M.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, City Planning. 1987

B.A., Tufts University, Political Science. 1981

2000-present Project Director. Public Housing Operating Cost Study, GSD.
Directs research for a two-year Cooperative Agreement with the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

1999-present Principal. Gregory Byrne and Associates.
Provides asset management services to public and private organizations. Services are offered in four main areas: portfolio plans, privatization programs, long-term strategic planning, and development of decentralized management systems, including property-based budgeting and management. Recent and current clients include housing authorities in St. Louis, Chicago, Bridgeport, Vermont State, Indianapolis, Louisville, Cambridge, and Prince George's County, MD.

1996-1999 Principal Associate. Abt Associates Inc.
Coordinated Abt Associates' public housing strategic planning practice. Project director or senior consultant on the following projects:

HUD's Moving to Work Demonstration Program.

Strategic Planning for the Housing Authority of Miami Beach, FL,

Asset Management Services for the Housing Authority of Louisville

Management Review of the Boston Housing Authority

Technical Assistance to the Housing Authority of Baltimore City

Technical Assistance to the Housing Authority of Camden, NJ

The Development of Project-based Budgeting for the Chicago Housing Authority

Asset Management Services for the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority

Asset Management Services to the Housing Authority of Louisville

Viability Assessments of Distressed Public Housing (Various, HUD)

Guidebook on Private Management of Public Housing (HUD)

Guidebook on Mixed-income Housing (HUD)

Asset Management Services to the Housing Authority of Corpus Christi, TX

Technical Assistance to Implement HOPE VI Private Management for the Housing Authority of the City of Houston, TX

Asset Management Services for the St. Louis Housing Authority

1992-1996 Director. Dade County HUD.
Responsible for the overall operation and policy direction of the nation's 11th largest housing authority, with approximately 12,500 project-based units.

Raised agency's PHMAP score from 63 to 91.

Directed the conversion from manual management information systems to a fully integrated and automated management information system.

Instituted an asset management program for the agency's property portfolio

Directed the conversion from central maintenance to site-based maintenance.

Contracted with private management companies for over 20% of the PHA's stock.

Eliminated central warehousing functions and instituted decentralized purchasing systems.

Instituted award-winning preventive maintenance program.

Established nation's finest project-based budgeting system.

Acquired 526 units of mixed-income housing under HUD and RTC disposition programs.

Chaired HUD's Financial Management Study Group under the Public Housing Statutory and Regulatory Review Program.

1990-1992 Deputy Director. Dade County HUD.
Responsible for day-to-day operations of all divisions of the agency. Successful in removing the agency from USHUD's list of "Troubled PHAs"; in restoring employee pride and morale; in improving the quality of work; in establishing new operating and financial management systems; and in developing strong resident-management relations.

1989 Executive Assistant to the Chairman.
Chicago Housing Authority, Chicago, IL. Responsible for providing overall policy support to the chairman; for serving as liaison to the various departments to assure continuity with agency goals; for developing a strategic focus for long-term planning; for conferring with private and public leaders for support of agency initiatives; and for monitoring the operational performance of agency's departments.

1988 Project Director. Carras Associates, Boston, MA.
Carras Associates is a housing finance consulting firm that works with community-based organizations, financial institutions, and governmental agencies in designing and developing community development partnership programs. Directed a state-funded task force to increase the level of private financial institution involvement in affordable housing in five Massachusetts communities.

1985-1986 Legislative Assistant. Council of Large Public Housing Authorities. Washington, D.C.
CLPHA is an advocacy organization established to preserve and promote public and assisted housing. Its members represent more than half of the nation's 1.4 million public housing units. Prepared position papers, research reports, news articles, and regulatory comments. Coordinated special study groups with industry leaders on such issues as public housing modernization programs, Section 8 fair market rents and administrative fee schedules, comprehensive occupancy plans, and management performance standards for public housing.

1981-1985 Training Specialist/Director of Certification. National Center for Housing Management. Washington, D.C.
NCHM is a non-profit training and technical assistance organization created by executive order of the President in 1972 to upgrade the management of public and federally-assisted housing. Designed programs, trained trainers, coordinated program delivery, and evaluated programs. Researched, wrote, and updated training handbooks, exercises, and trainer guides. Administered NCHM's HUD-accredited Housing Manager's Certification Program. Provided technical assistance to housing authorities, non-profit housing development organizations, and management agents.

Byrne, Gregory A., "Experiences with Private Management of Public Housing," Housing Management Quarterly, Summer 1995.

Byrne, Gregory A., "Public Housing Public Management: A Handbook for Local Governments," Community Development Training Institute, Newport, Rhode Island, 1996.

Byrne, Gregory A. "Private Management of Public Housing: A Guidebook," United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., July, 1997.