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Durham, North Carolina, United States

Oversees the supervision, planning, coordination, scheduling, implementation, and management of residential and commercial development projects. Handles all aspects of the project to ensure successful implementation, both timely and on budget. Assists in negotiating development agreements and leases. Creates and executes project work plans to meet changing needs and requirements. Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities to team members. Appropriately evaluates financial models to determine the financial feasibility of projects. Performs financial analysis and evaluates and analyzes plans to minimize exposure and risk on projects, while maximizing project profitability through effective management. Ensures projects follow program guidelines, respective schedules, and scope, and manages the project throughout the entire process, serves point of contact between DHA and various partners on the projects, including the City, County, development partners, impacted residents, community stakeholders, consultants, inspectors, financial lenders, and investors. Exercises fiduciary responsibility for the accurate tracking and reporting of expenses and activities for each project, due diligence collection and submission, and reporting to leadership on project status. Assists with the Rental Assistance Demonstration program (RAD) and regulations and procedures related to a variety of affordable housing financing programs, i.e., LIHTC, FHA, HUD, TIF, FHLB, as well as other programs, Federal and State procurement laws, as well as building methods and procedures, including familiarity with labor and material costs, Section 3, and Davis Bacon prevailing wage regulations.

Cary, North Carolina, United States

Responsible for underwriting, performing due diligence, designing, funding, and closing real estate acquisition and development opportunities. Duties included assisting in the creation of proforma financial models for acquisition and development opportunities and existing portfolio assets, gathering and analyzing market data, preparing real estate transaction presentations, packages, and analyses for the transaction team, the internal investment committee, investors, partners and lenders, managing and evaluating all aspects of due diligence for new development opportunities, including obtaining third-party reports, performing rent and expense analyses and market comparable studies, and reviewing any due diligence materials received from the seller, coordinating entitlement processes; including meeting with municipality officials and conducting community outreach, supporting pre-development activities for new development opportunities, researching development constraints, supporting the placement of debt financing for new development opportunities, coordinating loan applications and deliverables, responding to lender inquiries, managing the transition to in-house property management, construction, and finance teams, gathering requested due diligence items, coordinating property tours and assisting property management.

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Responsible for informing data-driven economic development, urban planning, policy and marketing decisions for Downtown Raleigh Alliance (DRA). Helped DRA develop research, collect data, produce reports, and respond to requests for studies of downtown’s real estate market, relevant policies, and other urban trends. Assisted in maintaining DRA’s data on real estate metrics, storefront inventory, rental rates, parking, transportation, and comparison markets while identifying, analyzing, organizing, presenting, and graphically communicating information to support the organization’s initiatives.

Greater Denver Area

Consulted in a business development and pre-construction role with SG Blocks, Inc., the premier innovator in advancing and promoting the use of code-engineered cargo shipping containers for safe and sustainable construction. I engaged with new clients, assisted with the initial design of their projects, generated SketchUp images, initiated proposals and contracts, and created costs analyses in Excel.

Greater Denver Area

Provided services in the areas of urban planning and real estate development, including pre-construction and design, public/private partnerships, retail strategy, the entitlement process, community revitalization, grant research and writing, pedestrian and bicycle amenities, feasibility, market research, and data analysis, as well as community engagement, marketing and branding.

Greater Denver Area

Provided advisory services to local governments, private developers, nonprofit organizations, and others to help communities find strategic, practical solutions for addressing real estate and land use challenges. Conducted workshops and led efforts to encourage communities to pursue positive health equity outcomes based on changes to the built environment. Created a publication addressing the barriers to affordable housing in Colorado. Sought to activate and expand membership along Colorado's Front Range, including Fort Collins, Boulder, and Colorado Springs.oTechnical Advisory Panels - Arrowhead, Boulder Chamber, City of Englewood, Town of SuperioroBuilding Health Places Initiative - Adams County, Denver, Colorado Springs, Westminster

