Bryan Greene is Vice President
of Policy Advocacy at the National Association of REALTORS® where he oversees
all legislative and regulatory advocacy on behalf of the association’s 1.5
million members. Bryan joined NAR in November 2019, and spent his first year at
NAR raising the association’s profile in Washington and
nationwide on all fair-housing-related policy matters as NAR’s first Director of Fair Housing
Policy.
Before joining NAR, Bryan served for ten years as the highest-ranking career official in HUD’s
Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO), where he oversaw the
policy direction and operational management of the 600-person office enforcing the nation’s housing
anti-discrimination laws. Under Bryan’s
leadership as FHEO General Deputy Assistant Secretary, HUD pursued large-scale, high-profile cases that
addressed systemic discrimination and provided widespread relief. Bryan also managed HUD’s Fair Housing Assistance Program (FHAP)
and HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), which together provide
over $70 million to state and local government
agencies and nonprofit organizations fighting discrimination in local
communities.
Bryan has held other senior positions at
HUD during his three decades at the agency, including a stint as the Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic
Affairs in HUD’s Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R), where he
worked to reduce regulatory barriers to affordable housing.
Bryan was the 2007 recipient
of the Presidential Rank Award, the highest federal honor bestowed upon federal
senior executives for outstanding service.
Bryan earned his degree in Government from Harvard University.