Melissa Bondi's Page

What is your interest in the Creative Arlington beta community?

I live in and love Arlington - our best ideas come from our community conversations.

How do you or would like to use your imagination and original ideas to enrich the economy and culture in Arlington, and beyond?

I'd like to find next-generation solutions to how we build our community sustainably -- for people of all incomes, backgrounds, ages and interests, and for the people who will come after us for generations to come.

Organization/Business

Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington

Website

http://www.nonprofitroundtable.org

Bio (html accepted)

Melissa Bondi is a leading regional expert on nonprofit advocacy, policy authorship and budget negotiations, focused on the needs of vulnerable and low-income populations.

Melissa currently serves as a Project Coordinator for the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington, focused on improving nonprofit-government partnerships to deliver safety net and related services to local residents.

A former Housing Director for the Coalition for Smarter Growth, Melissa led campaigns to integrate housing and equitable access principles into local budget, policy and planning decisions throughout the Washington Metro area. She has consulted on federal housing initiatives with Smart Growth America, and helped to lead safety net program and funding protections in numerous regional coalitions in the District of Columbia and many Northern VA jurisdictions. She serves as president of the Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance, and on the Board of the Virginia Housing Coalition.

Melissa has served on numerous local and regional budget, planning, transportation, community development and housing entities in Maryland, the District and in VA; she was a member of the Housing Affordability work group for the VA General Assembly, and sits on the Advisory Committee of Housing Virginia. She previously chaired the Arlington Advisory Commission on Housing.

Melissa is a member of the Arlington Economic Development Commission, and on the board of the Arlington New Directions Coalition. She is affiliated with the United Way National Capital Area Community Impact campaign, the Arlington Chamber of Commerce Community Action Committee and the Arlington Committee of 100.

Melissa has presented at a number of national and regional conferences, including EPA’s Smart Growth Conference, the National Housing Coalition, RailVolution, the Housing Justice Network, the Low Income Support Coalition, the Virginia Leadership Institute and many others.

Contact info

MBondi@NonprofitRoundtable.org
703-407-2106

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