David Abromowitz is an advocate, policy shaper, affordable housing attorney, and writer. During his four decades of practice at Goulston & Storrs he cofounded the Lawyers Clearinghouse on Affordable Housing and Homelessness and the ABA Forum on Affordable Housing. David is also an active civic leader, having served on the board and as Chief Public Policy Officer of YouthBuild USA as well as the Boards of MassDevelopment, and currently on the boards of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston and Democracy House among others. He also founded the New Power Project, a national effort supporting people who have grown up experiencing poverty in running for local elective office, and is a co-founder of Families United for Trans Rights (FUTR). A former Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, David is a prolific writer on contemporary public policy issues.