Ryan Hecker is the team's Research Analyst, providing support for NMHC's research in housing and apartment industry trends. He graduated from the University of Rochester with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science. Ryan's internship experience includes work on the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB)'s policy team and on FGS Global's government affairs team, where he aided in research on debt solutions and macroeconomic projections as well as covering of congressional hearings.