Lisa J. Servon (PhD, University of California, Berkeley), Associate Professor and Associate Director, Community Development Research Center. Dr. Servon was most recently assistant professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. Professor Servon's teaching and research focus on urban poverty, community development, economic development, and gender issues. Her book, Bootstrap Capital: Microenterprises and the American Poor, was published by Brookings Institution Press in 1999.