People

Our network of contributors

Chris Bledsoe

Jun 05, 2019

Chris is co-founder and CEO of Ollie, leaving behind his finance career in 2011 to focus his full time and energy on his passion for the development of coliving and micro-housing communities. His prior experience as both an institutional investor and an angel investor in the consumer sector led him to re-imagine how the multi-family…

Louise Carroll

Jun 04, 2019

Louise Carroll is the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), the nation’s largest municipal housing agency. As Commissioner, Louise leads the charge to implement Mayor Bill de Blasio’s five-borough, ten year Housing New York plan, which was accelerated and expanded through Housing New York 2.0 to create and…

Avital Aboody

Jun 04, 2019

Avital is a native Angeleno. For the past 10 years, Avital has worked as a project manager and community organizer with social justice non-profit organizations in Jerusalem, New York City, San Diego, and Los Angeles. Her expertise is in small business development in communities of color, activating and beautifying under-utilized public spaces, advocacy for equitable…

Jeffrey Jaeger

Jun 04, 2019

Jeffrey E. Jaeger is a Co-Founder and Principal of Standard Communities. Mr. Jaeger is also the Co-Founder and former Chief Operating Officer of Jackson Square Properties, a value-add investment company which managed a portfolio of over 10,000 apartments and 1,000 mobile-home units at the time of his departure. Prior to joining Jackson Square Properties, Mr.…

Scott Alter

Jun 04, 2019

Scott J. Alter is a Co-Founder and Principal of Standard Communities. Prior to co-founding Standard, Mr. Alter was an investment professional at Stockbridge Real Estate Funds, a real estate opportunity fund. Previously, he worked as a Financial Analyst in Merrill Lynch & Co.’s real estate, hospitality and leisure investment banking division. Mr. Alter is a…

Jenny Schuetz

Jun 04, 2019

Jenny Schuetz is a David M. Rubenstein Fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. She is an expert in urban economics and housing policy, focusing particularly on housing affordability. Jenny has written extensively on land use regulation, housing prices, urban amenities, and neighborhood change. She has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall…

Matt Ainsley

Jun 04, 2019

Matt Ainsley is the Market Strategist for Eco-Counter in Montreal. Matt’s role in Eco-Counter revolves around ensuring organizations have the tools necessary to collect and communicate robust, accurate, and powerful bike and pedestrian data.

Raphaël Chapalain

Jun 03, 2019

Raphaël Chapalain est chargé de Communication & Marketing pour Eco-Compteur. Son parcours en sciences politiques et journalisme et sa passion pour le vélo l’ont fait rejoindre Eco-Compteur pour partager les expériences de développement des mobilités douces partout dans le monde. Raphael Chapalain is Eco-Counter Marketing Specialist. With a background in political science and journalism, he…

Gleam Davis

May 30, 2019

Mayor Gleam Davis joined the City Council in February 2009 when the Council selected her to fill the seat left vacant by the passing of Herb Katz and was elected to an additional two-year term in November 2010. She was re-elected in 2012 for a 4-year term, and again in 2016. At the time of…