Advisory Board

Up for Growth National Coalition’s Advisory Board is comprised of leading experts across the housing spectrum, including accounting, finance, academia, planning, development, and law. The purpose of the Advisory Board is to review and offer constructive feedback on Up for Growth National Coalition’s research agenda and research projects, as well as general organizational advice.

While the Advisory Board’s contributions to the organization are invaluable, it should be noted that research released by Up for Growth National Coalition and reviewed by the Advisory Board is not necessarily reflective of the views of each individual member, or their organizations, and should not be characterized as such. In addition, Advisory Board members serve in their own capacities and independently of the organizations and institutions they represent.

Joe Cortright

Principal, Impresa; Director, City Observatory

Steven Fayne

Principal, Align Finance Partners

Carol Galante

I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor of Affordable Housing and Urban Policy, Faculty Director, Terner Center for Housing Innovation, University of California at Berkeley​

Chris Herbert, Ph.D.

Managing Director Joint Center for Housing Studies, Harvard University

Chris Leinberger

Charles Bendit Distinguished Scholar and Research Professor and Chair at the Center for Real Estate and Urban Analysis, George Washington University School of Business and Non-resident Senior Fellow at Brookings​

Peter Linneman

Professor Emeritus, The Wharton School, Real Estate Department​

Fiona Ma

Vice Chair, California Board of Equalization

Arthur C. Nelson, Ph.D., FAICP

Professor of Planning & Real Estate Development

Mark H. Obrinsky, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President for Research and Chief Economist, National Multifamily Housing Council

Ed Pinto

Resident Fellow and Co-Director of Center on Housing Markets and Finance, American Enterprise Institute

Ilya Somin, J.D.

Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University

Simon Stevenson

John and Rosalind Jacobi Family Professor of Real Estate and Chair, Runstad Department of Real Estate, University of Washington