Associate Director

Media Inquiries: 510-418-1208

Expertise

• Revitalizing Older Industrial Cities
• Economic Revitalization and Smart Growth
• Affordable Housing and Gentrifi cation

Education

Columbia University, B.A., religion

University of California–Berkeley, M.A, city and regional planning

Experience

Ms. Fox is a leading expert on policies and strategies needed to advance economic and social equity in older industrial cities. She works with community groups and government offi cials in communities throughout the Northeast and Midwest to implement policies to counteract the impact of urban sprawl and disinvestment.

Selected Articles and Publications

Bringing Home the Green Recovery: A User’s Guide to the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

To Be Strong Again: Renewing the Promise in Smaller Industrial Cities, PolicyLink, 2008.

“A Winning Campaign: Four Strategies for Achieving Inclusionary-zoning Policies Designed to Protect Housing Affordability in Washington, DC,” Shelterforce, Spring 2007.

Shared Prosperity, Stronger Regions: An Agenda for Rebuilding America’s Older Core Cities, PolicyLink, 2005.

Regional Equity and Smart Growth: Opportunities for Advancing Social and Economic Justice in America, PolicyLink, 2004.

Expanding Housing Opportunity in Washington, DC: The Case for Inclusionary Zoning, PolicyLink, 2003.