Leslie Black-Plumeau Joins Public Assets’ Board

Montpelier – Leslie Black-Plumeau, Research and Community Relations Director at Vermont Housing Finance Agency (VHFA), has joined the board of the Public Assets Institute.

A nonpartisan nonprofit in Montpelier, Public Assets is Vermont’s independent research organization on state budget, tax, and economic issues and the source for timely and in-depth state fiscal and policy analysis.

Leslie’s work at VHFA includes overseeing the agency’s research, data, communications and public engagement activities. She has 25 years of professional experience in program evaluation and public policy research in the areas of housing, human services, and community development. Her work has most recently been focused on Vermont, and she has a broad understanding of housing issues and HUD programs as a result of her many years of experience in Washington, DC as a Congressional housing and community development program evaluator.

“Leslie is an excellent addition to the board,” said Board Chair Steve Gold. “She brings decades of experience using data, analysis and policy to expand opportunities for affordable housing to Vermonters.”

Added Black-Plumeau: “My long-standing interest in the equitable distribution of public resources, especially in programs and policies that impact wealth, income and access to housing and other basic needs, are aligned with Public Assets’ mission, and I’m excited to be working together.”

Black-Plumeau has a Public Policy master’s degree from the State University of New York at Albany and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Mount Holyoke College.

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