Jan 28, 2013
Dr. James W. Hughes is the dean of the Edward J.
Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers
University, appointed to that position in 1995. He has been a
member of the faculty since 1971. In addition, since 1988 he has
also been the Director of the Rutgers Regional
Report which, during its 23-year tenure, has produced 35
major economic/demographic/housing studies on New Jersey and the
New York region.
He is a nationally-recognized academic expert on demographics,
housing, and regional economics, and was a contributing editor to
the magazine American Demographics. He is author or
co-author of 33 books and monographs and more than 150 articles,
generally focusing on housing, demographics and economic
development patterns. Among these are The Atlantic City
Gamble (published by the Harvard University
Press), The Dynamics of America's
Housing, America's New Market Geography,
and America's Demographic Tapestry: Baseline for the New
Millennium (published by the Rutgers University
Press).
He has provided extensive budgetary and economic testimony before
many New Jersey State Legislative committees, and has provided
numerous policy briefings both in Washington and Trenton on
demographics, housing and the economy. He was a Distinguished
Fellow of the National Association of Industrial and Office
Properties (NAIOP), and has been awarded the Warren Hill Award of
the New Jersey Bankers Association, the Rutgers’ Richard P.
McCormick Award for Excellence in Alumni Leadership, the Rutgers
Presidential Award for Distinguished Public Service, as well as the
Distinguished Service Award of the New Jersey Chapter of the
American Planning Association. He has been both a Woodrow
Wilson and Ford Foundation Fellow and has served as a consultant to
numerous federal, state and local public bodies as well as to many
private and corporate clients.
He was recently a member of Governor Christie’s Housing Opportunity
Task Force. In the past, he was on the NJ Governor’s
Commission on Jobs, Growth and Economic Development, and the
Governor’s Logistics Council. He was on the Real Estate Task
Force of the Governor's Economic Master Plan Commission and was a
member and Trustee of the successor commission: Prosperity New
Jersey. He formerly was on the Board of the E’Town
Corporation (N.Y. Stock Exchange) and the Board of the Cali Real
Estate Investment Trust (NY Stock Exchange). He was also a
member of the Board of Advisors of the Mack-Cali Real Estate
Investment Trust (N.Y. Stock Exchange). He has also served on
numerous other boards and task forces, including the Board of
Directors of the Cooperative Housing Foundation (Washington, D.C.),
the Economic Advisors Board of the Council of the City of New York,
the (New Jersey) Governor’s Property Tax Commission, and the (New
Jersey) Governor’s World Class Economy Task Force.
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