This profile contains Biden Administration nominations and appointments made at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Nominations and Appointments

Marcia Fudge was Secretary of Housing and Urban Development until March 2024.¹ She served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District from 2008-2021. She also formerly served as the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, is the past National President of Delta Sigma Theta sorority, and is the former Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.²

Alexis Pelosi was Senior Advisor for Climate in the Office of the Secretary. Before joining the Biden Administration, she was a practicing attorney at the law firms of Pelosi Law Group from 2011-2021, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton from 2007-2011, Steefel, Levitt & Weiss from 2006-2007 and 2002-2004, and Morrison & Foerster from 2000-2002. She was also a deputy city attorney for Oakland, California from 2004-2006.³ She has served on the board of the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR).⁴

Alexis Pelosi is the niece-in-law of U.S. Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).⁵

Adrianne Todman was Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. She was previously the Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Before that, she served as Executive Director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, as a policy aide in the Office of Public and Indian Housing and the Office of the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and as a legislative director for then Congressman Ron de Lugo (D-VI). She has served on policy and working groups at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, as Vice President of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, as a trustee at the National Housing Conference, and as a trustee on the Smith College Board of Trustees and the Alumnae Association Board.⁶ She has served on the board of directors of the Housing and Development Law Institute.⁷

Ben J. Winter was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Development.⁸ He formerly led housing and economic opportunity initiatives in Los Angeles for the California Community Foundation. Before that, he was the Chief Housing Officer for Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti. During the Obama Administration, he served as a senior analyst at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.⁹

1. Deborah Barfield Berry. “HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to Resign, Says Affordable Housing is ‘an American Issue.'” USA Today. March 11, 2024. Available at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/11/hud-secretary-marcia-fudge-steps-down/72886441007/
2. “Domestic Nominees and Appointees: Congresswoman Marcia Fudge.” Biden-Harris Transition. Accessed December 11, 2020. Available at: https://buildbackbetter.gov/nominees-and-appointees/marcia-fudge/
3. “Alexis Pelosi.” Linkedin. Accessed November 27, 2023. Available at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexis-pelosi-0b7a7723
4. “Board of Directors.” SPUR. June 9, 2020 (accessed via WayBack Machine). Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20200609065934/https://www.spur.org/about/board
5. Daniel Cusick. “Meet Pelosi the Climate Czar. (Not that Pelosi.)” E&E News. November 27, 2023. Available at: https://www.eenews.net/articles/meet-pelosi-the-climate-czar-not-that-pelosi/
6. “Adrianne Todman.” National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Accessed June 14, 2021. Available at: https://www.nahro.org/bio/adrianne-todman/
7. “HDLI Board of Directors.” Housing and Development Law Institute. Accessed June 14, 2021. Available at: http://www.hdli.org/allabout/board.htm
8. “Principal Directory.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Accessed June 29, 2021. Available at: https://www.hud.gov/contact/principal_directory
9. “Ben J. Winter.” U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Accessed June 29, 2021. Available at: https://www.huduser.gov/portal/about/bio-ben-j-winter.html