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Phoenix, Arizona Area

NewWest is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that provides a variety of loan products for affordable housing and community facilities throughout the Intermountain West. - Assisted in NewWest's expansion throughout the Intermountain West by leading the community development lending efforts through a territory that included Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado Nevada, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. - Sourced, underwrote and presented financing requests involving multiple funding sources, including Low Income Housing Tax Credits and New Markets Tax Credits, to loan committee for approval.- Helped expand the organization's loan product mix to include pre-development loans, land acquisition loans and construction loans.- Increased the organization's annual loan volume from $5 million to over $30 million, resulting in the creation/retention of over 2,300 affordable housing units, a health clinic and a child development center.

Phoenix, Arizona

The Arizona Department of Housing (ADOH) is a cabinet-level state agency that administers Federal funds to increase affordable housing and community development opportunities in Arizona. - Responsibilities include oversight of ADOH funded multi-family properties to ensure fulfillment of financial and performance obligations, improvement of reporting and collection processes and improving policies and procedures for more effective administration of affordable housing programs.- Developed procedures resulting in nearly 50 percent reduction in annual loan payment deferral requests.- Significantly increased the amount of loan payments collected annually.- Developed and implemented a Risk Rating System for the loan portfolio that served to identify potential problem loans in the early stages.- Evaluated and recommended loan servicing software and provided leadership on its conversion.- Provide input to the Department's Qualified Allocation Plan for more effective administration of Low Income Housing Tax Credits.

Scottsdale, Az

SRFSI is a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution created by the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community. It provides opportunities for Community Members to buy or rehabilitate a home, and to start or expand a business. SRFSI also provides an array of financial education and coaching services, credit counseling, technical support and other programs and services exclusively for Community Members.- Responsibilities included managing a staff of five professionals and reporting to the Board of Directors and its various subcommittees. Provided strategic direction for the organization, established peformance metrics to increase production, prepared and presented annual budget, prepared grant proposals, oversaw all lending and program services ensuring superior customer service and compliance with regulations and policies.- Developed and implemented a staff evaluation process that increased accountability and ownership of individual goals.- Created and implemented a marketing plan that resulted in more than a 100% increase in loan production.- Reduced operating expenses by 14%.- Obtained $2.5 Million in grants from the CDFI Fund.- Collaborated with community partners and created new partnerships to leverage existing funds and enhance the organization's visibility and reputation.

Glendale, Arizona

RCAC is a Community Development Financial Institution headquartered in California. It provides technical assistance and financing to rural communities in 13 western states for affordable housing, community facilities and water/wastewater projects. - Managed a complex portfolio of affordable housing, community facilities and water/wastewater loans throughout a three state region consisting of Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada.- Collaborated with nonprofit organizations and public agencies in rural communities throughout the region to identify loan opportunities. - Received, evaluated, underwrote, closed and serviced pre-development, construction and long-term loans often times involving multiple financing sources. - Conducted marketing presentations at conferences and community meetings on the organization's loan products and services.

Phoenix, Arizona

- Worked with developers in Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado to identify opportunities and fund affordable housing loans; provided approximately $150M in project financing during this time.- Received and evaluated loan requests which involved complex financing structures including low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, HOME funds, Section 8 vouchers, New Markets Tax Credits and various local funding sources. - Led project financing team which included underwriters, credit risk managers, loan administrators, legal counsel and other product development partners.- Researched developers and conducted project feasibility analyses to ensure developers had performed due diligence on demographics and market conditions prior to making decision for bank's involvement.

Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration / Economics

Master Of Arts, Abt, Economics And Urban Planning