Board & Committees
Our Board of Directors
Finance Committee
The Finance Committee oversee the audit process, operating performance and metrics, as well as cash flow projections, investments and capital. Members have expertise in CDFI and nonprofit operations.
More About Caroline Horton
Finance Committee
Caroline is responsible for Aeon’s real estate asset management, finance and accounting functions. She has expertise in developing management systems that ensure the long‐term viability of assets and monitor organizational risk factors. Since 2007, Caroline has been a member of the STRENGTH MATTERS CFO Working Group which has developed a series of white papers on external reporting best practices for the nonprofit affordable housing industry. Caroline has a degree in accounting and a CPA. She has been with Aeon since 1998, an organization with over 2,200 units of affordable rental housing.
More About Tatiana Blank
Chief Financial Officer, Eden Housing
Tatiana Blank is responsible for corporate and real estate development accounting, finance, and asset management for Eden Housing, its affiliates, and ownership entities. Tatiana works closely with the Finance and Audit Committees of the Board of Directors, and she directs and manages Eden’s relationships with lending institutions, shareholders, and the financial community. Tatiana leads Eden’s finance team, which oversees Eden’s total assets of $2 billion with a combined annual operating revenue of more than $175 million.
More About Grace Chionuma
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Finance Committee
Grace is the lead banker for the Community Development sector within the public capital markets including execution of the CDFI Sector IPO in the Public Capital Markets including CDFI Debt IPOs for LISC, Enterprise Community Loan Fund, LIIF and BlueHub Loan Fund as well as Freddie Mac’s first Social Bond with Impact Community Capital. She also is the non-profit lead banking coverage includes CDFIs, affordable housing developers, charter school networks, private K-12s, universities and foundations. Recently she participated in the ground-breaking $1 Billion Ford Foundation bond issuance and MacArthur Foundation bond issuance. She has earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College majoring in Government and Philosophy and a MBA from Yale University School of Management.
More About Charlotte Crow
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Community Loan Fund
Finance Committee
Charlotte Crow is senior vice president of the Enterprise Community Loan Fund, responsible for borrowing capital to support lending activities, investor relations, cash management and general treasury functions. During her tenure, Enterprise Community Loan Fund joined the FHLB of Atlanta, was rated for the first time by S&P Global Ratings and issued a $50 million general obligation bond in 2018. She brings almost 30 years of banking, finance and treasury experience to her role. Prior to joining Enterprise in May 2006, Charlotte spent 14 years at Signet Bank in Richmond, VA, where she was in charge of the asset and liability management group and served as a member of the Asset and Liability Committee. She has a bachelor’s degree in economics and psychology from Kenyon College and MBA from College of William and Mary with a concentration in finance.
More About Eileen Neelyl
Director of Lending Housing Assistance Council
Finance Committee
Eileen Neely joins the NeighborWorks Capital Board of Directors with over 30 years of experience in finance and impact investment. She is currently the Director of Lending at Housing Assistance Council where she leads lending and community investment functions to provide low-cost capital to local nonprofits, for-profits, and local governments developing affordable housing in rural communities throughout the United States. Eileen has consulted for housing and impact investment organizations across the country and previously worked as Director of Capital Innovation at Living Cities, the Director of Strategy for the District of Columbia Housing Authority, the COO of the Fresno Housing Authority, and Director of Public Entity Lending at Fannie Mae.
More About Jeff Reed
President, Community Housing Partners
Finance Committee
Mr. Reed is President and previously Chief Financial Officer of Community Housing Partners (CHP), one of the largest NeighborWorks affiliates due to its large portfolio of affordable multifamily housing across the Mid-Atlantic and Southern region of the U.S. He has over 25 years of experience in financial and corporate management and is responsible for corporate finance, real estate development, property and asset management, and resident services. CHP owns more than 6,500 apartments at a cost of over $440 million. He provides leadership to the Senior management and works with the CEO and the Board of Directors. He also participates in the CFO workgroup of STRENGTH MATTERS™ and Board of Directors of Stewards of Affordable Housing For The Future.
