Hope on the Horizon! Progress on Bay Area Housing for All

Ken has more than 30 years of experience related to housing, land use, and transportation planning. Ken Kirkey leads the Regional Impact Council, All Home’s regional roundtable of leaders and stakeholders tackling housing insecurity and homelessness.

Prior to joining All Home, Ken was the Director of Planning for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG). Ken was lead staff for Plan Bay Area, the region’s long range plan that guides land use, transportation investments, and housing production and oversaw a staff of 45 people while advancing planning and implementation for a broad range of topics. He also devised and led MTC/ABAG’s Committee to House the Bay Area, better known as CASA.

Prior to joining MTC, Ken served as the Director of Planning and Research for ABAG, where he led a variety of programs including the consensus-based process for developing FOCUS, the Bay Area’s regional blueprint plan encompassing over 150 Priority Development Areas and 100 Priority Conservation Areas nominated by local governments.

He previously worked in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors on regional growth management policy, general plans, specific plans, and development agreements in Northern California and New England

Justine Marcus is the director of policy for Enterprise Community Partners Northern California. Justine leads the overall development and execution of the organization’s policy agenda at the local, regional and state level. Working closely with the Northern California team, she advances the team’s policy engagement and strategic communications, including developing and advocating for policies that expand regional and state resources for affordable housing production and preservation, promote equitable and sustainable development, and reverse decades-old patterns of residential segregation. She co-leads regional and state coalition efforts, including invest AHSC, Bay Area Housing for All, Stable Homes and more. 

Justine brings a diverse set of experiences in policy development and analysis, advocacy and organizing, research and strategic communications. Prior to joining Enterprise, Justine worked at the Urban Displacement Project where she led anti-displacement and equitable development research and technical assistance projects with partners across the Bay Area and in Seattle. In her other previous roles, she led community-based research and policy advocacy on public health and community development in the Bay Area and California’s Central Valley. She is a former board member of the San Francisco Community Land Trust. 

Justine holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in sociology and economics and a masters in city planning and masters in public health from the University of California – Berkeley. She is a proud, life-long public school alum.

Khanh Russo serves as the Vice President of Policy and Innovation. In this role, he leads a policy & innovation agenda focused on accelerating racial equity, economic inclusion and systemic change towards a more just society. Khanh’s expertise focuses on advocacy, power building, grantmaking and policy. Previously, Khanh lead San Jose Mayor Liccardo’s strategic initiatives focused on education, workforce development, innovation, performance management and budget. He also worked in the private sector leading social responsibility initiatives for Cisco Systems and Kaiser Permanente. Khanh received his MS in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University and B.S. from Santa Clara University.