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Walter J. Clarke has held policy development and operational-level management positions, working with property developers, investors and major lending institutions, as well as local, state and federal agencies involved in financing and producing housing for a broad spectrum of the population of Los Angeles. He retired from the Los Angeles Housing Department in 2004 after serving as a division chief; director of citywide housing services for the elderly and low- and moderate-income owners and tenants; directed the citywide commercial area and mixed-use housing interface program; and served as senior planner for the County of Los Angeles Area Agency on Aging. He received his master’s degrees in business administration and urban planning and development from Pepperdine University, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from the City College of New York.