• Oversaw all sales and redevelopment of City lands and land acquisition for government purposes
Bond Finance Director DC Housing Finance Agency • Established multifamily finance department, hired staff, created products, designed and implemented underwriting criteria and process. Ran Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program and Bond Issuance • Increased annual multifamily private activity new bond issues from $580,000 to $44 million in first year, $112 million in second year and $217 million in third year. Average revenue increase commensurate with volume increase • Responsible for generating, underwriting, and closing multifamily bond and tax credit deals. • Structured enhanced and unenhanced bond deals; directly placed bonds with investors. Provided enhancement / mortgage insurance for bonds Allocated tax credits • Established Agency as key player in all deals by bringing due diligence, underwriting, and third party report ordering in-house for all deals; deals included rehabilitation and new construction of HOPE VI redevelopments, HUD insured deals, and Fannie Mae enhanced/unenhanced deals CITY OF ALBANY, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Albany, NY 1994 – 1998 Director of Planning and Program Development • Produced annual budget and underwrote housing proposals • Created Jobs Now! Collaborative, a public-private partnership that increased employment opportunities for homeless individuals by starting businesses and placing people in supported placements in private industry • Received HUD’s National Blue Ribbon Best Practice award for creating and running the Albany Homelessness Working Group which involved government, nonprofits, and businesses in devising a community wide response to homelessness and producing its first Continuum of Care. • Established neighborhood planning process that produced first HUD Consolidated Plan • Produced all HUD regulatory reports OLIVER & OLIVER, Albany, NY 1992 – 1994 Associate Attorney • Litigated Environmental Quality Review Act determinations in real estate matters at trial and appellate levels NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MAJORITY LEADER, Albany, NY 1991 – 1992 Legislative Counsel • Responsible for final technical review of bills prior to introduction on Assembly floor. • Represented the Majority Leader at the Real Property, Cities, Labor, and Governmental Operations Committee meetings
Education
S.U.N.Y. Buffalo School of Law, J.D. Cum Laude S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook University, B.A. Political
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