To contact these experts, please call the Office of Public Affairs at (202) 261-5709
or email paffairs@ui.urban.org.
Martin Abravanel, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Federal housing policies and programs; homelessness; housing needs and market assessments; fair housing; customer satisfaction and program performance measurement.
Martha Burt, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Adolescents; domestic violence/violence against women; homelessness; mental health; social services integration.
Harry Hatry, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Budgets/budgeting; evaluation; government performance; performance measurement and management; privatization.
Maria-Rosario Jackson, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Urban policy; neighborhood revitalization and comprehensive community planning; the politics of race, ethnicity and gender in urban settings; the role of arts and culture in communities.
Olga Kaganova, International Activities Center.
Areas of expertise: International housing and economic development; municipal property management.
Tom Kingsley, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Housing needs and market assessments; federal housing policy; urban planning and economic development; indicators of neighborhood health and change.
Nancy Pindus, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Health occupations; sectoral employment and economic development; job training; social services integration; performance monitoring; welfare reform; community development, including New Market Tax Credit program; food assistance programs; tribal assistance and economic development.
Sue Popkin, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Public housing and HOPE VI; Section 8 vouchers and mobility; residential segregation; residents of severely distressed public housing.
Peter Tatian, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Census; housing and economic development; neighborhood indicators; DC neighborhoods; subprime lending.
Margery Turner, director, Center on Metropolitan Housing & Communities.
Areas of expertise: Residential segregation and poverty concentration; housing and mortgage lending discrimination; housing choice and residential mobility; housing needs and market assessments; federal housing policy.
Doug Wissoker, Center on Labor, Human Services, & Population.
Areas of expertise: Housing, hiring and employment discrimination; civil rights; poverty.
