Saúl N. Ramirez, Jr. is Executive Director of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. Mr. Ramirez brings a great deal of housing and community development experience to NAHRO. He came to NAHRO from Greystone and Co., a leading financial services and trading company located in New York City that provides debt and equity financing for the development, rehabilitation, acquisition, and refinancing of multi-family and economic development projects. His primary duty at the Bethesda, MD, office was as a mortgage banker. He served as HUD's Deputy Secretary from 1998 to January 2001. He also served as HUD's Assistant Secretary of Community Planning and Development in 1997-1998.
Prior to his tenure at HUD, he was Mayor of the City of Laredo, TX, from 1990-1997. He used housing and community development programs as tools to encourage the major growth and development of Laredo. He was a city council member in Laredo from 1982-90. Mr. Ramirez has 20 years' experience as an insurance industry executive in Texas and served as a Board member of the Texas Municipal League Inter-Government Risk Pool with over $300 million in assets.