Ralph Boyd Email & Phone Number

Chief Executive of SOME, an inter-faith, community-based, multi-dimensional housing, healthcare, and human services organization in the District of Columbia. SOME operates and provides a range of affordable housing, clinical, and human services, utilizing case management within a "whole person" continuum of care model for people experiencing homelessness, poverty, food insecurity, or other significant need. These services include: emergency, medical, dental, behavioral health, and addiction treatment services; dining and food pantry services; and academic enrichment, financial literacy, and certified job training and employment programs. SOME also maintains an affordable housing portfolio of over 1,300 units, which house and provide comprehensive supportive resident services for seniors, veterans, single adults, and families. SOME's 5-Year Strategic Plan (2022-2026) calls for its housing development team to acquire more land, and preserve and develop 700 to 1,000 additional units of affordable housing for individuals and families, with SOME continuing to provide case management and comprehensive supportive services for all residents of its housing.

Washington, Dc, Us

Responsible for providing thought leadership and content supporting leadership development and execution of ULI’s strategic priorities, especially those having broader impact on the housing (affordable and market-based), commercial real estate, and other land use sectors. This includes lectures and other wide-ranging speaking engagements, authoring articles for publication and instructional modules, developing and maintaining key performance metrics and accompanying scorecards, and advisory activities that advance ULI’s most pressing strategic imperatives.

Chief Executive Officer of the Americas Region of the Urban Land Institute, a global multi-disciplinary real estate education and research institute whose 40,000 members represent a broad cross section of land use and real estate development disciplines ranging from commercial, residential, and affordable housing development, real estate investment and finance, urban planning, sustainability and resilience, land use policy and regulation, and other related disciplines within the private and public sectors. Responsible for all elements of strategic, financial, and operational planning and execution.

Responsible for overseeing institutional advancement, diverse and recurring revenue channels, programs, services, operations, and FTE and trained volunteer staff who administer programs and provide services to 6.7 million people in more than 350 cities and towns throughout the region, including: disaster preparation, response, casework, and recovery services; food services and nutrition programs in underserved and high need communities; services to armed forces; international services; biomedical (blood) services; and health and safety programs.

Washington, Dc, Us

Responsible for overseeing academic programs, institutional advancement, finance, operations, safety and security, human resources, talent development, compliance, and community outreach functions of charter management organization operating 6 academically rigorous, character-based, inner-city public charter schools.

Mclean, Va, Us

Responsible for overseeing the national capital region’s largest corporate philanthropic program, involving corporate and Foundation grant-making, corporate community investments, and employee volunteer activities across several focus areas.Member of corporate management committee during conservatorship (October 2009-March 2012).Member of Foundation’s investment committee.Executive Sponsor of employee affinity and professional development organizations. Formulated strategic plans for deploying the Foundation’s assets, concentrating on high-impact programs, and capacity building projects.Managed successfully throughout conservatorship a nonprofit corporation affiliated with a government-sponsored entity during a period of unprecedented business, legal, regulatory and reputational challenges.Managed legal and reputation risks associated with payments to, and business relationships with, various nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations.Formulated and monitored compliance with regulator approved annual Enterprise Nonprofit Budget and Spending Plan. Developed and implemented enterprise-wide regulatory certification processes in connection with quarterly and annual reporting of payments to nonprofit organizations.Lead corporate and Foundation reorganization and operational upgrades, including implementation of enhanced financial processes, controls and operating systems, and rebuilding of the Foundation’s accounting, finance, IT, and data reporting platforms.Represented Freddie Mac before House Financial Services Committee during the Committee’s review of public, private, and nonprofit sector responses to hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Presented Freddie Mac’s comprehensive business and philanthropic responses, which included substantial mortgage payment relief for homeowners in affected areas, multi-billion dollar purchases of mortgage revenue bonds to help subsidize reconstruction, and multi-million dollar corporate and Foundation grants in affected areas.

Mclean, Va, Us

Supervised the Company’s legal, regulatory, government, and industry relation functions, concentrating on implementing enhanced controls, maintaining legal compliance with existing consent decrees, court orders, and applicable federal election and securities laws, and improving transparency regarding the operations, activities, and reporting practices in connection with these external-facing areas of the Company.

Served as senior litigation partner at Alston & Bird’s Washington, D.C. office. Law practice focused on complex civil and criminal matters, including securities fraud, proxy contests, trade secrets, product liability, and class action defense. Also advised committees and boards of directors on Sarbanes Oxley and corporate governance related issues, and represented officers, directors and other fiduciaries in government investigations, prosecutions and agency enforcement actions

Washington, Dc, Us

President nominated and U.S. Senate confirmed to head Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division (400 lawyers, 9 litigating sections, $106 million annual budget)Lead investigation of alleged voting improprieties during 2000 presidential election in Florida. Negotiated agreement resolving disputed issues in aftermath of the civil unrest in Cincinnati in 2001 involving the Justice Department, City of Cincinnati, NAACP, Urban League, and Fraternal Order of Police. Principal drafter of the U.S. Government’s Guidance to Federal Law Enforcement prohibiting racial profiling in routine law enforcement operations; implemented by the President as an Executive Order in 2003. Headed national task force that prosecuted hate crimes in aftermath of 9/11 attacks.Served as member of the U.S. Architectural and Transportation Compliance Board; Board sets guidelines and standards under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Co-lead U.S. delegation to U.N. hearings regarding U.S. compliance with international human rights treaty obligations. (Geneva) (2001 and 2008). Represented the United States before U.N. General Assembly regarding international treaty on disability rights (New York) (2002).Member of U.S. Delegation to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe regarding counter-terrorism, human trafficking, and international human rights. (Vienna, Austria) (2003). Represented the U.S. at European Union Conference on Human Trafficking (Brussels, Belgium) (2003).Assisted Secretary of State Powell and Attorney General Ashcroft in preparing for their participation at World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland) (2003).Member of U.S. State Department delegation to the U.S./China Human Rights Dialogue. Negotiated with representatives of the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) in Washington, Beijing, and XingXiang regarding human rights, release of political prisoners, counter-terrorism, forced labor camps, and democratization-related issues. (2002 – 2004)

Global, Us

Served as counsel and then partner in the trial and corporate litigation department at Goodwin Procter LLP in Boston. Law practice focused on complex civil and criminal matters, including securities fraud, proxy contests, trade secrets, product liability, and class action defense. Also advised committees and boards of directors on Sarbanes Oxley and corporate governance related issues, and represented officers, directors and other fiduciaries in government investigations, prosecutions and agency enforcement actions

Washington, Dc, Us

Federal prosecutor. Investigated and/or prosecuted cases involving bank fraud, firearms and narcotics trafficking, homicides, bombings, gang violence, and organized crime. Lead U.S. Attorney’s Office’s Operation Triggerlock (a national firearms initiative), and its Urban Anti-Violent Crime Task Force; AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTONRNEY FOR SUFFOLK COUNTY (Boston, MA) for special homicide prosecution.

J.D., Law

Bachelor Of Arts, (Political Science)

Doctor Of Laws (Honorary)

Doctor Of Laws (Honorary)