Doug has spent his career in the affordable housing, community development, and human services fields, with more than twenty years’ experience working in federal and local programs. Prior to joining Prosperity Now, Doug served as Assistant Director of Federal Programs at the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County, Maryland, a multifaceted housing provider, developer, and lender. Doug has extensive experience connecting research, data, and program evaluation to policy development. Earlier in his career, he worked as a legislative assistant in the U.S. Senate and as a program analyst with the Federal Housing Finance Board, working to expand the lending programs of the Federal Home Loan Banks. He also was project manager for the Housing Development Institute, the housing development arm of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. He holds a B.A. from Fordham University and an M.P.A. from New York University, and is a graduate of Achieving Excellence, a joint program of the Harvard Kennedy School and NeighborWorks America.

Doug served for five years on the Montgomery County Commission on Human Rights. He is an adjunct instructor at American University’s School of Public Affairs and a graduate advisor/instructor at the Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies.