CINNAIRE - Key Persons

Brett Macleod

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Director / Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase / Washington, D.C.
Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase

Brett Macleod serves on Cinnaire's Board of Directors. Mr. Macleod is an Executive Director at JPMorgan Chase in the Community Development Banking group, where he finances affordable housing and urban revitalization real estate projects throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Prior to joining JPMC in April 2012, he was a Banker at Citigroup in the Citi Community Capital division. Mr. Macleod has originated over $1 billion of loans for a variety of deal types, including affordable rental properties, for-sale housing projects, mixed-use real estate deals and large-scale urban retail centers. He currently serves as a board member for Cinnaire (formerly known as Great Lakes Capital Fund); Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND); and National Housing Trust Community Development Fund. He holds two BA's from Williams College and earned an MBA, magna cum laude, from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College with concentrations in Finance and Global Management.

Brett S. Oumedian - CFO

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Chief Financial Officer

Chris Neary

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Senior Vice President, Policy, Research and Advocacy

Christine R. Hobbs

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Director / Retired, Freddie Mac Multifamily

Christine Hobbs serves on Cinnaire's Board of Directors. Ms. Hobbs is a former Director of Affordable Housing in Freddie Mac's Multifamily Division. While at Freddie Mac, she oversaw the strategy, direction, and implementation of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) investment program for Freddie Mac, growing the portfolio to over $7 Billion. Ms. Hobbs managed the sourcing, underwriting, structuring, negotiation and closing of new LIHTC investments, including the coordination of the business, tax and legal underwriting, and the management of the pipeline of pending transactions. She developed and implemented Freddie Mac's first proprietary fund and first secondary market purchase. She also developed a portfolio strategy and asset managed the LIHTC investments including quarterly and annual reviews of Fund and project performance in order to manage and control credit risk and maximize performance. Ms. Hobbs developed and maintained new and existing business and customer relationships, and established and maintained key external relationships including with trade associations, other LIHTC investors, housing organizations, and project developers. She also worked on key initiatives such as GO Zone reinvestment, 2530 issues, and Recapture Bond elimination. From 2007-2013, Ms. Hobbs was the Director of Freddie Mac's Targeted Affordable Housing lending program. She oversaw the origination and structuring of financing for affordable properties including cash mortgages, and bond credit enhancements. She was responsible for deal and pipeline management, business development and new product initiatives. She worked with a dedicated lender network and managed the Lender Advisory Council. Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Ms. Hobbs worked for the National Cooperative Bank. She originated, underwrote and closed new multifamily mortgages, managed a nation-wide portfolio of multifamily loans and created and implemented a loan management program. Ms. Hobbs is currently on the boards of the Lisner-Louise-Dickson-Hurt Home and Cinnaire. She is a past president of the Affordable Housing Investors Council, and a past board member of Sarah's Circle and the Washington Area Community Investment Fund. She is also a past member of the Housing and Development Reporter Editorial Advisory Board and the National Association of Home Builders' Housing Credit Certification Board.

Christopher Laurent

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President, Cinnaire Solutions

Chris Laurent joined Cinnaire in 2015 and is President of Cinnaire Solutions. Chris is responsible for creating new and maintaining existing developer client relationships in Wisconsin and Minnesota for Cinnaire. In this capacity, he originates LIHTC and NMTC equity, multifamily debt products, and provides technical assistance. Chris also leads Cinnaire's nonprofit development division, Cinnaire Solutions' work throughout our footprint in the Upper Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Chris continues as course leader for Marquette University's Associates in Commercial Real Estate (ACRE) program. Chris volunteers as Director for the Wisconsin Coalition Against Homelessness and PeppNation and Treasurer of the Madison Reading Project. He is a member of the Oregon Housing Coalition and Asset Builders of America. In 2019, he was appointed as Housing Authority for the Dane County, Wisconsin Executive Board. Chris earned his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin.

Corinne Hyzny

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Senior Vice President, Strategic Communications

Deborah V. Toby

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Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Officer

Deborah Toby serves as Cinnaire's Chief Human Resources Officer and Chief Diversity Officer. In her role, Deb is responsible for developing and executing Cinnaire's Human Resources strategy in support of the overall mission and strategic direction of Cinnaire, specifically in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion, succession management, employee wellbeing, continuous workforce improvement and planning, performance management, training and development, total rewards, and policy development and compliance. Deb provides strategic leadership by formulating and articulating Human Resources and organizational development strategies that foster and preserve our culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion.