Adam Briones
CEO - California Community Builders
Degrees: Master of Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA; BA in Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Cruz
Adam Briones is the Chief Executive Officer of California Community Builders (CCB), where he leads research, advocacy, and community organizing efforts to end California’s racial wealth gap and housing crisis for communities of color. Prior to CCB, Adam was the Senior Director of Economic Equity of the Greenlining Institute where he helped to secure over $10 billion in community reinvestment commitments from large financial institutions. Previously, Adam spent a decade in housing development and real estate finance, primarily in New York. His work there included acting as Vice President of Real Estate Development at the Genesis Companies, an affordable housing developer, and as a Senior Analyst for HR&A Advisors, a national real estate consulting firm. Adam has held fellowships with the NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development and the NYC Housing Development Corporation, as well as the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington DC. Adam holds a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California Los Angeles and was born and raised in Oakland, CA.