Background

• Mr. Fernandez graduated from Yale Law School and Harvard College.

• Mr. Fernandez taught high school in Zimbabwe, worked for a rural organizing group in Mississippi, and was the Stupski Fellow at Yale Law School.

• Mr. Fernandez is married with one son and lives in Connecticut. (Source: CAP)

Professional Positions

• Mr. Fernandez has worked broadly in local government, including as Economic Development Administrator for New Haven, Connecticut where he oversaw the city’s seven development departments as well as the Port Authority, Development Commission, and Redevelopment Agency.

• Mr. Fernandez has led downtown and neighborhood growth strategies, negotiated deals, and represented the city to investors, developers, and community groups.

• Mr. Fernandez was responsible for lobbying the Board of Aldermen as well as state and federal governments.

• He supervised housing, retail, higher education, theater, public infrastructure, and commercial development projects totaling over $1 billion.

• Mr. Fernandez was the founding Executive Director of LEAP, a nationally recognized child development program serving over 1,200 low income youth, primarily public housing residents, in Connecticut.

• Mr. Fernandez is principal of Fernandez Advisors, LLC a strategic and management consulting firm counseling businesses, foundations, non-profits, and government agencies. (Source: CAP)

Accomplishments

Mr. Fernandez has been interviewed by a diverse set of media ranging from The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal, to Variety, Black Enterprise, and “Good Morning America;” as well as local print, television, and radio news. (Source: CAP)

Articles by Mr. Fernandez:

• The Perils of Mortgage Fraud: Why Cities Should Care, March 4, 2008.
• Unconstitutional Cowboys, October 24, 2007.
• Safer Driving, Stronger Security, September 26, 2007.
• Conozca bien sus fuentes de información: los medios dominantes y los supuestos 'expertos' en inmigración, September 19, 2007.
• Know Your Sources: The Mainstream Press Keeps Finding Wacky Immigration “Experts”, September 19, 2007.
• Hypocritical Editorial Policies, July 18, 2007.
• Today I Am Proud to Call New Haven My Hometown, June 5, 2007.
• Limited Benefits: Insurers Peddle “Limited Health Care” to America’s Working Poor, May 7, 2007.
• Phoning Home: High Cost Calls Hinder Prisoner Rehabilitation, April 9, 2007.

Criticism

Additional Information

Biography Links

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