Jacklyn Claxton, Pmp, Mba, Ma, Mlo Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Maryland, United States

A dedicated and experienced Mortgage Loan Officer helping customers get a new home mortgage or refinance an existing mortgage

• Developed strategy and business plan for a real estate investment company identifying sources of business finance and raising over $850,000 in alternative and private funding. Managed all financial transactions for the company in regards to the purchase of real property and the acquisition of materials and services. • Supervised a team of tradesmen and subcontractors; coordinated vendors and inspectors to renovate investment properties completing a dozen single-family projects over a three-year period and creating $300,000 in real estate equity.• Developed project and individual scopes of work to provide team members with clear guidance about their roles and responsibilities within the renovation process ensuring achievement of milestons and successful project completion. • Worked constructively with project team members to identify, monitor, mitigate and resolve issues keeping projects on track and minimizing negative impact.• To achieve greater operational efficiency developed tools, systems and independent contractor relationships reducing labor costs by 25% and project time by 15%.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Review commercial loan applications for Dominion Financial short-term and long-term lending for single family, multi-family and mixed use properties; conduct market research and analysis to determine underlying real estate asset value using the multiple listing service, HouseCanary and CoStar; underwrite loans based on borrower approved loan terms, credit worthiness, pricing conditions and business plan; individually responsible for underwriting 33% of the company’s pipeline of 500 loans or $180 million in loan funding.• Provide due diligence analysis for the acquisition of real estate owned (REO) and auction properties for the company’s more than 700 units rental portfolio, considering rehab estimate, after repair value, rents and gross rent multiplier to determine optimum purchase price; provide investment analysis for the purchase of discounted retail properties that would be rehabbed and sold; created excel template to collect relevant underwriting data points increasing underwriting efficiency by 20%; underwrite 150-200 properties on a monthly basis;• Manage the National Community Stabilization Trust (NCST) purchase portal for properties provided by banks, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae; conduct monthly and quarterly reporting of the rehab status and disposition of NCST purchased properties pulling data from the Yardi property management software and the company’s accounting system.

Wahington, Dc

• Administered a $4.42 million public-private grant program that supported entrepreneurs ensuring proper due diligence of recipients, disbursement of funds, and provision of technical assistance, increasing compliance with Federal funding regulations and private donor company policies. • Formulated and tracked performance indicators to assess program achievements, which included 629 jobs created, 890 individuals trained and over $10 million leveraged in private capital.• Developed annual budget and monitored costs, tracking actual expenditure versus projected expenditure, analyzing variance and burn rate and supervising the production of quarterly reports, meeting cooperative agreement reporting requirements in a timely manner.• Coordinated private, government and academic program stakeholders to provide input into program activities thereby increasing program support and implementation efficiencies.• Advanced program knowledge management by documenting lessons learned, capturing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the grant program; provided guidance to and increased the ability of a Federal agency to design better grant programs and better private sector partnerships.

Washington, Dc

• Provided strategic direction and technical support to bring mission program activities into alignment with a new Presidential Initiative, which resulted in over $500 million of additional funding to missions. Honored with USAID Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of outstanding performance in the establishment of a new Bureau and advancing the Feed the Future Presidential Initiative. • Developed scope of work and technical content for RFP (Request for Proposal); collaborated with Contracting Officer (CO) to advance the RFP through the procurement process; and coordinated proposal evaluations to award a $10 million contract for shared utilization by missions and head quarters, reducing the time and cost of procurement by 50%.• Incorporated program funding into the annual and multi-year budget planning process and tracked funds obligated to the program to ensure funding availability to achieve program goals and objectives. • Managed contract as Contracting Officer Representative (COR) in accordance with governing laws, regulations and agency policies; approved teams, conducted kickoff meetings, tracked milestones, reviewed and accepted deliverables, and monitored burn rate and program schedule; the result—a project that delivered quality, avoided scope creep, adhered to time schedule and closed within budget. • Wrote briefs, held conference calls, conducted meetings, organized brown bags to socialize project, to update stakeholders, to solicit input, to resolve issues, and to plan actions thereby, minimizing miscommunication, building champions, creating goodwill and ensuring smooth implementation. • To explore opportunities for increased agricultural investments, engaged stakeholders in government and the private sector, which generated $3 billion in investment commitments in Nigeria alone.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor'S Degree, African Studies And English