multidisciplinary finance, management, and planning & design expertise as well as her broad knowledge of federal and state housing regulations enables her to direct acquisition and recapitalization projects through strategic and programmatic evaluation, valuation and pricing, deal structuring and negotiations, and design and construction. She is an expert in financing, subsidy renewal, and capital restructuring strategies that lead to feasible preservation transactions. Since joining NHPF, Ms. Adnani has closed the acquisition and preservation of 14 properties, totaling 2,166 affordable units using an array of debt and equity capital to finance a total of $335M of acquisition and development costs. Ms. Adnani’s primary focus is to find at-risk acquisition prospects that can be structured and financed as successful LIHTC preservation transactions. Her responsibilities also include initiating and maintaining relationships with owners of affordable housing, lenders, equity providers and appropriate governmental entities that finance and/or facilitate the development and preservation of affordable housing. Neal T. Drobenare, Senior Vice President joined NHPF in 2010. He is responsible for acquisitions. During his time at The Foundation, Mr. Drobenare has acquired seven properties totaling 1,072 units. Throughout his career, Drobenare has developed, acquired or financed over 20,000 units of affordable housing and raised over $60 million for not-for-profits. Additionally, he has been responsible for increasing annual multifamily private activity new bond issues. Throughout his career, Mr. Drobenare has guided over $98 million worth of investments through the acquisition and underwriting process. Of that amount, acquisitions totaling more than $69 million in value were added to the NHPF portfolio. His development duties have included the successful administration of $43 million in federal program awards. That total includes $16 million in development funding benefiting the NHPF portfolio. Mr. Drobenare serves on the board of the National Affordable Housing Trust (NAHT) and Housing Partnership Equity Trust (HPET). Additionally, he serves on NAHT's investment committee, is chair of HPET's Investment Committee, and is a founder of HPET. Earlier in his career, Mr. Drobenare worked for the Washington, DC Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development as special assistant, the DC Department of Housing and Community Development as Chief Operating Officer, and the DC Housing Finance Agency as Bond Finance Director. He has a B.A. from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook University and received his J.D. cum laude from S.U.N.Y. Buffalo School of Law. Alla A. Eleon, Senior Vice President & Chief Accounting Officer has over 20 years of strong financial accounting, auditing, and organizational management experience. Primary responsibilities include overseeing all financial and accounting operations of the company, as well as providing leadership, direction, and management to the accounting team. She works closely with the CFO on annual consolidated audit and various required quarterly financial reports. Ms. Eleon has the lead on improving the structure, workflow, and technology of accounting services to achieve efficiency. She brings extensive financial reporting, budgeting, and analytical skills from her 13 years at Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, where she managed a financial portfolio with annual revenue of $100M consisting of several non-for-profit entities with the largest share in development and management of affordable housing. From 2004-2006 she was with Related Partners, Inc. helping the company to set up accounting and reporting processes for development and operations of their Restaurant Fund with more than 50 subsidiaries. She served for six years as an auditor in a mid-size public accounting firm with a variety of different clientele including affordable housing. She earned her BBA in Accounting from Bernard Baruch College (CUNY) and received an Executive MBA from St. Joseph College. Ms. Eleon is a certified public accountant by New York State. Patrick J. Fry, Senior Vice President is a Senior Project Executive overseeing the acquisition, development, disposition, and financing of affordable multifamily housing properties. His experience in his current role includes closing more than $210 million low income housing and historic tax credit transactions using a variety of debt and gap funding sources. He is well versed in the development-related program and compliance aspects of the LIHTC program and tax exempt bond financing, as well as experienced in conducting rehabilitation and new construction activities in compliance with federal, state, and local requirements related to tenant relocation, environmental remediation, prevailing wage standards, local
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