Brendan McLaughlin is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, where he teaches Real Estate Finance. He currently is the Managing Director of Programs & Originations at CPC Mortgage Company, a subsidiary of the Community Preservation Corporation, a national nonprofit lender and investor in affordable and workhouse housing. Prior to CPC Mortgage Company, Brendan spent over eight years at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), most recently serving as the Deputy Commissioner for Policy & Strategy from 2019 to 2023. In this role, he created a new Sustainability Division focused on climate policy and program development, helped to create new and updated as-of-right property tax incentives for multi-family properties in New York City, led HPD’s contribution to a new housing plan, Housing Our Neighbors, and oversaw the creation of a number of new housing programs and policies. He served as the Chair of HPD's Credit Committee and represented HPD on the Credit Committees for both the New York City Acquisition Loan Fund and the New York City Down Payment Assistance Fund. He began his career at HPD in the Office of Development as a Senior Underwriter in 2015.
Before his work in housing, Brendan held various roles in corporate strategy, investor relations, and equity research in the financial services industry. He served as Vice President of Business Development/Strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and before that, as Assistant Vice President of Investor Relations at Citigroup. Brendan began his career at Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup as an Associate in the U.S. Equity Research Division covering the freight transportation sector.
Brendan holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Development from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from James Madison University.