Last week, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan announced that President Obama has appointed Erika Poethig as Deputy Assistant Secretary for HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R). Poethig currently serves as Associate Director of Human and Community Development at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and was previously assistant commissioner for policy resource and program development at the City of Chicago’s Department of Housing. read more…