Luke Tate

Luke Tate is Senior Advisor for Urban Policy at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), working in the Office of Policy Development and Research where he is a lead on the White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative. He works primarily on neighborhood revitalization in distressed communities, Choice Neighborhoods, and the connections between housing, community development, and other areas of urban policy including education, economic welfare and upward economic mobility, energy and sustainability, and long-term disaster recovery. Mr. Tate previously served on the Presidential Transition team focused on urban policy and HUD, and as Special Assistant to the Secretary at HUD. Prior to joining the Obama Administration, he did community development and educational work in Nicaragua, worked on community policy in the Office of the Governor of Arizona, and worked on President Obama's presidential campaign. He is a graduate of Harvard University.