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Adolfo Carrión

Most Recent Role: Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce (March 2025 – December 2025).

Previous Public Service: Commissioner of the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) (Feb 2022 – March 2025).

Adolfo Carrión has spent his professional career working to build and improve communities in The Bronx, across New York City, and around the country.

Mr. Carrión served as Regional Administrator for Region II of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Deputy Assistant to President Barack Obama, and Director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs. Adolfo’s work resulted in the establishment of a White House Urban Policy Working Group and the first interagency review in 30 years of federal government approaches and funding in urban and metropolitan areas.

Prior to his tenure in the federal government, Adolfo served as Bronx Borough President for nearly 2 terms and as a member of the New York City Council. Adolfo’s work as Borough President ushered in a new era of building and growth in The Bronx that increased investment in housing, schools, millions of square feet of commercial space, the new Yankee Stadium, the Fulton Fish market move to Hunts Point and many new neighborhood businesses. 

Adolfo also served as Executive V.P. of Stagg Group, a housing development and management firm, and Senior Advisor for Corporate Development to the CSA Group, the largest Hispanic­-owned architecture and engineering firm in the U.S. Adolfo was President of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO), Vice President of The County Executives of America, is an Aspen Institute Rodel Fellows alumnus, and has served on numerous boards for non-profit organizations and government-adjacent entities.