NYU Wagner

Ms. Gerecke is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Planning at NYU Wagner. She has over 25 years' experience in the field of affordable housing and community development. She is currently Chief Executive Officer of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, a nonprofit community-based organization that promotes affordable homeownership. She serves as a member of Fannie Mae's Housing Industry Advisory Council; Mayor Bloomberg's Housing Impact Advisory Council; and the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York's Affordable Housing Advisory Council.

Prior to her position with the Neighborhood Housing Services, Ms. Gerecke worked from 1994 to 2001 as Vice President for Housing Programs at Westhab, Inc., Westchester County's largest provider of homeless housing and services. From 1986 through 1994, Ms. Gerecke worked for the City of New York on homeless programs and policy in the Mayor's Office during the Koch Administration and as Assistant Commissioner for Production and Planning at the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Ms. Gerecke was a real estate attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison from 1984 to 1986. She is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School.