Director - Fair And Equitable Opportunity (Fair Lending And Housing)
CurrentSupervise a team of attorneys and paraprofessionals who conduct enforcement and investigative activities to address historical patterns of discrimination, including fair housing, fair lending, and consumer financial protection law violations. Design and manage match paired fair housing and fair lending testing programs.• Oversee the organization’s civil rights litigation matters, collaborates with corporate counsel, outside attorneys, and other department directors to bring forth systemic cases. • Manage complaint intake legal staff and complaint investigators.• Manage the department’s budget, HUD and private fair lending and fair housing grant portfolios. • Implement all of the organizations fair lending and housing testing projects. • Draft national fair lending curriculums used to train housing counselors, fair lending/housing testers, and test coordinators. • Collaborate with policy advocates to address proposed regulations related to Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). • Engage with financial regulators and brief members of Congress and media on fair lending, fair housing, and consumer financial protection law and policy.