Cassandra Chrones Moore, an adjunct scholar with the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Cato Institute, writes frequently on regulation of housing, trucking, trusts, and pensions. After earning her bachelor's and master's degrees from Harvard University and her doctorate from the University of Michigan, she spent several years learning the practical side of real estate, first as an agent and broker, then as a director with the National Association of Realtors. She later served as the first executive director of the Interagency Council on the Homeless. As a result of her experiences in real estate and in government, she began a series of policy studies that led eventually to Haunted Housing.