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Urban Leadership Awardee Donna E. Shalala
President, University of Miami Former Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services
Urban Development State & Local Finance
Urban Leadership Awardee M. Susan Savage
Secretary of State, Oklahoma
State & Local Finance
Urban Leadership Awardee Parris Glendening, President, Smart Growth Leadership Institute; former Governor, Maryland (2009)
President, Smart Growth Leadership Institute Former Governor, Maryland
Urban Development State & Local Finance
Urban Leadership Awardee Elizabeth Julian
Founder and Senior Counsel, Inclusive Communities Project Former Assistant to the Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing State & Local Finance
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Ingrid Holmquist
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
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Fellow in Urban Leadership Marilyn Shi
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
Article May 19, 2026 Susan Wachter Testifies Before Congress on the Future of Housing Finance and Credit Risk Transfer On April 22, 2026, Penn IUR Co-Director and Wharton Professor Susan Wachter testified before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, offering expert analysis on how credit risk transfer (CRT) mechanisms can strengthen the resilience and transparency of the U.S. housing finance system. Housing
News April 28, 2026 Bipartisan Push to Protect Taxpayers in GSE Privatization As Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac move closer to privatization, bipartisan lawmakers and Susan Wachter are converging on one key safeguard: codifying credit risk transfer protections to shield taxpayers from future mortgage losses. State & Local Finance
Podcasts April 17, 2026 Special Briefing: War, Inflation, and the Impact on the Economy and State and Local Budgets Special Briefing on war, inflation, and the impact on the economy and state and local budgets  State & Local Finance
Feb 09 2026 Past Event The Senator Nikil Saval Forum Speakers:  Nikil Saval Vincent Reina Housing
Fellow in Urban Leadership Bill Chen
Penn IUR Fellow in Urban Leadership
Urban Development
Christine Quattro
Emerging Scholar Dr. Christine Quattro, AICP
Assistant Professor, Regulatory Law; City & Regional Planning; Environmental Planning, Appalachian State University
Urban Development
Publication June 20, 2023 Policy Brief: Can Courts Resolve the Trilemma? State & Local Finance Anchor Institutions
Publication June 20, 2023 Policy Brief: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises State & Local Finance
David Schleicher
Scholar David Schleicher
Walter E. Meyer Professor of Property and Urban Law, Yale Law School
Advisory Board Member Diane Rosen
Melanie Franco Nussdorf
Advisory Board Member Melanie Franco Nussdorf
Senior Counsel, Steptoe & Johnson
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Fellow Ira Goldstein
Principal at IJG Urban Advisors, LLC
Urban Development Housing + 2
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Faculty Fellow David Arthur Skeel
S. Samuel Arsht Professor of Corporate Law
State & Local Finance
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Faculty Fellow William Burke-White
Professor of Law, Penn Carey Law School

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