Jennifer S. Vey

Jennifer S. Vey is a Senior Fellow with Brookings Metro and the Director of the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking at Brookings. Vey’s work primarily explores how place-based policies and practices can generate widespread social, economic, and environmental benefits. Vey is the author or co-author of dozens of Brookings publications examining the changing place needs of people and businesses; the implications of these shifts on how we live and work; and how transformative placemaking investments can support the development of more vibrant, connected, and inclusive communities. Vey also co-edited “Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s Older Industrial Areas,” published by the American Assembly and Brookings Institution Press.

Prior to joining Brookings in 2001, Vey was a community planning and development specialist at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Vey earned a master of planning degree from the University of Virginia and holds a B.A. in geography from Bucknell University. She lives with her family in Baltimore.