Jennifer S. Vey is an Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at the Greater Baltimore Committee, where she leads a team focused on implementing the organization’s 10- year plan for creating a stronger and more prosperous Baltimore region.  Vey has more than 25 years of experience in urban policy research and program management. Prior to joining GBC in September 2023, Vey was a senior fellow at Brookings and the director of the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking; she currently holds an appointment as nonresident senior fellow. She is the author or co-author of dozens of publications examining how public and private investments can support the development of more vibrant, connected, and inclusive communities. She also co-edited Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America’s Older Industrial Areas (2008) and Hyper-local: Place Governance in a Fragmented World (2022). Early in her career Vey was a community planning and development specialist at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.  She earned a Master of Urban and Environmental Planning degree from the University of Virginia and holds a B.A. in Geography from Bucknell University. She lives with her family in Baltimore.