斯科特Ledford

Scott is a community development expert with more than 25 years of experience designing, 交付, and leading innovative solutions for large and small programs, 项目, 和活动. His work includes policy and process development, 法规遵从性, 培训 and 技术援助, and leadership and organizational development. He works across subjects including housing, 金融, 经济发展, 能源效率, 宽带部署, and disaster preparedness and recovery.

Scott worked with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Office of 著名ordable Housing Programs in the late 1990s to conceptualize and build a new website where HOME Investment 合作伙伴关系 Program grantees had easier access to 培训 and 技术援助 materials. That eventually evolved into the current award-winning 住房和城市发展部交换. He also 设想ed and created an online tool, the CPD Income Eligibility Calculator, which providers use to determine and document the income eligibility of beneficiaries based on the unique requirements of each program.

Scott continues to lead 项目 on the 住房和城市发展部交换 including Learning Pathways, a systematic approach to establishing resource and 培训 material maps that help 住房和城市发展部交换 users engage with appropriate content based on their area of interest and organizational role. Scott also leads the design of web pages and development of content, 互动手册, innovative explainer videos, and online 培训 materials. He collaborates with programmers to develop innovative functionality for the 住房和城市发展部交换 website.

Over the course of Scott’s career, he has worked across HUD offices including Community Planning and Development, Public and Indian Housing, and the Federal Housing Administration - as well as with numerous other federal agencies, 州政府, and local entities - to assess, 设想, and accomplish their program, 项目, 培训, 技术援助, 研究, and evaluation objectives. Scott also has experience working for a local government implementing federally-funded programs, a real estate development firm originating and underwriting new housing 项目, and a university and a college directing operations and developing future leaders.