Patrick Pontius

Biography

Patrick Pontius serves as an assistant vice president of Community and Economic Development (CED) at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta with a focus on the team’s strategy and operations. He started at the Bank as a senior adviser on the CED team in 2017. Before relocating to Atlanta, he served for six years at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Prior to joining HUD, Pontius worked at the Urban Land Institute as a research director in Los Angeles and as a director of the Education and Advisory Group in Washington, DC. He started his career as a third grade Teach for America teacher in Compton, California, and then worked for the organization as director of mid-Atlantic recruitment in Washington, DC. Pontius earned dual master's degrees in planning and real estate development at the University of Southern California and a bachelor of arts at the University of Virginia.