DAVID WRIGHT

David J. Wright is Director of Urban and Metropolitan Studies at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York, where he is responsible for managing the Institute•s program of urban-related research. Mr. Wright holds a MA in Urban Affairs and Policy Analysis from the New School for Social Research and a BA in Political Science and Philosophy from the University of Arizona.

Mr. Wright is an expert in urban related issues including housing, community development, and minority affairs.  Mr. Wright directed a national field network assessment of the Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Community Initiative for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; was co-principal investigator and director of a nine-city field evaluation of the Pew Charitable Trusts' Neighborhood Preservation Initiative; is co-principal investigator and director of the Study of Urban Neighborhoods and Community Capacity Building, and a field network study of social capital in nonpoor predominately-minority neighborhoods in 15 metropolitan areas across the country. He is also co-principal investigator and director of a multi-city study on the effects of welfare reform on community development corporations; and he is leading the Institute's efforts to design and develop The Citizens's Guide, an Internet-based tool to help people and communities in need to access and improve public services. Mr. Wright•s other research interests include workforce development policy, neighborhood-based social service delivery and the role of economic clustering and networking in inner-city development.

Prior to joining the Rockefeller Institute, Mr. Wright served as Deputy Secretary to New York Governor Mario M. Cuomo for policy and program design, coordination and budgeting, particularly in the areas of workforce development, targeted economic growth and technology.

David J. Wright
Director of Urban and Metropolitan Studies
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government
State University of New York
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Albany, New York 12203
518-443-5007
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wrightd@rockinst.org