Jeff has worked in New England for 25 years including launching a consulting firm that specializes in housing and development policy and planning. He was the Director of Planning & Urban Development for the City of Portland. In Portland, he developed a set of tools to increase the development of low-income and workforce housing. These tools included an inclusionary zoning program for both residential and hospitality developments; creation of a sustainable Local Housing Trust; and land use changes to allow developers of affordable housing to build along the nodes and corridors for infill development. Jeff served on the Maine Legislature’s Commission to Increase Housing Opportunities in Maine by Studying Zoning and Land Use Restrictions; and he is the President of the Northern New England Chapter of the American Planning Association, the chair of the GrowSmart Maine Board of Directors, and a member of the boards of the Greater Portland Transit District and the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition, where he previously served as Interim Executive Director.