Xavier Briggs, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetXavier Briggs
American sociologist
Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1942
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, United States
Profession: sociologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Xavier Briggs
- Xavier de Souza Briggs (born 1968) is an American educator, social scientist, and policy expert, known for his work on economic opportunity, social capital, democratic governance, and leading social change.
- He has influenced housing and urban policy in the United States, contributing to the concept of the "geography of opportunity," which examines the consequences of housing segregation, by race or economic status, for the well-being and life prospects of children and families (see also residential segregation in the United States).
- He is a former member of the Harvard and MIT faculties, currently serving as vice president of the Ford Foundation, one of the world's largest philanthropic organizations. From 2005 to 2014, he was Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
- He is also a former faculty member of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and faculty fellow of the Urban Institute.
- He was a presidential appointee in the Clinton Administration, serving as a senior policy official at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. In January 2009, Briggs went on a public service leave from MIT, appointed by President Barack Obama to become Associate Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
- At OMB, he oversaw policy and budget for six cabinet agencies (Housing and Urban Development, Treasury, Commerce, Transportation, Justice, and Homeland Security) as well as the Small Business Administration, General Services Administration, and other agencies.
- He returned to the MIT faculty in August 2011.
- In January 2014, he went on leave anew, to join the Ford Foundation as Vice President of Inclusive Economies and Markets — leading the foundation's economic opportunity work worldwide—and later, following a reorganization, its U.S.
- Programs.
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