INVEST NEWARK - Key Persons
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- Chairman of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Economic Development Analyst
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- Vice - Chair of the Board of Directors
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- Administrative Assistant / Guest Services Specialist
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- SVP of Land Bank Operations
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- VP of Real Estate & Economic Development
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- Member of the Board of Directors
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- SVP of Real Estate Development
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- Comptroller & Senior Real Estate Accountant
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Interim President
- Social Impact Investment Leader
Roy Southerland is a true Social Impact Investment leader in the State of New Jersey. Before Invest Newark, he was with the Greater Newark Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) team as a Senior Program Officer for Lending. He was charged with the responsibilities of project financing, development lending intake, loan eligibility/risk analysis, underwriting and loan monitoring for the state of New Jersey. During his tenure he was generated over $20 Million in investments and assisted with the portfolio management of over $40 Million of loans.
Prior to joining Greater Newark LISC, Roy spent almost two decades at the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority(NJRA) as a Senior Loan Officer, where he provided financial assistance, financial relationship management and technical assistance to borrowers, private/public sector organizations, local government, urban developers and community-based organizations with the goal of creating meaningful redevelopment projects in New Jersey's 70 urban municipalities. As an integral part of the NJRA's growth and development, he has been involved with community and economic development projects that totaled more than $50 Million, which ultimately leveraged over $2 Billion of urban development projects. He oversaw projects that have built upwards of 2,000 units of housing and close to 800,000 square feet of commercial, civic or educational space.
Mr. Southerland attained a Bachelor of Science in Communications Sciences from Howard University in Washington, DC, a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Thomas Edison State College in Trenton, NJ and a Master of Arts in Public Strategic Leadership from St. Bonaventure University in St. Bonaventure, NY. He is also professionally certificated in Credit Risk Analysis and Community and Economic Development Financing from New York University.
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- Office Manager, Executive Assistant to President & CEO
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- AVP Real Estate Development
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- SVP of Business Development