More About Megan Teare
Managing Director, Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Finance Committee
Megan Teare has been working in the community development field for 25 years. She is currently a managing director with the Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment group where she manages the program that provides enterprise-level capital to community development financial institutions (CDFIs), minority depository institutions (MDIs), and nonprofit housing developers. Megan also serves as a board member of NeighborWorks Capital. Before joining Wells Fargo, she served as senior loan officer at the McAuley Institute and as a consultant to non-profit housing developers. She has an undergraduate degree in architectural history from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Virginia.
LOAN COMMITTEE
The Loan Committee reviews all loans and is composed of experienced NeighborWorks network developers and community development bankers who are familiar with affordable housing and community development finance.
More About Fred Dodson
Chief Operating Officer and EVP, DreamKey Partners
Loan Committee
Fred Dodson, Jr. is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice president of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc., where he manages the organization’s multifamily real estate development financing activities and corporate operations. Before joining the Housing Partnership in 1997, Dodson gained experience directing the Hospitality House of Boone, North Carolina homeless shelter as well as the New River Valley Habitat for Humanity Affiliate and the Montgomery County Community Shelter, both located in Virginia. Mr. Dodson earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Appalachian State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law.
More About Tommy FitzGibbon, Jr
Principal, BSI
Loan Committee
Since 2010 Mr. FitzGibbon is the Managing Director and Chief Operations Officer for Talmer Bank and Trust (formerly First Michigan Bank), a $2.8 billion privately held community bank with 60 offices in Southern Wisconsin and Eastern Michigan. His role includes the acquisition and integration of failed banks into a well-capitalized holding company. Previously he was Executive Vice President of the $10 billion Chicago-based MBFinancial Bank. His community activities include serving as President of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (2004-2008), Director of the Woodstock Institute and Chairman of ACCION-Chicago. He is also a member of the Regional Lender Advisory Board for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and a board director of the New York based Wall Street Without Walls.
More About Audra Hamernik
President and CEO, Nevada HAND
Over the past 30 years, Audra has been an industry leader in real estate, financial services, social impact investing and lending, and business leadership in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. She earned a Master of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois. Audra is deeply committed to community service and holds several leadership positions across many civic organizations. She is a member of the City of Henderson Housing Advisory Committee, the CEO Exchange, the Legislative Committee of the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition, the Vegas Chamber’s Executive Women’s Council, the National Association of Homebuilders Affordable Housing Steering Committee, a Board Member of the Nevada Housing Coalition and the Southern Nevada Homelessness Continuum of Care, and is an appointee for the Nevada Housing Advisory Committee, the Nevada Advisory Council on Federal Assistance,. She was named the 2021 Newcomer of the Year by Vegas Inc. and was honored as a Top 100 Women of Influence by MyVegas Magazine. Audra has a passion for advancing opportunities for the underserved through public-private partnerships that expand housing, fostering community and economic opportunity, and growing businesses and teams.
More About Emmanuel Kinard
Loan Committee
Emmanuel Kinard joins the NeighborWorks Capital Board of Directors as the Vice President of Acquisitions at Hispanic Housing Development Corporation (HHDC) where he is focused on acquiring and preserving multifamily affordable housing communities in the Midwest and Puerto Rico. He also oversees the long-term physical and financial planning for HHDC’s portfolio. Prior to joining HHDC, Emmanuel worked for a tax credit equity syndicator underwriting LIHTC equity investments; a CDFI originating debt for multifamily affordable housing communities across the Midwest; and a State Housing Finance Agency underwriting the allocation of 9% and 4% LIHTC. Throughout his affordable housing career, he has contributed to the creation of 3,600 affordable homes, underwrote $102 million of LIHTC equity investments, and originated $123 million of debt.
