Roger A. Clay, Jr. is the President of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development in Oakland, California, a national consulting and legal organization that develops strategies and programs for people and communities to become economically secure.
Mr. Clay has been committed to achieving racial and economic justice his entire professional career. He began his legal career as a law clerk at the Insight Center and returned 30 years later as its President. Prior to rejoining the Insight Center, Mr. Clay was the General Counsel of the California Housing Finance Agency, a partner with the law firm of Goldfarb & Lipman where he served as managing attorney and advised public agencies and housing and community economic development organizations. He later was the Vice-President with the Corporation for Supportive Housing, promoting permanent housing with services for people at risk of homelessness, a Senior Fellow at the Institute on Race & Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School and a Senior Advisor at ICF Consulting, advising clients on the design and implementation of housing and community developments programs.
Mr. Clay received his B.A. in sociology from Stanford University, his M.S.W. from the University of California, Los Angeles and his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Association of Black Social Workers, and the California and United States Supreme Court Bars.