Our Staff
Tamar Shapiro
Tamar
Shapiro is the director of the Governors’ Institute and the executive
director of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute. Before joining the
Smart Growth Leadership Institute in 2005, Tamar worked as an attorney
at Klein Hornig, LLP, a law firm specialized in affordable housing
development, where she represented public housing authorities as well
as developers in complex, mixed-finance development deals. Previously,
she worked as an attorney at Hogan and Hartson in Washington, D.C.,
served as law clerk to the Honorable Mary A. McLaughlin, and was a
Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow in Berlin, where she worked at the
Berlin Administration on Urban Planning and Environment as well as the
German Institute for Urban Affairs. Tamar has a B.A. from Harvard
College, an M.Phil from Cambridge University, and a J.D. from Harvard
Law School. Email Tamar.
Shelly Hazle
Shelly Hazle serves as the State Coordinator for the Governors’ Institute, as well as the Smart Growth Leadership Institute. Shelly is a graduate of Vanderbilt University. Email Shelly.