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Yittayih Zelalem, JD, LLM, MS

Co-Director and Assistant Professor

Contact

Building & Room:

CUPPA Hall

Address:

412 S. Peoria Street, Suite 400 (MC 410)

Office Phone:

312-996-6674

About

Mr. Zelalem worked as Director of Housing Policy Analysis at the Chicago Rehab Network prior to coming to the Voorhees Center. In addition, he has worked for over half a dozen years as Director of Property Development and Executive Director of several CDCs in Chicago. Mr. Zelalem was also professor of law at the Addis Ababa University Law School in Ethiopia and currently teaches development financing courses. Mr. Zelalem has law degrees from Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia and the Yale Law School, as well as a Masters Degree in Urban Development.