Vanessa Gail Perry, MBA, PhD, is Professor of Marketing, Strategic Management and Public Policy at the George Washington University School of Business. Her research is focused on consumers in financial and housing markets, public policy, and marketplace discrimination, and has been widely published in scholarly and industry-oriented outlets. Professor Perry has served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as an expert appointee at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and as a consultant to numerous public and private sector clients. Before joining the faculty at GWU, Professor Perry was a Senior Economist at Freddie Mac. Professor Perry holds a BA in Philosophy from The American University, an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.