NYC Housing Commish Shaun Donovan to HUD

That makes 11 in just over a month for the PEBO cabinet.

PEBO? Ana Marie Cox, who's been all over the 'sphere--former Wonkette, former Time-ette, and current "Twit," which is where I ran into her "tweet" (don't worry, you'll catch on) this morning that explains the latest nick: "Learned a hot new pool report acronym today!!! PEBO: President-Elect Barack Obama. Impress your friends, confuse your enemies."

Via email at 6 this morning, PEBO announced his pick for Housing and Urban Development, Shaun Donovan. Thus, we've added Donovan to the US Gov Map (it opens in Person mode).

Apparently, other names, better known at least to me, were on the list, including Miami Mayor Manny Diaz and former San Antonio Mayor (and Clinton appointee) Henry Cisneros.

It appears that Donovan, trained as an architect and an NYC native, might be quite the inspired choice. NY Times has been running profiles on the appointees and those speculated about. Here's what it ran today about Donovan in its "The New Team" series:

Extensive experience with housing issues, learned in the pressure cooker of New York City, where he has been heading the city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Since taking the position in 2004, he has focused on the ambitious goal of building more low- and moderate-income housing in New York City while navigating the web of interests, including landlords, developers and lenders, who all have a stake in the outcome. He also has experience in HUD, where he served as deputy assistant secretary for multifamily housing in the Clinton administration, managing a multibillion-dollar housing subsidy program that served 1.7 million people annually.

So he's had a really big hand in housing in one of the most difficult markets in the world (ok, I guess Delhi or Beijing would be a lot harder). There are a ton of posts going up even as I type and, forgive me, I failed to get the link to the original source that others are quoting saying that Donovan foresaw the mortgage meltdown in '04. If anyone finds it, please add it to the comments. And, congrats to Mr. Donovan. He's only 42.