More About Andy Madeira
Leader in Affordable Housing Development
Andy has over 30 years of experience in affordable housing and community development. He most recently served as Chief Operating Officer of East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC). Andy served as Senior Vice President of Real Estate Development for Eden Housing. Under his leadership, Eden Housing greatly expanded its new construction pre-development pipeline, recapitalized and renovated its existing portfolio, grew the organization's financial reserves, and extended its impact by opening development offices in Monterey and San Diego, California. Andy was a Senior Banker for JP Morgan Chase Community Development Banking. He also served as Vice President, Real Estate Development for Citizens Housing Corporation, and as a Director of Real Estate Development at BRIDGE Housing Corporation, and as a Vice President at Community Preservation and Development Corporation in Washington, DC. Andy also has significant real estate lending and finance experience having spent six years at Fannie Mae’s American Communities Fund, which financed affordable housing development, provided joint venture equity for workforce housing, and loans to local governments. Before his work in affordable housing, Andy practiced law at non-profit organizations in California and Philadelphia.
Andy continues to be active in community development, serving on the Board of Directors for Community
Vision.
More About Laura Meadows
Executive Vice President of Lending, Fahe
Laura Meadows is a nationally recognized expert in delivering finance into underserved rural places. She’s been a leader in informing Duty To Serve plans for GSE’s, and is unparalleled in her knowledge of the USDA 502 Direct loan program, which has been the backbone of affordable housing finance in rural America for decades. She advises nonprofits across the nation on how to administer the USDA 502 Direct program, resulting in earned income opportunities and access to mortgage dollars for the low-income households they serve. As Executive Vice President of Lending, Laura oversees all functions of the single-family lending department, as well as Community Lending. During her 15 years at Fahe, single-family home purchase lending has grown from $3M in FY2007 to $140M in FY2023.
More About Peter C. Quigley
Loan Committee
Mr. Quigley has over 25 years of affordable housing finance experience. His legal practice represents affordable housing clients undertaking new construction and preservation projects. He previously served as General Counsel at Chicago Equity Fund and Associate General Counsel at National Equity Fund. His practice represents a wide range of real estate transactions including for-sale, multifamily, historic and commercial projects using
DEI COMMITTEE
The DEI Committee continuously develops, implements, and evaluates the organization’s DEI strategy and provides guidance on internal and external diversity and inclusion strategies and priorities for the organization.
More About Fred Dodson
Chief Operating Officer and EVP, DreamKey Partners
Loan Committee
Fred Dodson, Jr. is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice president of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc., where he manages the organization’s multifamily real estate development financing activities and corporate operations. Before joining the Housing Partnership in 1997, Dodson gained experience directing the Hospitality House of Boone, North Carolina homeless shelter as well as the New River Valley Habitat for Humanity Affiliate and the Montgomery County Community Shelter, both located in Virginia. Mr. Dodson earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Appalachian State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law.
More About Leah Evans
President & CEO, Homeport
Leah Evans joins the NeighborWorks Capital Board of Directors as the President and CEO of Homeport, a NeighborWorks America affiliate serving central Ohio. Leah has been with the organization for nine years and most recently served as Senior Vice President of Real Estate Development. Before joining Homeport, Evans worked for the City of Gahanna as the Deputy Director of Planning & Development and Economic Development Manager. Prior to Gahanna, she worked for the State of Ohio and its Department of Development.
More About Megan Teare
Managing Director, Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Finance Committee
Megan Teare has been working in the community development field for 25 years. She is currently a managing director with the Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment group where she manages the program that provides enterprise-level capital to community development financial institutions (CDFIs), minority depository institutions (MDIs), and nonprofit housing developers. Megan also serves as a board member of NeighborWorks Capital. Before joining Wells Fargo, she served as senior loan officer at the McAuley Institute and as a consultant to non-profit housing developers. She has an undergraduate degree in architectural history from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Virginia.
More About Rosa Rios Valdez
Rosa Rios Valdez becomes President of the Board of Directors for NeighborWorks Capital after serving as a member of the board for over 12 years including serving as Chair of the board's Loan Committee.
Rosa has over 30 years of experience in business development, commercial real estate lending, and real estate management and development. She is currently the President & CEO of BCL of Texas, a NeighborWorks organization. In her 26 years leading the organization, she has grown its net worth eightfold, facilitated over $200 million in small business loans and manages a $25 million commercial real estate loan portfolio, and is Asset Manager for a $2.5 million real estate portfolio. She has a strong commitment to rural communities and served as a board member of the Rural Alliance.
