Cleveland named Heller Board Chairman for the 2019-2022 term. David served as 
the National Campaign Chair for the Jewish Federations of North America for the 2023-2026 term
David serves on the AJC Cleveland President’s Circle.
David and his wife, Becky, live in suburban Cleveland and Boca Raton, Florida and have four 
children Lindsey, Ben, Ellie, and Sam