David Downs is a community development practitioner with nearly 20 years of diverse experience as an affordable housing developer, program manager, and planner with established non-profit, public, and private sector relationships. David currently serves as Vice President of Catholic Charities POP (Progress of Peoples) Development Corporation, the affordable housing development affiliate, and Director of Laudato Si Corporation, the mission-aligned sustainability entity, both under the umbrella of Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens. In these roles, David strategizes, plans, and implements affordable housing and mixed-use real estate development and sustainability projects, including the Gail P. Duke Senior Residence (aka Livonia C3) in Central Brooklyn, the Bishop Valero Senior Residence in Astoria, Queens, and a portfolio of twenty solar retrofit projects through Laudato Si. David actively advocates for strategic planning efforts focused on affordable housing, policy, and sustainability, including energy efficiency, resiliency, and healthy living.