President Joe Biden (D) nominated Julia Gordon to serve as Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner and Dave Uejio for Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at HUD.
Gordon is the president of the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST), a nonprofit organization that supports neighborhood revitalization and affordable homeownership through facilitating the rehabilitation of residential properties in underserved markets. In addition to managing NCST’s programmatic work, Gordon specializes in federal policy related to homeownership, community development and the nation’s housing finance system. Gordon and NCST developed the Neighborhood Homes Improvement Act, which has been introduced as stand-alone legislation and was included in President Biden’s initial infrastructure package.
Previously Gordon served as the senior director of housing and consumer finance at the Center for American Progress, manager of the single-family policy team at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and senior policy counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending. She also has worked in the civil legal aid sector and as a litigation associate and pro bono coordinator at the law firm of WilmerHale. Gordon received her bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard College and her J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Uejio has been serving as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since January, where he oversees a $600 million budget and a 1,600-member workforce dedicated to protecting consumers from unfair, deceptive and abusive practices, in the financial marketplace, through the enforcement of federal consumer financial law. Prior to becoming Acting Director, Uejio served the Bureau as acting chief of staff, as lead for talent acquisition, and, most recently, as the Bureau’s chief strategy officer.
As chief strategy officer, Uejio led the development of an integrative approach to strategic planning, policy prioritization, enterprise risk management, organizational performance and program evaluation. Uejio utilized this integrative approach to improve the strategic advice provided to the Director and to better translate the Director’s priorities into tangible, reportable and auditable programs and initiatives.
In addition, to his experience at the Bureau, Uejio has served in Human Resources capacities at the National Institutes of Health, the Office of Personnel Management, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Uejio began his career in government service in 2006, when he joined the NIH as a Presidential Management Fellow.
Uejio is devoted to public service both as a profession and a calling. He co-chairs the Federal Innovation Council, which is a leading federal government interagency body to drive public sector innovation. He also co-founded the largest event to connect, develop and inspire emerging public service leaders, the Next Generation of Government Summit. Acting Director Uejio received a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
