Michael Stegman, Director of Policy and Housing, has been appointed Counselor to U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner and is on leave from the Foundation effective January 3, 2012.

Michael A. Stegman is the Director of Policy and Housing for U.S. Programs. He serves as the Foundation's lead observer of domestic policy issues, working to translate policy trends and position program strategies in affordable housing, fiscal sustainability, aging society, and tools to strengthen evidence-informed policymaking across a wide range of human services areas; all within the larger context of local, state and national policy developments.

Stegman is a Visiting Professor at the Duke University Sanford School of Public Policy, a former member of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank Community Development Advisory Council and Fellow of the Urban Land Institute. He has served on several national boards, including the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City and One Economy Corporation. Prior to joining the Foundation he was the MacRae Professor of Public Policy, Planning, and Business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chairman of the Department of Public Policy and founding director of the Center for Community Capitalism. In addition, he has been a consultant to the Fannie Mae Foundation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Treasury Department, the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and the U.S. General Accounting Office. During his tenure as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at HUD, Stegman was named one of Washington's 100 most influential decision makers by the National Journal. Stegman has written extensively on housing and urban policy, community development, financial services for the poor, and asset development policies. While at HUD, he was founding editor of two ongoing publications: Cityscape, a journal of urban policy research, and the quarterly, U.S. Housing Market Conditions.

Stegman received his BA from Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and his Masters and Ph.D. in city planning from the University of Pennsylvania.