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Solutions for Working Families:
Conference Speakers
During Solutions for Working Families: 2009 Learning Conference on State and Local Housing Policy, participants learned about ideas that are working in other communities from practitioners from around the country.
Our outstanding line-up of keynote speakers included:
- Henry Cisneros, executive chairman of CityView, former Mayor of San Antonio and former HUD Secretary
- Carol Coletta, president and CEO of CEOs for Cities and host and producer of the nationally syndicated public radio show “Smart City”
- Shaun Donovan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Bruce Katz, vice president and founding director of the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program
- William R. Klein, AICP, Director of Research and Advisory Services at the American Planning Association
- George McCarthy, director of the Urban Opportunity Unit at the Ford Foundation
- Shelley Poticha, president and CEO of Reconnecting America
- Nicolas Retsinas, director of Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies
Our list of great speakers was not limited to the plenary sessions. Click on the links below to download speaker bios for the concurrent sessions and facilitated discussions.
Bios for speakers in Session Series 1: Building a Comprehensive Housing Strategy
Bios for speakers in Session Series 2: Increasing Resources for Affordable Housing
Bios for speakers in Session Series 3: Building Community Support for Affordable Homes
Bios for speakers in Session Series 4: Expanding Development Opportunities
Bios for speakers in Session Series 5: Preserving and Recycling Resources
Bios for Facilitated Discussions speakers
Bios for Foreclosure Prevention Institute Faculty
Bios for Rental Preservation Institute Faculty
Bios for Training Workshop speakers
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