Jim Parrott

Jim Parrott is a fellow at the Urban Institute and owner of Falling Creek Advisors, which provides financial institutions with strategic advice on housing finance issues. Jim spent several years in the Obama White House as a senior advisor on the National Economic Council, where he led the team of advisors charged with counseling the cabinet and president on housing issues. Prior to his time in the White House, Jim was counsel to Secretary Shaun Donovan at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after spending a decade as a civil litigator, first in New York with Sullivan and Cromwell, and later in North Carolina with Smith Anderson. He has a JD from Columbia University School of Law, an MA in philosophy from the University of Washington, and a BA in philosophy from the University of North Carolina. Jim also served in Sri Lanka with the Peace Corps. He and his family live in Chapel Hill.