I was responsible for growing Standard’s portfolio of multifamily properties on the East Coast with a focus on the mid-Atlantic region.Standard Communities was founded to create, preserve, and improve workforce housing nationwide. It is committed to investing in communities, both physical and social, to improve quality of life and provide residents with stability and opportunities for upward mobility. It works to ensure that high-quality housing, in communities that help residents achieve success, is accessible to those who need it most.https://www.standard-communities.com/

Matt Sislen co-founded Audubon Enterprises in 2012 to expand and improve the supply of affordable housing. Since 2010, Audubon and its principals have closed dozens of municipally supported transactions and secured financing totaling $1BB+.Mr. Sislen is fluent in Spanish and serves on the Board of Directors of the Latin American Youth Center, a DC based non-profit which caters to the needs of at-risk youth in the Washington, DC area. Mr. Sislen serves on the Leadership Council of Miriam’s Kitchen, a DC based non-profit focused on ending chronic homelessness in the District of Columbia.Mr. Sislen has taught classes in affordable housing finance at Georgetown University and The University of Maryland. He lives in the DC area with his wife and two kids.See more at www.AudubonEnterprises.com

Dantes Partners' overarching goal is to facilitate and enhance local economic development by designing innovative funding solutions for community-based real estate initiatives. Our success is driven both by our technical expertise and our ability to extract value in even the most complex transactions. As such, we are extremely attentive to budgets, timelines and milestones, and are well-versed in the current state of the capital markets. Moreover, our experience in working with all available capital sources to creatively finance a diversity of projects-- which include affordable/workforce housing, office buildings and charter school facilities-- positions us as leaders in the future of the alternative financing landscape.

• Created a long-term business plan model to simulate 10 yrs of cash flows, financial statements, IRR, ROE, quarterly valuation and exit proceeds from more than 12 different businesses encompassing more than 27 million rentable square feet of industrial real estate and $1.25 billion in value.• Created financial tools which allow senior management to more effectively analyze the company's financial situation in order to more quickly implement investment decisions.• Analyzed financing relationships and derivative positions for more than $1 billion of secured debt facilities to create an analytical tool to track company-wide debt payment and covenant compliance for submission to senior management.

• Managed a team of 10 with a zero turnover rate while building and retaining a loyal customer base.• Created and maintained accounting and inventory systems for reporting to Costa Rican Government and investors.• Increased profits 30% by lowering costs and increasing revenues through new revenue streams, promotions, marketing, and precise inventory management.

• Re-structured financing of 3 distressed real estate developments to avoid foreclosure and more closely reflect cash flows.• Applied for, closed, and managed more than $10MM in loans from governmental and private sector financial institutions.• Analyzed the residential and commercial real estate market for feasible development opportunities and prepared financial proposals for submission to board of directors and funding sources.• Established relationships with more than 20 lending sources and explored loan options from each that were only available to community development organizations.

• Advised real estate investors and developers to model real estate transactions that maximize tax credit equity and tax benefits while assuring IRS compliance.• Prepared more than 100 partnership and individual state and federal tax returns for submission to the IRS.• Conducted mandatory tests and prepared reports on development and rental activity for investors in government bond and tax credit transactions so as to assure compliance with government regulations.• Logged more than 200 hours of independent study, guided independent study, coursework, and conference learning regarding the relationship between tax law and real estate investment.