Melissa Quirk founded Quirk Planning Solutions to integrate her 25 years of experience working at the intersection of affordable multifamily housing policy, organizational strategic development, program design and implementation, and public administration and management. Melissa has devoted her career to bringing about equitable housing and planning, reversing historical bias in the field. In New York, Boston, and Washington D.C. she has served in statewide and national nonprofits, housing and planning consulting practices, and the local governments of Boston and New York, including NYC HPD, NYCHA, and NYC Mayor’s Office of the CTO. Melissa serves as president of her local NYC Green Thumb Community Garden and on the board of a local housing organization. Melissa is an adjunct lecturer in the Hunter College Urban Policy and Planning graduate program.