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Little Rock, Arkansas, Us

Responsible for originating acquisition and multifamily construction loans that involve affordable housing and collaborating with tax credit syndicators to invest equity in federal and state Low Income Housing Tax Credits for affordable housing, Investment Tax Credits for renewable energy, and Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits for historic restoration of buildings into multifamily housing and retail or office space. I am active in Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina.

Austin, Texas, Us

Leading a division of incredibly passionate folks who are helping to build high-quality, deeply-affordable, well-located housing for all types of people and in all types of places. Key strategies include public-private partnerships with developers, investors, and lenders; permanent-supportive housing development, hotel acquisitions, and a locally funded project-based voucher program; strategic asset acquisitions, both land and existing multifamily; competitive land dispositions for the purpose of developing affordable housing and doing economic development; and the City's Community Land Trust program for homeownership opportunities.We have a goal of producing 1,000 high-quality units for Permanent Supportive Housing through our programs by 2024, and putting into the development pipeline every year at least 500 units of high quality, deeply affordable, and well-located housing for retirees, families, and the general workforce. AHFC has a portfolio of approximately 2,000 multifamily units and approximately 50 CLT units. We have a goal of growing our portfolio to 4,000 multifamily units and 200 CLT units by 2025.

Austin, Texas, Us

1) Manage the Austin Housing Finance Corporation Private Activity Bond program for multifamily affordable housing development.2) Manage the Austin Housing Finance Corporation Partnership Program (Tex. Local Gov’t Code Chapter 394), with three new partnerships formed in my first year of work for the development of high-quality, well-located, and deeply-affordable housing.3) Negotiate the purchase of Investor Limited Partners' interests in Low Income Housing Tax Credit developments at the end of their Compliance Period, so that the Austin Housing Finance Corporation could preserve the developments’ affordability and ultimately rehabilitate them.4) Audit existing partnerships of the Finance Corporation by managing the work of outside accountants and lawyers.5) Help to implement new policies and lending standards for the City of Austin’s gap financing program for affordable housing, funded by a voter-approved $250 million general obligation bond.6) Manage the City of Austin’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit resolution of support/no objection program for affordable housing developments.7) Help launch the first locally funded, project-based housing voucher program in the state of Texas for the purpose of developing high quality supportive housing for the homeless.8) Help negotiate development agreements with winning development proposals on city-owned land.9) Develop ongoing revenue streams for investments in future affordable housing developments and programs.

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Austin, Texas, Us

1) Managed the annual rewriting process of the Departmental rules that govern the allocation of 4% and 9% Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (“LIHTC”) and tax-exempt Housing Revenue Bonds, which together produce over $2 Billion in funding and constructed over 14,000 affordable rental units on an annual basis.2) Organized and helped lead monthly roundtables, online forums, and periodical Board Committee meetings with affordable housing stakeholders and Departmental staff.3) Conducted and managed ongoing research projects regarding the economic impact of LIHTC Developments, the socio-economic conditions of neighborhoods in which LIHTC was placed, and the best practices of affordable housing policy.4) Designed, procured, managed, and presented the state of Texas’ first state-wide survey of LIHTC residents.5) Aided Multifamily Finance staff in designing and implementing LIHTC application review policies. 6) Developed policies that refined what the Department means by ‘neighborhood revitalization’ and ‘opportunity areas’.7) Monitored congressional (US and Texas) and federal actions as they relate to LIHTC policies.8) Served on the Department's Enforcement Committee, which takes disciplinary action against LIHTC Developments that have not honored the requirements of their covenants.9) Acted as a liaison among several Departmental divisions, including Multifamily Finance, Real Estate Analysis (Underwriting), Asset Management, Compliance, Fair Housing and Data Management, Public Affairs, and Compliance.

Shanghai, Cn

I and two partners have built an online, English language tutoring platform called 9iChat. Since our launch in the fall of 2014, we've grown from 2 tutors to over 40. In our first month of operations we taught 30 hours of ESL lessons. We are now approaching 1,000 hours a month, or almost 2,000 online classes. We have "boot-strapped" our way to profitability, and currently employ 8 full-time and 7 part-time staff in China and the United States. We proudly pay our tutors more than double the minimum wage, and draw upon a diverse range of backgrounds. In addition to our 1-on-1 and group online tutoring, we have launched other English learning products, including evening WeChat Readings, English learning recordings, online-to-offline English classes, and summer and holiday English camps in both China and the United States.

Shanghai, Cn

Manager of online english tutoring company, 9iChat (headquarters in Shanghai, China). Duties include:1) Recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training all tutors2) Developing and distributing training materials3) Creating guidelines for best tutoring practices, tutor contracts, and tax guides4) Managing tutor relations with executives in China5) Developing and refining business strategies to reach potential customers in China6) Piloting / Launching new services provided by 9iChat, including 9iChat WeChat Reading ClubMetrics:1) 100+ Interviews (video conferencing)2) 80 Hires3) 40 Currently Active Tutors4) 30 Online Tutoring Hours in October, 20144) 550 Online Tutoring Hours in May, 2016

Austin, Tx, Us

Grants Coordinator duties include:1) Locating funding opportunities (whether from small foundations or large federal departments) 2) Responding to RFPs and RFQs3) Building strategic plans for larger grant applications4) Drafting budget proposals for grant applications5) Drafting, editing, and publishing Sustainability Newsletters6) Drafting, editing, and publishing Grant Newsletters for faculty and researchersProgram Manager duties include:1) Managing the Graduate Portfolio Program in Sustainability for students at UT Austin.2) Releasing application calls and guidelines3) Reporting to Director and Advisory Committee4) Organizing Annual Colloquium5) Organizing Annual Symposium6) Answering students' questions and collecting input

Austin, Tx, Us

Duties Included:1) Organizing a research-based seminar for tenured and tenure-track faculty, focused on imagining a sustainable future.2) Preparing for weekly meetings (event set-up, printing materials)3) Blogging on each meeting to general public4) Helping to recruit renowned Visiting Lecturers to UT’s campus, including NYTimes bestseller Naomi Klein.

Reno, Nv, Us

Instructor for 3 different courses during 4 semesters at UNR:1) Core Humanities 203. American Experiences. Led two discussion sections once a week. Assessed students’ work. Fall 2013 and Spring 2014. 85 students total.2) English 102 (Composition II). Themed “Ethics for Life.” Introduced students to academic research and writing. Discussed, read about, and researched issues pertaining to everyday ethics, including animal rights, euthanasia, gun control, the environment, sexuality, and war. Spring 2013. 42 students total.3) English 101 (Composition I). Taught students basic skills of group discussion, critical reading, and writing. Focused on personal narrative, rhetoric, argument, and ethnography. Fall 2012. 20 students total.

Duties Included:1) Helping to grow a family-owned business specializing in residential construction, primarily with exterior aesthetics and energy efficiency.2) Drafting, editing, and helping to publish all company documents and website content3) Drafting, editing, and helping to publish marketing documents4) Canvassing neighborhoods to generate leads 5) Participating in sales presentations to homeowners6) Creating visualizations of annual fiscal performance

Us

Duties Included1) Drafting Investment Ethics Guidelines for Office of Surface Mining personnel2) Occasionally assisting the Program Support Office for the Appalachian Coal Country Team and Western Hardrock Watershed Team (AmeriCorp VISTA Program).

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

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Literature And Environment (Environmental Humanities)

Bachelor'S Degree, Philosophy, English, Honors Interdisciplinary Studies

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