Our TeamMary Jo Dean
mjdean@cr-servicesMs. Dean serves as Research Coordinator at CRS, supervising all primary and secondary research collection and dissemination through the firm’s custom database and other data sources. In this role she supervises a staff of data entry and retrieval personnel for the company’s clients and services. She also provides fact checking and report proofing services for the research and GIS staff. She held a similar position with Community Research Group prior to the establishment of Community Research Services.
Prior to joining Community Research, Ms. Dean was a 31-year employee of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), in which she served initially within the Authority’s Multifamily Development Division and subsequently in the Office of Legal Affairs. At the time of her retirement from MSHDA, Ms. Dean was a Community Development Specialist within the Community Development Division, providing consultations with local units of government and nonprofit organizations regarding the utilization and management of state and federal housing and community development programs including HOME, Community Development Block Grant, Technical Assistance, and MSHDA direct rental financing programs, in addition to the Low Income Housing Tax Credit.
Ms. Dean attended Calvin College and Michigan State University.