Patrick Costigan

Senior Vice President

Patrick (Pat) Costigan has nearly 30 years of experience in affordable housing and community development policy, program design, implementation and administrative management. Mr. Costigan joined The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB), as a senior consultant in 1998, and was appointed a Senior Vice President in 1999. Currently, he directs TCB's national and regional policy efforts in support of its business development activities. He works actively with housing-related Congressional authorization/appropriations and HUD staff, and public/private industry actors and foundations/intermediaries to advance housing and community development issues important to the communities in which TCB works.

In addition to his policy role, Mr. Costigan previously directed TCB's Community Initiatives department. Under his leadership, the department helped over 5,000 residents transition into new or improved housing, secured jobs for nearly 2,100 unemployed or under-employed residents, assisted 8,100 individuals claim more than $15 million in Earned Income Tax Benefits, and registered over 7,000 new voters.

Prior to his work with TCB, Mr. Costigan was a private consultant to nonprofit and for profit housing development and policy organizations concerned with community development, workforce development and program design and evaluation. Previously, he served as Vice President of The Enterprise Foundation of Columbia, Maryland, where he managed a number of housing development and financing programs and the foundation's neighborhood transformation initiatives in Ohio, Maryland and Florida. Earlier in his career, Mr. Costigan assisted community development corporations package and develop low-income housing while at the Cleveland Center for Neighborhood Development and Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation in Cincinnati.

Mr. Costigan holds master's degrees in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and in community planning from the University of Cincinnati.

Contact:
The Community Builders, Inc.
1333 H Street NW, Suite 1100 West
Washington, DC 20005
202-955-1310