Bryan Greene is Vice President of Policy Advocacy at the National Association of REALTORS® where he oversees all legislative and regulatory advocacy on behalf of the association’s 1.5 million members. Bryan joined the REALTORS® after nearly three decades of federal government service where, for ten years, he led the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Bryan is a freelance writer, who contributes regularly to Smithsonian Magazine and other publications. A 2017 article he wrote on the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival led to renewed interest in the music festival and to Bryan serving as the consulting producer on the 2021 music documentary, “Summer of Soul,” winner of the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award. Bryan is also a guitarist and singer in the Washington, DC-based band, Suspicious Package. A native of New York City, Bryan has lived in Washington, DC since 1992. Bryan earned his degree in Government from Harvard University.