Our Team
Greg Miller
Co-Founder & Executive Director
greg@landeconomics.orgGreg Miller brings experience from his role as a Program Analyst in the Office of Policy Development and Research at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). After his time at HUD, he co-founded a startup focused on applying AI to make government more accessible. He holds degrees in Economics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame.
Lars Doucet
Co-Founder & Chief Everything-Doer
lars@landeconomics.orgLars Doucet has decades of software development experience. He previously was an indie game developer before co-founding ValueBase, a property assessment technology startup. As the former Chief Product Officer, he developed cutting-edge tools for accurate land value estimation. His book "Land is A Big Deal" has become a cornerstone text in contemporary land value tax discussions.
Our Board
Daryl Fairweather
Board of Governors
Daryl Fairweather is a leading voice on the U.S. housing economy. Currently the Chief Economist at Redfin and a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas academic advisory council, she draws on her experience as a former Senior Economist at Amazon to analyze market trends. Daryl is a contributor to Forbes and the author of Hate the Game: Economic Cheat Codes for Life, Love, and Work. Her expertise has been showcased by major outlets including The New York Times, Bloomberg, and 60 Minutes.
Will Jarvis
Board of Governors
Will Jarvis is the CEO of Valuebase, which has raised over $8 million in venture capital to support the development of AI-powered property appraisal. With a background in research and business operations, Will ensures that Valuebase's solutions meet the specific needs of appraisal districts. He also hosts the "Assessment Matters" podcast.
Joshua Vincent
Board of Governors
Joshua Vincent has served as Executive Director of the Center for the Study of Economics since 1997. At CSE, Vincent has consulted with over 75 taxing jurisdictions and NGOs, working to restructure jurisdictions' taxation systems to land-based systems. Since 2000, Vincent and CSE have conducted over 50 land tax impact studies for cities all over the US.
Laura Fingal-Surma
Advisor
Laura Fingal-Surma is the founder of Urbanist Ventures, which champions bold new ideas at the frontier of urbanism. She is also a founding team member of Swyft Cities, a scout for Hustle Fund, and an executive board member of the Parking Reform Network. Laura previously built YIMBY Action into the first national YIMBY organization, serving as Founding Board Member, first Board Chair, and ultimately COO.
Tony Jordan
Advisor
Tony Jordan stumbled into parking reform in 2010 and never climbed back out. He co-founded the Parking Reform Network in 2019, and now leads PRN's national work supporting advocates, planners, and public officials working to change outdated parking policies. Tony and his family live car-free in Portland, Oregon.
Kevin Purvis
Advisor
Kevin Purvis is the managing partner and a founder of Cothrom Risk, a commercial insurance broker. He is also a committed advocate on a variety of interests including Georgism. He has been a 20 year volunteer for the United Way of Broward. He lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with his wife and four kids.
Kevin Fishner
Advisor
Kevin Fishner is currently the owner of Radius, a regenerative grocery store in Austin, TX. He was formerly a tech executive, spending 8 years across various roles at HashiCorp from early stage through IPO. He is passionate about regenerative agriculture, new city real estate, and of course — Henry George.
Jeff Fong
Advisor
Jeff Fong is a longtime housing activist and serves as National Board Chair at YIMBY Action. He writes about urbanism and technology at Urban Proxima. Jeff has spent most of his professional life in tech and was an early stage employee at Lyft before taking on roles in both product and leadership at Postmates.
Rory Sutherland
Advisor
Rory Sutherland has spent a lifetime on the creative side of Ogilvy, where advertising became his personal "Galapagos Island" for studying human decision-making. He founded Ogilvy's Behavioural Science Practice and wrote Alchemy: The Surprising Power of Ideas That Don't Quite Make Sense (2019). He also co-wrote Transport for Humans and is the technology correspondent for The Spectator.
Andrew Burleson
Advisor
Andrew is a long-time advocate for municipal land use and finance reform. He's a Cofounder and Board Chair of Strong Towns, a Fellow of the Roots of Progress Institute, and former President of the Houston chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Andrew works in financial technology, and lives in Denver with his wife and children.
“The great cause of inequality in the distribution of wealth is inequality in the ownership of land. The ownership of land is the great fundamental fact which ultimately determines the social, the political, and consequently the intellectual and moral condition of a people.”— Henry George, Progress and Poverty