Kimberly Driggins

Kimberly Driggins is the Executive Director of the Washington Housing Conservancy. Ms. Driggins has an extensive background in urban planning and real estate development and prior to her appointment at WHC, she served as Director of Strategic Planning/Arts and Culture for the City of Detroit’s Planning and Development Department for three years. Ms. Driggins also served as Associate Director for Citywide Planning for the District of Columbia’s Office of Planning from 2008-2015.

Ms. Driggins is a nationally recognized expert in urban redevelopment and placemaking and has innovative projects in both Detroit and Washington, DC. She currently serves as the Board Chair for the National Landing Business Improvement District (BID). She has also served on the Board of Directors for Project for Public Spaces, PennPraxis, and Gehl Institute. She has a BA degree from Hampton University, and an MPP from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. Ms. Driggins was awarded the prestigious Loeb Fellowship from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design in 2015.

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