Rick Sauer has 35 years of experience in the non-profit housing and community development field. For the past 24 years, he has served as executive director of the Philadelphia Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC), a membership association of organizations working to create an equitable city where every Philadelphian lives, works, and thrives in a neighborhood that offers an excellent quality of life.
Sauer previously served as associate director of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, and assistant editor of Shelterforce magazine for the National Housing Institute. He is a recipient of a 2007 Eisenhower Fellowship on Urban Challenges and a NeighborWorks America Northeast Region 2013 Visionary Leader in Community Development award, and holds a Masters Degree in Urban Planning and Policy Development from Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He serves on a number of housing and community development-related boards, including the Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund Oversight Board, Philadelphia Land Bank, and the Urban Affairs Coalition, where he is also co-chair of their Community Economic Development Committee.