Shaun Donovan
Senior Fellow, Ford Foundation; former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Shaun Donovan has dedicated his life to public service. In August 2022, Donovan joined the Ford Foundation as a Senior Fellow where he is working with the Biden Administration and partners across the country to build community capacity to ensure the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law reaches its transformative potential, especially in historically disadvantaged communities. Donovan also joined the World Resources Institute as a Senior Fellow where he is working with international humanitarian organizations to incorporate climate resilience into their work. In December 2020, Donovan launched an ideas-driven campaign for Mayor of New York. From July 2014 to January 2017, Donovan served as the 40th Director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under President Obama. From January 2009 to July 2014, Donovan was the 15th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he led the fight against the nation’s unprecedented foreclosure crisis. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Donovan served as Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Donovan sits on the Board of Trustees at the Urban Institute, the Advisory Board of Opportunity Insights, the Board of Directors for Regional Plan Association, the Board of Directors for Rethink Food, and the Boards of Directors of Greater New York and the National Public Housing Museum. Donovan holds a B.A. and Masters degrees in Public Administration and Architecture from Harvard University.
