Shawn McCoy

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, LIED CENTER FOR REAL ESTATE | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, UNLV LEE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Shawn McCoy serves as Director of the Lied Center for Real Estate and Associate Professor in UNLV’s Lee Business School, where he leads the center’s mission of preparing the next generation of commercial real estate professionals while advancing research that informs housing and economic policy across Nevada.

A nationally recognized expert in real estate economics and geographic information systems (GIS), McCoy is a Lincoln Institute Scholar with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and has advised governments and public agencies in more than 30 countries. His research has been featured by leading media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters, Bloomberg CityLab, the Associated Press, and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

McCoy has been appointed to several statewide housing and planning initiatives, including the Governor’s Task Force on Corporate Ownership of Residential Housing in Nevada and the Southern Nevada Strong 2050 Housing Task Group. His research continues to shape conversations around housing, growth, and the policies influencing Nevada’s evolving economy.

Augustine (Gus) Faucher

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF ECONOMIST, THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP

Augustine (Gus) Faucher is senior vice president and chief economist of The PNC Financial Services Group, serving as the principal spokesperson on all economic issues for PNC. Prior to joining PNC as senior macroeconomist in December 2011, Faucher worked for 10 years at Moody’s Analytics (formerly Economy.com), where he was a director and senior economist. He was responsible for running the firm’s computer model of the U.S. economy, edited a monthly publication on the U.S. economic outlook, covered fiscal and monetary policy, and analyzed various regional economies. Previously, he worked for six years at the U.S. Treasury Department and taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

He was named senior vice president in March 2015, deputy chief economist in February 2016, and to his current role in April 2017. Faucher is frequently cited in international, national, and regional media outlets including The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. He has appeared on ABC World News, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News and Nightly Business Report, and is regularly featured on CNBC, CNN and Fox Business. In addition, he appears regularly on CBS Radio, NPR and Marketplace. He serves on the board of directors of The Economic Club of Pittsburgh – the local chapter of National Association of Business Economics (NABE). He is also co-chair of the Financial Roundtable of NABE. Faucher earned a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, with concentrations in labor economics and public economics. He also has a B. A. in economics from Cornell University.

Andrew Woods

DIRECTOR, UNLV CENTER FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH

Prior to joining UNLV’s CBER, Andrew started and ran a successful economic analysis, financial management, and public affairs consulting firm, as CEO of Woods Strategies, in Las Vegas, Nevada. His expertise in applying data and research to strengthen organizations and communities has led him to hold many leadership positions both in the public and private sectors. He is known for his financial acumen, vision, reliability, and integrity.

Andrew has been involved in the public policy process on behalf of his clients and has a passion for data-driven solutions to complex problems. Andrew’s knowledge of and interest in a variety of diverse policy issues is why he is a regular contributor to journalism outlets such as Nevada Public Radio and the Las Vegas Sun.

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