Bob Engler, Principal, Stockard Engler Brigham LLC (SEB), Brighton MA, has been working in the field of community development and affordable housing since 1968. He began his career with HUD in New York City in 1968 and enrolled in the MIT Graduate School of City and Regional Planning in 1969 where he received a Master's Degree in 1971. During those 2 years, he joined a newly created consulting firm - Justin Gray Associates - and worked on the first state-wide housing needs study for the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development. He has been involved in addressing affordable housing needs in Massachusetts since that time working for both the public and private sectors, including local and state government as well as for profit and non-profit developers. In addition to being president of SEB, he is also president of Newton Community Development Foundation and Pelham Corporation, two non-profit organizations which own more than 750 units of mixed income housing in Newton and Framingham. He was Chairman of the Newton Housing Partnership for 17 years. Bob has taught courses and classes on the development of affordable housing at Tufts, Harvard, MIT, and New Hampshire College.