Maxwell Ciardullo

Maxwell Ciardullo is an experienced urban planning and public health professional currently serving as the Director of Policy and Communications at the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center.

With over a decade of experience in the non-profit and public sectors, Maxwell brings a wealth of expertise in data-driven public policy, public speaking, meeting facilitation, and policy advocacy at all levels of government.

His areas of content expertise include fair housing, affordable housing policy, community land trusts, safety net health systems, the Affordable Care Act, harm reduction programs for drug use and sex work, and HIV-prevention and sexuality education programs.

Maxwell holds a Master's degree in Regional Planning with a focus on Community Land Trusts and Affordable Housing from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Throughout his career, he has held roles such as Policy Analyst at the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center, Strong Cities, Strong Communities Fellow at the New Orleans Health Department, Consultant to the Office of Planning and Development at the City of Northampton, and various positions in community outreach, harm reduction, and information coordination.