Harry Wexler

Harry Wexler is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School. Harry brings a unique perspective through his training as a lawyer and an urban planner with expertise in housing and community development. Harry has parlayed his legal due diligence and fact-finding skills into a distinct approach to evaluating comprehensive neighborhood and community-wide revitalization programs.

During his more than 30 years as an HWF Partner, Harry's clients have included local and national foundations, foundation intermediaries, government agencies, and community-based organizations. He has directed studies of urban housing policy for the National Science Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. Harry has conducted evaluations of supportive housing and neighborhood revitalization programs for the Ford Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Pew Charitable Trusts, among others. In addition to his housing and community development work, Harry has advised the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities on the design and start-up of revenue-producing service programs and monitored the performance of regional voter registration and education programs for the Ford Foundation. Harry currently teaches "Perspectives on the City" at the Yale University Political Science Department and serves on several nonprofit boards. He has published several articles about housing and city planning, and was the principal investigator and co-author of the book Housing and Local Government.

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Email: wexler@hwfco.com

Last updated 06-10-09