Stan Gimont is a Senior Advisor for Community Recovery with Hagerty. Stan joined Hagerty after 32 years of service with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). With Hagerty, Stan provides strategic advisory support focused on HUD Programs, housing issues, and long-term community recovery.
From August 2016 through July 2019, Stan served as HUD’s Deputy Assistant Secretary for Grant Programs. In this role, he provided management direction and oversight for all aspects of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, including long-term disaster recovery (CDBG-DR), the HOME Investment Partnerships Program, the National Housing Trust Fund, as well as HUD’s environmental review responsibilities. From 2017 through 2019, his leadership helped to secure $40 billion in CDBG-DR funding in response to major disasters, such as hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Throughout this period, Stan was actively engaged in the federal government’s inter-agency efforts to use these funds to promote long-term recovery from these events.