ome Grown

David Dworkin: Foundatirn-building.

A native son returns to head an
office that gives Detroiters a
place to call their own.

JULIE EDGAR STAFF WRITER

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t 22, David Dworkin accompanied
Afghan rebels across the Safed Koh
mountains in the dead of winter,
on foot.
At 24, he found himself scurry-
ing through the hushed corridors
of Capitol Hill as national secu-
rity adviser to Washington State
Congressman Rod Chandler.
Then it was on to the State De-
partment, where he worked
closely with former Secretary

of State James Baker III on Latin
American policy.
After President George Bush's de-
feat in 1992, Mr. Dworkin became
an associate to Bush Administration
press secretary Marlin Fitzwater
and State Department spokesper-
son Margaret Tutwiler.
As of a few weeks ago, Mr. Dwor-
kin assumed the helm of the newly
established Fannie Mae Detroit
Partnership Office, where he'll work

in tandem with the city, communi-
ty organizations and various lenders
to help lower- and moderate-income
families buy into the American
dream. Mr. Dworkin is also a vol-
unteer with the Fannie Mae Foun-
dation, which provides grants to
non-profit housing and home own-
ership organizations.
Fannie Mae — the Federal Na-
tional Mortgage Association — was

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