Hilary S. Chapman is the Housing Program Manager for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG). At COG, Hilary works with regional leaders in northern Virginia, suburban Maryland, and the District of Columbia to find collaborative solutions to the shared challenges of homelessness, housing affordability, and fair housing through convening, sharing of best practices, and analysis to support local housing policy and practice. Prior to joining COG, Hilary spent nearly a decade as an affordable housing developer, working with public housing authorities nationally to create mixed-income communities. She had direct responsibility for the construction of over 250 affordable housing units and the planning and financing of over 1,000 more. Hilary also served the Government of the District of Columbia as a Capital City Fellow and is a 2016 graduate of ULI Washington’s Regional Land Use Leadership Institute. Hilary served as Co-Chair of ULI Washington’s Housing Product Council for three years and a regular volunteer at the Homeless Children’s Playtime Project. Hilary has a master’s degree in city planning from MIT and an undergraduate degree in sociology from The College of William & Mary.
