Carol galante biography

Carol Galante joined the The Community Builders Inc. (TCB) board of directors in February 2020. She is the University of California, Berkeley I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor in Affordable Housing and Urban Policy and the Faculty Director of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation.

She also co-chairs the UC Berkeley Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center of Real Estate and Urban Economics.

As Faculty Director for the Terner Center, Carol oversees the Center’s work and co-leads the Center’s research agenda, supervising projects that identify, develop and advance innovative solutions in local, state and federal housing policy and practice.

In her role as I. Donald Terner Distinguished Professor in Affordable Housing and Urban Policy, Carol teaches graduate courses on housing policy and community development, including a semester-long studio intensive course on the design and finance of affordable housing development.

Prior to joining UC Berkeley, Carol served in the Oba