Todd Gloria

Commissioner Todd Gloria, appointed to the Board of Commissioners in 2005, is a native San Diegan with significant experience in housing policy. Since 2001, he has been the district director and housing advisor for U.S. Congresswoman Susan A. Davis and in that capacity serves as housing advisor. He has worked with the Congresswoman to support federal funding for affordable housing programs, expand local military family housing, and improve the U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs home loan program. Previously, he worked in the County of San Diego's Health and Human Services Agency.

 

Very active in his community, Gloria served on the County of San Diego's Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS grant allocation team and helped establish the Sunburst Apartments, a 24-unit affordable housing complex for young people in East Village. 

 

Gloria's work has been recognized by numerous organizations, including the National Conflict Resolution Center (formerly the San Diego Mediation Center), the Greater San Diego Business Association, and the HIV Consumer Council. He was named a 1999 Harry S. Truman Scholar and one of San Diego's "Top 40 Under Forty" by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine in 2005.

 

Commissioner Gloria is a graduate of the University of San Diego and an enrolled member of the Tlight-Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. He and his partner are homeowners in the Cherokee Point neighborhood of City Heights.