Alison George
Director @Colorado Department Of Local Affairs
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Director @Colorado Department Of Local Affairs
Alison George is Colorado’s director of housing serving the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), Division of Housing (DOH), where she directs five housing offices: Office of Housing Finance, Office of Homeless Initiatives, Office of Rental Assistance, Office of Housing Recovery and the Office of Regulatory Oversight. Alison is a dedicated affordable housing expert with extensive experience successfully managing staff and programs responding to the diverse housing needs of Coloradans from creative solutions for people faced with homelessness to homeownership programs aimed at growing generational wealth. Some key highlights and board memberships include: • Managing teams with 120 professional staff and program budgets ranging from $200 million to $500 million annually. • Overseeing more than housing choice vouchers, building code professionals overseeing factory built structures, regulating mobile home parks and grant and loan programs with over $250 million annually in federal, state and custodial funds for the development and operations of affordable housing throughout Colorado. Legislative Transformational Affordable Housing Task Force member – Appointment 2021 Middle Income Housing Authority board member – Governor Polis’ appointment since August 2022 Governor\'s Advisory Council on Community Corrections – Governor Polis’ appointment since July 2019 Housing Colorado, Board Member 2018 - present Board Secretary, January 2022 to present Council of State Community Development Agencies (COSCDA), Washington, DC Board Member - 2014 to present Co-chair Housing Committee 2010 – 2014 Legislative Advisory Committee: Task Force Concerning the Treatment of Persons with Mental Health Disorders in the Criminal Justice System (MHDCJS) Appointment August 2016 to August 2019 Denver Mayor’s Housing Advisory Committee Appointment July 2015 to 2019
EDUCATION
Harvard Kennedy School
Leadership Decision Making course
The University of Kansas
Master of Urban Planning
The University of Kansas
BA
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ABOUT ALISON GEORGE
Director, Department of Local Affairs, Division of Housing
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