Roland Anglin

Roland Anglin’s career spans over twenty years of working in the public, educational, and philanthropic sectors. In all his professional positions, Anglin has focused on promoting economic and community development in and for marginalized communities. Anglin is currently the executive director of the Initiative for Regional and Community Transformation (http://www.regionandcommunity.org/).

In addition to his role as the IRCT executive director, Dr. Anglin is Faculty Fellow at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University

Dr. Anglin began his academic career at Rutgers University. There he examined issues related to economic development and growth management. During this time, he published some of the seminal work on citizen attitudes toward sprawl development. In 1991 he was recruited to the Ford Foundation, where he spent eight years. He served first as the program officer responsible for community development and later became Deputy Director for Community and Resource Development, which is part of the Asset Building and Community Development Division.

After leaving Ford, Dr. Anglin went to the Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation (Seedco), a national community development intermediary. At Seedco, Dr. Anglin was the senior vice president responsible for building the capacity of community-based housing organizations.

Since returning to academia, Dr. Anglin has pursued an active research agenda and has managed many demonstration initiatives for philanthropy, state governments, and national associations. Dr. Anglin is a co-author the just released Katrina’s Imprint: Race and Vulnerability in America (Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick NJ).