 Hudnut served at the Hudson Institute in Indianapolis 1992 to 1994, and was President of the Civic Federation in Chicago 1994 to 1996.In 2004, Hudnut took office as the mayor of the town of Chevy Chase, Maryland.He held the Joseph C. Canizaro Chair for Public Policy for the Urban Land Institute in Washington, D.C. from 1996 to 2010.