Chris Joiner Email & Phone Number

• Description: Project Manager – Tax Incentive Products provides clients with expertise on a variety of federal, state, and local tax credits and incentives. Evaluates various factors, such as client entity structures.
• Generated more than $3 million in tax credits working with clients across all business sectors
• Account management, payroll processing, data collection & analysis, credit eligibility, credit calculation, quality control
• Qualification, submission, & approval of tax credits through the Georgia Community College System
• Economic development consultant for creation of a national Tax Incentivizer SaaS Platform Show less

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Description: Senior Project Manager – Business Attraction at the City of Atlanta’s Development Authority, Invest Atlanta. This role exists to advance Atlanta’s global competitiveness and plans, organizes, monitors.
• Generated 8,000 new jobs and more than $453 million in capital investment during 2021
• Discretionary attraction & retention grants, lease purchase bonds, small business loans, and distributed more than $18M in federal relief funds to Atlanta businesses affected by COVID-19
• Regional Economic Business Assistance (REBA) grant administrator, Georgia Opportunity Zones regional administrator, Quality Jobs Tax Credit, Tourism Development Act
• Partnered with the Metro Atlanta Chamber, Georgia Power, Georgia Department of Economic Development, and community stakeholders on regional development strategy Show less

Marion, Alabama, United States

• Description: Executive Director of a local 501c3 non-profit founded by the community of Marion, AL, named Renaissance Marion Inc.. The Executive Director provides professional leadership and assistance to expand the.
• Led the three-month evaluation [community assessment & application, public presentations, fundraising, & establishing public-private partnerships] for Marion, AL to become a designated Main Street America® community
• Generated 9 new businesses, 11 new jobs, $425,000 in private investment, and over 3500 volunteer hours
• Spearheaded three-year community study to create a design & infrastructure improvement plan (2017), analysis of economic assets & opportunities (2018), and community branding strategy (2019)***National Main Street.

• Description: Adjunct Faculty at the University of Alabama Honors College:
• Facilitator for Honors College seminars focused on experiential learning in Alabama’s Black Belt Region
• Consulting for program design, implementation, and assessment of campus-community partnerships in Alabama’s Black Belt RegionSelect Courses: Social Investment and the Role of Innovation; Development and Systemic.
• Consulting for program design, implementation, and assessment of campus-community partnerships in Alabama’s Black Belt RegionSelect Courses: Social Investment and the Role of Innovation; Development and Systemic.

• Description: Grants Officer at The Community Foundation of South Alabama oversees one or more key areas, such as: development and supervision of major initiatives, community outreach and ascertainment, project.
• Distributed $250,000 in annual grants to nonprofits across eight Alabama counties
• Launched a Community Health Needs Assessment platform comparing 120 dashboard indicators across SW Alabama
• Established a $1M Scholarship Fund for the Porch Creek Band of American Indians Show less

• Description: Program Coordinator for a campus-community partnership between communities in Alabama’s ‘Black Belt’ region and the University of Alabama Honors College, named 57 Miles. Through 57 Miles, University of.
• Selected Projects: business microfinance loans, opening two public green spaces, state & federal healthcare designations, launching an accelerated reading programing
• Engaged faculty/staff from all 13 colleges and more than 250 UA students annually
• Established University of Alabama programming & housing facility in Marion, AL to expand campus partnerships year-round, provide broadband & computer access, and offer free operating space for non-profits working in.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Master Of Science - Ms, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning