Ex officio member.
Adolfo Carrión, Jr. is a lifelong public servant dedicated to strengthening communities and expanding opportunities for all New Yorkers. Carrión currently serves as commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, where he has advanced policies to create and preserve affordable housing, while driving neighborhood investment, building and preserving record amounts of housing, and furthering tenant protections, fair housing, and equity.
Carrión’s leadership spans the local and federal government, as well as the private sector, always leading efforts to develop housing, infrastructure, and business opportunity. He began his career as a teacher and community board manager before serving as a New York City councilmember and Bronx borough president.
Later, under President Barack Obama, Carrión was regional administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Region II and director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs.
Beyond government, he also led the National Association of Latino Elected Officials. Carrión holds a Bachelor of Arts from King’s College and a Master of Arts in urban planning from Hunter College. Ms. Morgan Pearlman serves as Deputy Mayor Carrión’s designee on the Board of Trustees of the Trust.