We are pleased to welcome Trey Gordner, who joined UHERO in June as a Policy Researcher/Data Scientist and was recently named a Lincoln Institute Vibrant Communities Fellow. Trey’s research will focus primarily on housing affordability and Maui wildfire recovery. Most recently, Trey directed the Hawaii Zoning Atlas–a statewide data advocacy project seeking to reduce the cost of housing through zoning reform–and served in the Office of the Governor. Past roles include U.S. Digital Corps Fellow, Partners for Democracy Hawaii Fellow, lecturer at UH-Manoa, and startup founder.
Trey holds a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Tech, where his research included the applications of artificial intelligence in urban planning and the relationship between land use regulations and housing affordability. When he’s not reading or thinking about public policy, you can find him chasing a tireless toddler around Ewa Beach, where he also serves on the neighborhood board.
