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Shaun Donovan Joins Allston Staff

By District Energy posted 09-14-2017 00:00

  

John S. Rosenberg, Harvard Magazine

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HARVARD ANNOUNCED today that Shaun Donovan ’87, M.Arch.-M.P.A. ’95, will serve as part-time “senior strategist and advisor to the president on Allston and campus development.” Donovan was director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2014 to 2017 and secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from 2009 to 2014. Earlier in his career, he was commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development; deputy assistant secretary for multifamily housing at HUD; he has worked at the Community Preservation Corporation in New York City, at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard, and as an architect.

According to the announcement, Donovan will work closely with executive vice president Katie Lapp, the senior administration officer engaged with Allston issues on a daily basis, helping the University “pursue its vision of developing an Allston campus that enhances Harvard’s leadership in education, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship while fostering collaboration across Harvard and within the community.” He will “provide strategic advice and counsel on institutional, non-institutional, and public-realm planning in Allston, and will…also help University leaders ensure that Harvard’s emerging campus in Allston complements the University’s vibrant Cambridge and Longwood campuses, builds upon strong community ties, and aligns with the priorities of other regional stakeholders.” 

The most significant work under way in Allston is, of course, construction of the science and engineering center—which will become home to much of the engineering and applied sciences faculty in 2020—and of an associated district energy plant meant to serve the area.

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