Howard Ways III
Associate Professor and Program Director,
MS in Real Estate Development
Thomas Jefferson University
Howard Ways has over 25 years of urban planning and real estate development experience and has managed over $900 million of real estate and public facilities projects.
He serves as an Associate Professor and Program Director for the MS in Real Estate Development at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. As the COO for the DC Department of Transportation, Howard managed the largest public private partnership (P3) in the history of the nation’s capital. Prior to that, he served as the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority of Prince George's County, Maryland, focused specifically on mixed income, public private partnership development projects totaling more than $774 million which, upon completion, will produce nearly 2,500 mixed income housing units and 100,000 square feet of retail, $6 million in new property tax revenue and 1,900 new jobs.
During his first ten years in District of Columbia government, Howard worked on various policy initiatives, including housing policy, helping to rewrite the city’s condemnation law, targeted public investments and workforce development. He completed the city's first green collar jobs demand analysis. He led the Home Again Initiative to acquire vacant and abandoned property and repurpose it for mixed income housing. He also led the planning effort on reuse of excess school facility space and managed the vacant property acquisition and disposition process. He also served as the director of Planning and Sustainability for the University of the District of Columbia where he completed the university's first Strategic Sustainability Plan.
He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, and a past member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Planning Association and is currently a member of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials.
He serves as an Associate Professor and Program Director for the MS in Real Estate Development at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. As the COO for the DC Department of Transportation, Howard managed the largest public private partnership (P3) in the history of the nation’s capital. Prior to that, he served as the Executive Director of the Redevelopment Authority of Prince George's County, Maryland, focused specifically on mixed income, public private partnership development projects totaling more than $774 million which, upon completion, will produce nearly 2,500 mixed income housing units and 100,000 square feet of retail, $6 million in new property tax revenue and 1,900 new jobs.
During his first ten years in District of Columbia government, Howard worked on various policy initiatives, including housing policy, helping to rewrite the city’s condemnation law, targeted public investments and workforce development. He completed the city's first green collar jobs demand analysis. He led the Home Again Initiative to acquire vacant and abandoned property and repurpose it for mixed income housing. He also led the planning effort on reuse of excess school facility space and managed the vacant property acquisition and disposition process. He also served as the director of Planning and Sustainability for the University of the District of Columbia where he completed the university's first Strategic Sustainability Plan.
He is a member of the Urban Land Institute, and a past member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, the American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Planning Association and is currently a member of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials.
