As Director of Public Policy, Jorge Andres Soto is responsible for advancing NFHA’s public policy priorities and directing the organization federal and congressional advocacy. Through local and national coalition-building, Mr. Soto designs strategies to advocate for policies that help protect individuals from housing discrimination, strengthen access to justice for victims of housing discrimination, and remove obstacles to housing opportunity. He leads NFHA’s efforts on issues concerning the federal budget and appropriations, housing and housing-related legislation, and executive nominations. Mr. Soto also staffs the Fair Housing & Lending Task Force of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, which NFHA co-chairs with NAACP LDF. He also serves on the Congressional Progressive Caucus Center’s Policy and Research Council. Mr. Soto is a graduate of Wesleyan University with a double major in History and American Studies.