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Dr.\\xa0James W. Hughes\\xa0is the dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, appointed to that position in 1995. He has been a member of the faculty since 1971. In addition, since 1988 he has also been the Director of the\\xa0Rutgers Regional Report\\xa0which, during its 23-year tenure, has produced 35 major economic/demographic/housing studies on New Jersey and the New York region.

He is a nationally-recognized academic expert on demographics, housing, and regional economics, and was a contributing editor to the magazine\\xa0American Demographics. He is author or co-author of 33 books and monographs and more than 150 articles, generally focusing on housing, demographics and economic development patterns. Among these are\\xa0The Atlantic City Gamble\\xa0(published by the Harvard University Press),\\xa0The Dynamics of America\'s Housing,\\xa0America\'s New Market Geography, and\\xa0America\'s Demographic Tapestry: Baseline for the New Millennium\\xa0(published by the Rutgers University Press).

He has provided extensive budgetary and economic testimony before many New Jersey State Legislative committees, and has provided numerous policy briefings both in Washington and Trenton on demographics, housing and the economy.\\xa0 He was a Distinguished Fellow of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), and has been awarded the Warren Hill Award of the New Jersey Bankers Association, the Rutgers\\u2019 Richard P. McCormick Award for Excellence in Alumni Leadership, the Rutgers Presidential Award for Distinguished Public Service, as well as the Distinguished Service Award of the New Jersey Chapter of the American Planning Association.\\xa0 He has been both a Woodrow Wilson and Ford Foundation Fellow and has served as a consultant to numerous federal, state and local public bodies as well as to many private and corporate clients.

He was recently a member of Governor Christie\\u2019s Housing Opportunity Task Force.\\xa0 In the past, he was on the NJ Governor\\u2019s Commission on Jobs, Growth and Economic Development, and the Governor\\u2019s Logistics Council.\\xa0 He was on the Real Estate Task Force of the Governor\'s Economic Master Plan Commission and was a member and Trustee of the successor commission: Prosperity New Jersey.\\xa0 He formerly was on the Board of the E\\u2019Town Corporation (N.Y. Stock Exchange) and the Board of the Cali Real Estate Investment Trust (NY Stock Exchange).\\xa0 He was also a member of the Board of Advisors of the Mack-Cali Real Estate Investment Trust (N.Y. Stock Exchange). He has also served on numerous other boards and task forces, including the Board of Directors of the Cooperative Housing Foundation (Washington, D.C.), the Economic Advisors Board of the Council of the City of New York, the (New Jersey) Governor\\u2019s Property Tax Commission, and the (New Jersey) Governor\\u2019s World Class Economy Task Force.

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