Leigh Graham, PhD, MBA is the Senior Advisor for Innovation Research at the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Graham is an expert on racial and neighborhood equity in urban resilience politics and works to bridge research and practice to improve public sector innovation. She has published in peer-reviewed journals across a wide range of policy domains, including Housing Policy Debate, Global Environmental Change, The Prison Journal, and The Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. Dr. Graham’s research and practice focus on affordable housing politics, especially the future of public housing in climate-vulnerable communities, and the political incorporation and well-being of marginalized communities. She has worked in the field of community development as a practitioner and scholar for over two decades.