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ADOLFO CARRIN, JR.
January 10, 2012
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
February marks three years since I joined the Obama
Administration. It has been a privilege and an
extraordinary opportunity to work with folks who are deeply
committed to our countrys future. On
February 10th
, I will be ending my tenure with the federal government to
pursue exciting projects in
the private sector and to continue my political activism and
help reelect President Obama.
I am grateful to the President for the opportunity to serve in
his Administration. As you know, I
started at the White House serving as Deputy Assistant to the
President and Director of the White
House Office of Urban Affairs. Our work resulted in the
establishment of a White House Urban
Policy Working Group and the first comprehensive interagency
review in 30 years of federal
government approaches and funding in urban and metropolitan
areas. Im proud to have workedwith my colleagues in the White House
and our federal agency partners to advance a 21st century
urban/metro agenda for America.
Our work in the White House launched a set of policies and
initiatives that aligned the work of
federal agencies to offer place-based competitive opportunities
for stakeholders throughout the
country. These include, among many others, Regional Planning and
Sustainability Grants, Promise
Neighborhoods, Choice Neighborhoods, The Interagency Partnership
on Sustainable Communities,
The White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative, the
Strong Cities/Strong Communities
Fellowship to assist troubled cities, a coordinated effort to
end veterans homelessness, and a
proposal to Congress for a National Infrastructure Bank included
in the American Jobs Act.
I am deeply grateful to my friend Shaun Donovan, HUD Secretary,
for inviting me to join him and
the great team he was assembling, to help implement these
initiatives at the local level. I was very
happy to be able to do this front-lines work back home in New
York City.
Here, in the region, Ive had the honor of working with so many
of you who are committed to our
shared mission of building competitive, sustainable and
opportunity-rich communities. I look
forward to our continued collaboration as I launch a new private
sector venture called Metro Futures
LLC. This entity will be dedicated to accelerating investment in
infrastructure, housing, and smart
metropolitan growth. Stay tuned for further news on my upcoming
activities in this arena.
Thank you to all for your kindness and friendship.
