MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
Mar
ch 3, 2025
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Council of
the District of Co lumbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mende lson:
In accordance with section 2
of the Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-
142; D.C. Official Code § 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 4 of An Act To establish and provide for
the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of Columbia, approved June
3,
1896 (29 Stat. 244; D.C. Official Code § 39-104), I am pleased to nominate the following individual :
Mr. Andrew Trueblood
L Str
eet, SE
Washington, DC 20003
(Ward 8)
for reappointment as a member of the
Board of Library Trustees, for a term to e nd January 5, 2030.
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Council’s earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor’s Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
Sincerely,
Muriel Bowser
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at the request of the Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
15 To confirm the reappointment of Andrew Trueblood to the Board of Library Trustees.
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17 RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
18 resolution may be cited as the "Board of Library Trustees Andrew Trueblood Confirmation
19 Resolution of 2025".
20 Sec.
2. The Council of the District of Columbia confirms the reappointment of:
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22 Andrew Trueblood
23 L Street, SE
24 Washington, DC 20003
25 (Ward 8)
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27 as a member
of the Board of Library Trustees, established by section 4 of An Act To establish
28 and provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room in the District of
29 Columbia, approved June 3, 1896 (29 Stat. 244; D.C. Official Code§ 39-104), for a term to end
30 January
5, 2030.
31 Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
32 upon its adoption, to the nominee and
to the Office of the Mayor.
33 Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately. AndrewTysonTrueblood
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
Trueblood.City 1/2022-present
UrbanPlanning,StateandLocalPolicy,andHousingAdvisor
+SeniorAdvisor,AmericaAchievesprovidingtechnicalassistanceforoveradozenregions
withequitableeconomicgrowthandplanningincludingthoseapplyingforUSDepartment
ofCommerce'sBuildBackBetterRegionalChallengeandRegionalTechHubs
+Projectmanager,ReimaginingDC’sDowntownActionPlan
+Advisor,DowntownDCBID
+SeniorAdvisorforHousing,DCPolicyCenter
+Nonresidentfellow,UrbanInstitutesupportinghousingandeconomicmobilityresearch
+Adjunctfaculty,GeorgetownUniversity’sUrbanandRegionalPlanningProgram
DistrictofColumbiaOfficeofPlanning 11/2018-12/2021
Director
*LedagencytoplanforthefutureoftheDistrictofColumbiawithafocusonhousingandequity.
+SupportedMayorBowser’sgoalof36,000newhousingunitsby2025,with12,000affordable
unitsandarea-levelaffordablehousingtargets.
+Completedmulti-yearprocesstoupdateDC’sComprehensivePlanwithafocusonhousing,
equity,resilience,andCOVID-19recovery.
DistrictofColumbiaDeputyMayorforPlanningandEconomicDevelopment 1/2015-11/2018
ChiefofStaff
+Oversawbudget,operations,andpolicyimplementationof80-personagency.
+LedpolicyinitiativessuchasOpportunityZones,affordablehousing,autonomousvehicles,and
employerengagement,andtheEconomicIntelligencedatateam.
DeputyChiefofStaff 7/2013-12/2014
+Advisedeconomicdevelopmentpolicywithafocusonaffordablehousing,crowdfunding,
smallbusinessesandimplementingdataanalysisandvisualization.
ConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau 9/2010-7/2013
TeamLead,OfficeofSupervisionExaminations
+Createdandmanagedteamof10analyststhatimprovedefficiencyoffieldsupervision
activitiesthroughdata-drivenprocessthatmodeledandmonitoredconsumerrisk.
U.S.DepartmentofTreasury 8/2009-9/2010
PolicyandProgramOfficer,CommunityDevelopmentFinancialInstitutionsFund
+Implementedinaugural$80millionCapitalMagnetFundprogramandprovidedpolicyand
operationalsupportfortheNewMarketsTaxCreditprogram.
DistrictofColumbiaHousingAuthority 8/2005-8/2007
RedevelopmentPlanningSpecialist
EDUCATION
MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology Cambridge,Massachusetts
MasterofCityPlanning,DepartmentofUrbanStudiesandPlanning 2009
PrincetonUniversity Princeton,NewJersey
A.B,,SchoolofPublicandInternationalAffairs 2005
BOARDSandADVISORYPOSITIONS
+DCPublicLibraryBoard,Trustee 2022-present
+WashingtonHousingConservancyAdvisoryCouncil 2022-present
+NationalCapitalRegionTransportationPlanningBoard,BoardMember 2018-2021
+NationalCapitalPlanningCommission,Commissioner 2018-2021
+DCCommemorativeWorksCommittee,Chair 2018-2021
*GirlsontheRunDC,Treasurer,boardmember,racecommittee,volunteer 2010-2020
*GeorgetownUniversity,ProgramAdvisor,capstoneadvisor 2012-present
Executive Office of the Mayor – Mayor’s Office of Talent and Appointments
John A. Wilson Building | 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, Suite 600 | Washington, DC 20004
Andrew Trueblood
Mr. Andrew Trueblood is a housing, economic development, land use,
and urban policy professional who supports local and state governments,
nonprofits, and businesses that are building more vibrant and equitable
futures. He currently works for Trueblood.city, which partners with
nonprofits, businesses, coalitions, and public sector organizations to
advance economic vitality, place-based opportunity, housing
attainability, and community vibrance.
Between November 2018 and December 2021, Mr. Trueblood served as
the Director of the DC Office of Planning (OP). During this tenure, he
prioritized agency efforts around housing and equity. He shepherded the
update of the Comprehensive Plan with a focus on updates around
housing, equity, resilience, public facilities and COVID-19 recovery. He led OP in its support of
Mayor Bowser’s historic housing efforts, including her goal of 36,000 new units by 2025, with
12,000 affordable units. In 2019, OP released the Housing Equity Report which analyzed the
history of segregation in the District and presented area-level affordable housing targets with the
goal of achieving a more equitable distribution of affordable housing. He also championed regional
coordination, including through his role as Chair of the Planning Directors Technical Committee
at the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, where he helped formulate regional
housing targets.
Prior to joining OP, Mr. Trueblood was the Chief of Staff at DC’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for
Planning and Economic Development (DMPED). Throughout his time at DMPED, he worked to
support real estate and business development, improve the agency’s data and analysis capacity and
to create open and accessible data and analysis, especially through the creation of the Economic
Intelligence program. Before joining the District Government, he helped start up the Consumer
Financial Protection Bureau and worked at Treasury’s Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund. Prior to his federal government service, he worked on redevelopment planning
and finance for the DC Housing Authority.
A Ward 8 resident, Mr. Trueblood earned his Bachelor of Arts from the School of Public and
International Affairs from Princeton University and a Master of City Planning from the
Department of Urban Studies and Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
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The John A. Wilson Building • 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW • Suite 300 • Washington, D.C. 20004 • Office (202) 724-7681
To: Kimberly A. Bassett, Steve Walker
From: Betsy Cavendish
Date: February 12, 2025
Subject: Legal sufficiency review of a resolution reappointing Andrew Trueblood as a
member of the Board of Library Trustees
This is to Certify that this office has reviewed the above-referenced resolution and
found it to be legally unobjectionable. If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call Michael Porcello, Deputy General Counsel, Executive Office of the Mayor, at
202-727-0872, or me at 202-724-7681.
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Elizabeth Cavendish