Anju Chopra Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, DC

• Research and design consumer protection and affordable housing policies that help working families become financially secure
• Analyze and develop policies related to consumer protections and housing affordability that impact financial stability. Output includes designing policy solutions to address issues related to small dollar lending, debt.
• Regularly engage with Prosperity Now’s network of advocates and service providers to help define policy priorities and serve as a policy resource. This includes keeping them up to date on relevant policy developments.
• Advance policy priorities by meeting with staffers on Capitol Hill to discuss the organization’s policy agenda (including discussing specific bills we support or oppose), writing comment letters in response to proposed.
• Communicate and advocate for policy priorities by routinely hosting and participating in webinars and phone convenings, speaking on panels at symposiums (including Prosperity Now’s Summit, which is held every two.
• Blog at least once a month on relevant topics (affordable housing, small dollar lending, retirement, debt collection, credit building, etc.)

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Help the Stabilization Division achieve their mission of facilitating and promoting comprehensive community transformation
• Oversee the active portion of StableCommunities.Org (the Division’s external web site) by writing and editing blogs and monthly newsletters for the site, as well as adding relevant events and resources
• Contributed significantly to the awarding of $8 million in grants by assessing and comparing applications, deliberating with others, and making award recommendations based on sound analysis and judgment. Evaluated.
• Represent the Division at a number of symposiums, forums, trainings, and workshops
• Creating and examining a large database of member affiliate projects to uncover programmatic trends and impacts, and develop a core set of common indicators
• Producing a case report featuring best practice strategies that address health issues arising from neighborhood distress (particularly those resulting from poor physical conditions and lack of social cohesion) adopted.

Washington, DC

• Worked with GW professors on a comprehensive project entitled “Significant Features of the Property Tax,” a public web site that focuses on delineating the various property tax incentives created by state governments.
• Researched and provided advice and guidance to professors on the legal aspects of state property tax law
• Helped write a detailed analytical report on an extensive examination of all state property tax incentives aimed at increasing the investment and use of renewable energy
• Thoroughly “scrubbed” the portion of the site pertaining to full exemptions – Assessed all state regulations to ensure accuracy of published materials, to make sure no information is missing, and track and research.

• Part of a consulting team for the National League of Cities that developed a series of best practice recommendations for how cities can most effectively address the presence of modern food trucks, which formed the.
• Conducted literature review, collected and analyzed data, designed a methodology to evaluate data, and developed best practice recommendations
• Responsible for presenting findings to the Nation League of Cities upon completion

Washington, DC

• Supported research wing focused on assisting regional development organizations (RDO’s) with community, economic, workforce and transportation redevelopment.
• Analyzed initiatives adopted by RDO members
• Wrote or contributed to detailed reports on especially innovative projects concerning science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) training programs, collaborations with Foundations, small business.
• Coalition Building - Helped organize an annual conference of community development stakeholders to share related concerns

Washington, DC

Durham, NC & Hillsborough, NC

Represented low-income clients in family law and consumer fraud disputes (Unfair & Deceptive Trade Practices, etc.).

Mpp, Urban Policy

Ba, Psychology

Jd, Law