Ryan C. Albright

Ryan is the program officer for the Ford Metropolitan Opportunities Initiative.  He has more than six years of city and community planning experience ranging from his time as a coordinator for economic development for a nonprofit  to his time as a planner with the City of Houston.  Before coming to New Orleans Ryan was a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Fellow and an Island Institute Community Development Fellow.  Ryan has worked on brownfield projects in Germany and has worked in Michigan, Maine, Ohio,  and Texas addressing a variety of community, economic, and environmental development challenges.  He is currently focused on issues of sustainability, urban policy, and economic development. He holds a B.A. in Public Administration & Public Policy and a Master of Urban & Regional Planning Degree, both from Michigan State University.