Ray Demers is the senior director of Design Leadership with Enterprise Community Partners. He leads the Rose Fellowship, the Affordable Housing Design Leadership Institute (AHDLI) and other emerging priorities at the intersection of design and housing. 

Ray co-led the technical development of the 2020 Green Communities Criteria – a national green building standard developed for affordable housing. 

Ray serves on several national advisory groups, notably as the co-chair of the Housing Knowledge Community with the Boston Society of Architects and as secretary of the Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community with the American Institute of Architects. Prior to joining Enterprise, he worked in construction and architecture firms in the northeast. Ray holds a master’s degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.