S COTT L. B ARKAN VICE PRESIDENT
Responsible for managing all aspects of affordable housing development for non-profit and public housing authority clients: assess community needs; identify and acquire appropriate sites; develop project schedules, operating pro formas and development budgets; manage design and entitlement processes; raise public funds; place private debt and equity; manage construction and closeout process Specialize in structuring complex public/private financing that utilize 4% and 9% Low Income Housing Tax Credits, federal funds (Section 202 and 811 Capital Advance, Section 8, CDBG and HOME), state and local public funds, and private debt and equity Recent major projects: Sun Tower in Yakima (acquire and rehab 141 senior units in occupied high rise), Varney Court in Pasco (38 townhomes for farmworkers), Valor Apartments in Seattle (21 units of supportive housing for formerly homeless veterans), Bay Vista in Bremerton (81 senior units), Harborview Manor in Tacoma (refinance and rehab 169 senior units in occupied high rise), Salishan Gardens in Tacoma (55 senior units), Shepherd’s Garden in Lynnwood (40 senior units), and Cesar Chavez Village in Seattle (25 townhomes for families) SOUTHEAST EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT 2004 - 2006 Senior Real Estate Developer
Analyzed feasibility and acquisition of several in-fill mixed-use projects. Active participant in community policy and planning efforts in diverse neighborhood EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF MAYOR ANTHONY WILLIAMS—Washington, DC 2000 - 2004 Special Assistant to the Deputy Mayor
Managed disposition of several large City owned sites: drafted Request for Proposals, analyzed development alternatives, and structured public/ private partnerships Helped Develop and Implement Mayor Anthony Williams’ Housing Agenda: created an affordable Housing Trust Fund and tax abatements to spur downtown housing; disposed of surplus public properties; and reformed eminent domain laws to address neighborhood blight Other Work
MARYLAND CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
1997 – 1998
CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY
1993 – 1997
Education Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, MPP, concentration in Housing & Urban Development Washington University in St. Louis, MO, BA, concentration in Political Science and Political Economy Additional Information Rainier Valley Food Bank, Board President 2009-2013 Rainier Valley Community Development Fund, Loan Committee 2006-2013
The NHP Foundation www.nhpfoundation.org
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