Committees - NeighborWorks Capital

Board Committees

Members of the Board of Directors each lend their expertise to a committee that oversees the lending, portfolio management, financial reporting and audit, and capital activities of NeighborWorks Capital.

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.

Caroline Horton

Chief Financial Officer, Aeon

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Chief Financial Officer, Aeon
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 CFOWorking 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.

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Jeff Reed

Treasurer

President, Community Housing Network

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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.

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Peter Daly

Executive Director, Cambridge Neighborhood Apartment & Housing Services

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Executive Director, Cambridge Neighborhood Apartment & Housing Services
Finance Committee
Loan Committee

Mr. Daly has 30+ years of community development experience and is responsible for operations of a community development corporation in Cambridge, MA. His organization is an affiliate of Neighborworks America with a focus on the development of homeownership and rental housing, two lending and rehab programs - one for owner-occupied 1-4 family and the other for privately owned multi-family properties, and an asset management program. Under his leadership their rental portfolio from 17 units to over 1,000 units. He also serves as the Chair of the Board of Community Economic Development and Assistance Corporation, a Massachusetts based CDFI.

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Megan Teare

Senior Vice President, Community Lending and Investing, Wells Fargo Bank

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President, Capital Markets Companies, Housing Partnership Network
Finance Committee

Becky has over 20 years of banking and lending experience and has been with HPN since 2011 where she develops and manages the Network’s capital market relationships, raises capital for HPN social enterprises and oversees its fundraising and communications activities. She also plays a critical role in leading business collaboration and peer exchange among the network’s high-performing affordable housing organizations and CDFIs. She has previously served as chief operating officer for Boston Community Capital as well as president of its Loan Fund, a $125 million loan fund focused on community development including affordable housing, charter schools and health centers. Prior to joining Boston Community Capital, she held executive, real estate lending and management positions with Bank of America and its legacy banks.

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Charlotte Crow

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Community Loan Fund

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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.

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Grace Chionuma

Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

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Executive 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.

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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.

Rosa Rios Valdez

Executive Director, BCL of Texas

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Executive Director, BCL of Texas
Loan Committee

As the leader of three community organizations serving Austin area or Texas statewide, Ms. Rios Valdez has 30+ years experience in business development, commercial real estate lending and real estate management and development. BCL of Texas is a NeighborWorks America affiliate. She has grown the organization’s net worth eight fold, 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.

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Michael Carroll

Director of Lending, Rural LISC

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Director of Lending, Rural LISC
Loan Committee

Mr. Carroll has over 25 years of community development lending experience. He recently became Director of Lending for Rural LISC and previously was Director of Multifamily Programs at California Housing Finance Agency. Previously he was Housing and Loan Fund Director at Rural Community Assistance Corporation, director of sales and marketing for Fannie Mae Multifamily and director of its Sacramento Partnership Office, where he developed local initiatives to support Fannie Mae’s $20 billion/five-year investment plan for the California Central Valley. He had a long tenure as Senior Vice President with Bank of America, where he managed community development lending and product development. He began his career as a VISTA volunteer and then full time employee at Self-Help Enterprises.

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Tommy FitzGibbon, Jr

Principal, BSI

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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.

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Peter Quigley

Principal, Law Offices of Peter C. Quigley

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Principle, Law Offices of 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 New Markets, HUD, LIHTC, FHA and commercial financing.

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Fred Dodson

Chief Operating Officer and EVP, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Housing Partnership

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Chief Operating Officer and EVP, Charlotte-Mecklenberg Housing Partnership
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.

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Tayani Odeleye

The Integral Group, LLC

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