Women in Housing and Finance PennsylvaniaCareer Opportunity
Position: Director of Housing Lending
Organization: URA
This position is responsible for the strategic direction, staff leadership, loan commitment and disbursements, and daily operations of the Residential & Consumer Lending Unit. Additionally, this role is integral to the URA’s Executive Management Team and provides/performs financial guidance, underwriting, creative deal-structuring, and public-side due diligence working in tandem with other URA directors and staff on all manner of urban redevelopment projects and programs…read more /apply
Women’s History Month: Steering Committee Member Highlight
Name: Elaine Magil
Title: Senior Vice President, Equity
Organization: Cinnaire
What’s your role within the affordable housing finance industry: I lead a team of equity underwriters for a non-profit LIHTC syndicator (investor); I also serve on the board of a large non-profit affordable housing developer in Pittsburgh.
Homebase/Location (City): Pittsburgh
What’s your favorite way to network?: Nothing beats in person
Who is your favorite female role model and why?: I’ve had some amazing bosses in my career – nearly all women.
Fun Fact about yourself: I speak Mandarin (useful!) and Swedish (not as useful).
Women’s History Month: Steering Committee Member Highlight
In honor of Women’s History Month, we will be celebrating by highlighting a member of the WHF-PA steering committee each week in March and throughout the year. We hope you get to know your steering committee members a little more and we look forward to working with you in different forums as WHF-PA members!
Name: Jacquie J Sims
Title: President and Executive Director
Organization: The Maple Corporation
What’s your role within the affordable housing finance industry: Owner Representative, provider of technical skills for preservation/construction of affordable housing
Homebase/Location (City): Philadelphia
What’s your favorite way to network?: Have thoroughly enjoyed my membership of WHF-PA but find social settings personally challenging. Much prefer introductions and small groups.
Who is your favorite female role model and why? Fannie Lou Hamer because she never gave up. She fought for voting rights and even after she lost her job, it only emboldened her to keep going. It shows that never let an outside influence stop you from doing what you know is right.
Fun Fact about yourself: I try not to read while commuting-unless I am staying on the train until the last stop, because I constantly miss my stop since I lose myself in whatever I’m reading. When I was a kid, I once completely missed there was a fire in our home-didn’t even register when the fire trucks arrived. My brothers had to get me to have me leave the house.
Women’s History Month: Steering Committee Member Highlight!
In honor of Women’s History Month, we will be celebrating by highlighting a member of the WHF-PA steering committee each week in March and throughout the year. We hope you get to know your steering committee members a little more and we look forward to working with you in different forums as WHF-PA members!
Name: Christine Paul
Title: Principal
Organization: Diamond and Associates
What’s your role within the affordable housing finance industry: Development Consultant
Homebase/Location (City): Philadelphia, PA
What’s your favorite way to network? I think I prefer one on one networking to big groups, but sometimes it is hard to see everyone so large group gatherings can be a fun way to see more people.
Who is your favorite female role model and why? Hmm. I have not really thought about that. I think Serena Williams is an amazing celebrity role model. She is strong, fierce and at the top of her game. She manages through all the BS she has to encounter as a Black woman, notwithstanding her incredible success.
Fun Fact about yourself: I still speak a little Wolof, mostly to myself. I can say I love you in English, Spanish, Wolof, Pulaar, Russian, and French!
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