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New York City Metropolitan Area

Retained by a $50 million national CDFI to provide fundraising and underwriting, reporting to the CEO and Board of Directors. Provide overall project design and financing advisory services to the CEO and Board of Directors of a $250 million charter management organization. Provide construction and financing advisory services to private commercial real estate developers and non-profits seeking access to conventional and non-traditional commercial debt markets.

New York, Ny

Designed and executed a five-year strategic plan to reorient the agency’s real estate and finance practices to better support business and program priorities. The assignment included $100M in asset sales, $80M of new acquisitions, 190,000 square feet of new construction, and the issuance of $75M in tax-exempt revenue bonds.Drove improved performance across the company’s portfolio of forty three sites, including 400,000 square feet of charter schools, medical clinics, community centers and administrative offices.

Long Island City, Ny

Developed and launched a business plan to stabilize a distressed, transitioning arts and education organization through re-branding and cultivation of earned income through new fee-for-service revenue lines.Launched and completed agency re-branding, including name change, logo re-design, and social media presence. Relocated agency headquarters from SoHo to Long Island City to reduce overhead and to create contemporary gallery, studio and conference space.

Brooklyn, Ny

Directed managers and consultants engaged in planning, financing, construction, and asset management to grow a mixed-use portfolio valued at $350M that included institutional developments, educational facilities, industrial, office, and residential properties, both market and subsidized.Consulted with government, not-for-profit, CDFIs, and real estate development entities on structured financing, portfolio management, and capital planning.

Yonkers, Ny

Led integrated company with a $15M annual budget, including a $6M for-profit bakery, a childcare center, a $2M health services company, and a $60M real estate portfolio.Sourced $6M for social venture enterprise and consolidated $11M of agency debt to generate capital cost savings.

Brooklyn, Ny

Launched New York City’s first non-profit industrial LDC, growing earnings 20X in ten years, expanding the portfolio to five buildings with 685,000 square feet and one hundred and thirty small business tenants.Sourced $12.5M in grants, $35M in private bank credits, and $8M in equity to finance the industrial real estate portfolio development and affiliate social venture enterprise.Created a charter school construction and finance subsidiary which was spun-off into Civic Builders, New York City’s largest charter development and finance organization.