Science Impact Center Directors

Susan Wachter, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Susan Wachter is Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management and Professor of Real Estate and Finance at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and also holds the position of Professor at the Graduate School of Design.  Dr. Wachter served as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Research at HUD, a President appointed and Senate confirmed position, from 1998 to 2001, and was principal advisor to the Secretary responsible for national housing and urban policy. The Chairperson of the Wharton Real Estate Department from 1996 to 1998, Wachter is the author of over 200 publications.  Wachter served as President of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and coeditor of Real Estate Economics, and currently serves on multiple editorial boards, and is Co-Director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research and Director of the Wharton Geospatial Initiative. For more information, please contact Dr. Wachter (wachter@wharton.upenn.edu) or see http://www.upenn.edu/penniur/.