Greater Denver Area

Tasked with bolstering the economic environment within Denver’s retail and hospitality industries through the execution of our retail strategy. Priorities of this strategy included mitigating sales leakage through business attraction, growing the authentic and unique retail experiences Denver offers, enhancing retail in neighborhoods, encouraging retail development, and developing new retail tools. Created and maintained relationships with new and existing retailers and hospitality related businesses, learned the site selection criteria of various targeted businesses, identified potential sites, conducted regular demographic and market analysis, pursued public/private partnerships, and connected businesses to financing to build their capital structure. I also provided tools for business planning and growth. Administered the Denver FRESH (Food Retail Expansion to Support Health) program, which promotes healthy food options in underserved communities. Facilitated mentor/protege programs for small businesses within the construction and real estate development fields and performed contract compliance for the Division of Small Business Opportunity. Assisted in administration of unemployment and workforce development programs implemented at local, state, and federal levels.

Denver, Co

Assisted in urban planning projects relating to infrastructure, land use, transportation, and economic development. Worked with individuals, institutions, and municipalities to implement sustainable planning and development principles, facilitate economic growth, and revitalize urban, suburban, and rural communities.

Greater Denver Area

Facilitated empowerment of individuals and groups of people by providing assistance to create change in their own communities. Guided individuals an organizations on how to affect communities' positions within the context of larger social institutions. Managed projects or provided assistance to bridge the gaps of any time or staffing inadequacies. Combined the energy of development with a healthy respect for historical integrity. Based the process of developing active and sustainable communities on social justice and mutual respect. Sought to influence power structures to remove the barriers that prevent people from participating in the issues that affect their lives. Facilitated the participation of people in this process. Enabled connections to be made between communities and with the development of wider policies and programs.

Researched, reviewed, and assisted in formulating positions regarding pending legislation with urban and regional planning implications, including land use, transportation, climate change, environmental protection and conservation, taxation, and infrastructure. Reported to membership of state chapter regarding positions taken and other items of interest.

Assisted owner in guiding nonprofit organizations through processes of acquisition, renovation, or construction of new facilities based on organizational and financial capacity, mission, and goals. Enhanced and supported existing marketing strategies, especially in regard to social networking.

Facilitated the provision of renewable energy and energy efficiency training courses, including Solar Power Systems Installation, Energy Efficiency Auditing, Energy Efficiency Installation, and began initial steps to provide Wind Power Systems Installation as part of the Workforce Innovation Regional Economic Development (WIRED) Initiative. Duties included grant writing and research, outreach efforts to businesses and municipalities, contracting for facilities and instructors, enrolling trainees, monitoring trainee success, and assisting in employment placement.

Office of the AuditorCreated "Auditor's Financial Report to Denver Citizens", a document designed to inform the general public about demographics and the financial situation of the City and County of Denver utilizing data gathered from Denver's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the Census Bureau, the Department of Local Affairs, the Department of the Treasury, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the National League of Cities, and other sources. Reviewed and approved contracts between the City and County and various public and private entities.Presented with the "Spirit of Cooperation Award" by the Auditor, Dennis Gallagher, for efforts in creating the "Auditor's Financial Report to Denver Citizens".

Processed loans and applications, analyzed credit situations to determine loan eligibility, managed payroll, hired, trained, and monitored team of credit consultants, assisted in planning and implementation of advertising and marketing campaigns for dealership.

Responsible for account billing from various publications after cooperative advertising campaigns, accounts payable and accounts receivable management, as well as implementation of new software and system organization, assisted in supporting the flow of advertising campaigns.

Provided general financial services to 100+ clients. Worked directly with owner and CEO in ensuring annuities, life insurance policies, and brokerage accounts were established under the specific parameters set forth by client and agent, filled out contracts establishing relationships between clients and issuing agencies, monitored timeliness of policy processing by issuing agencies.

Master'S Degree, Urban And Regional Planning

Emphasis - Economic and Community Development Studio Projects - Complete Streets for the Cherry Creek Corridor, Arapahoe Square.

Master'S Degree, Public Administration

Capstone Project for the Denver Regional Council of Governments - Implementing Sustainable Development Principles at the Regional Level

B.A, Political Science

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