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  • Randy Babbush

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    Randy Babbush is a Senior Partner in the Real Estate Department of Rutan & Tucker- Orange County, California’s largest full-service law firm. He has practiced law for over 30 years and has specialized expertise in matters related to affordable housing, multifamily housing revenue bonds and Section 42 tax credits. Mr. Babbush is active in the management of Rutan & Tucker and has served as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee and head of the firm’s Real Estate Department. Mr. Babbush is a graduate of University of California, Irvine and University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

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  • Scott Alter

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    Scott J. Alter is Co-Founder and Principal of Standard Communities. As Principal, Mr. Alter manages all aspects of investments, asset management, construction, financial structuring, and corporate strategy for Standard Communities. Since co-founding Standard Communities in 2008, Mr. Alter has led Standard to become a California Benefit Corporation and one of the 50 largest affordable housing owners in the country, with more than $4 billion in AUM and over 18,600 units. Over the course of his career, Mr. Alter has played an integral role in the acquisition, management, disposition, and financing of real estate transactions with a capitalization of more than $6 billion over the past 20 years.

    Well-known in the philanthropic community, Mr. Alter serves on the Host Committee for the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society and is a current Board Member and Co-Founder of Housing on Merit, a California-based non-profit focused on creating a bridge to permanent affordable housing for vulnerable populations. Additionally, Mr. Alter is an active board member of multiple locally focused community organizations in New York City. Mr. Alter earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University with a concentration in Labor Economics and Finance.

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  • Ronda Gibbs

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    Ronda Gibbs is the Director of Housing for Community Research Foundation which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that designs and operates programs focused on the treatment, education, and rehabilitation of individuals with mental health problems. Ms. Gibbs oversees the housing for approximately 700 adults and seniors living with chronic and persistent mental health illness. She specializes in the expansion and accessibility of new and existing housing opportunities as well as working with community housing leaders in reducing stigma surrounding mental health users.

    Ms. Gibbs is the founder of the Independent Living Association which develops and implements quality standards for private homeowners who rent rooms in their homes exclusively to adults and seniors with mental illness. In this role, she has developed training guides and educational course work to support owners and tenants to achieve successful housing. The Independent Living Association is the only known organization to provide this type of training for private homeowners. Ms. Gibbs is a 23-year veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Army Reserve where she served as a senior instructor in the Army Combat Medic School. Ms. Gibbs received her Juris Doctorate in law in 2011 from Kaplan University, Concord School of Law and her BA in healthcare management from Saint Leo University in 2007.

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  • Keith Dragoon

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    Keith Dragoon is the Vice President of Finance at Standard Companies, a full-service multi-family real estate investment and management firm. Prior to joining Standard Companies, Mr. Dragoon was a Vice President at Hunt Capital Partners, LLC (“HCP”), a subsidiary of Hunt Companies, Inc., which focuses on investment in, and syndication of low income housing tax credits relating to multifamily and senior housing. Mr. Dragoon has specialized in affordable multifamily finance for over 20 years, focusing on structuring and underwriting tax credit equity and debt transactions. Prior to joining HCP, Mr. Dragoon was Vice President, Credit Products Officer for Bank of America Merrill Lynch from November 2009 to February 2011. While at Bank of America, Mr. Dragoon was responsible for underwriting and structuring a variety of credit facilities, primarily including taxable and tax-exempt loans for affordable multifamily transactions.

    Prior to joining Bank of America, Mr. Dragoon was Vice President of Acquisitions for MMA Financial (now Boston Financial Investment Management) from 2000 to 2009. While at MMA, he was responsible for originating, underwriting, and closing tax credit equity and debt transactions. Mr. Dragoon received his BS in Hotel Administration from Cornell University and his MBA with a focus in Real Estate and Finance from Columbia Business School and University of California, Berkeley as part of a joint program.

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  • Patrick Luke

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    Pat Luke is a Principal of BLVD Capital, a real estate investment firm focusing on the acquisition and redevelopment of real estate assets in California, and affordable multifamily housing preservation and redevelopment nationwide.  BLVD currently holds a portfolio of approximately 6,000 affordable units which it has preserved and/or redeveloped, valued at over a half billion dollars.  These affordable housing properties utilize a combination of Project Based Section 8, Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), and other Federal, State and Local programs.

     

    Prior to joining BLVD Capital, Pat served as the Vice President of Acquisitions at California Landmark, a regional multifamily development and investment firm.  He was responsible for the formation and management of the acquisitions platform, and for the sourcing, acquisition and financing of the company’s multifamily investments.  While at California Landmark, he sourced and acquired performing and non-performing loans, value-add apartments, development sites and low income housing.  Pat created the investment platform for the company to acquire low income housing, focusing on Section 42 tax credit properties and Section 8 HAP contract properties.

    Prior to California Landmark, he was Director of Multifamily Acquisitions for Starpoint Properties, a Beverly Hills based investment and operating company focused on value added and opportunistic investments. In this role, he was responsible for the sourcing, acquisition, disposition and financing of all multifamily properties in California. Additionally, in 2010 he helped create StarPoint Homes, LLC, which acquired distressed single family residences at trustee sales.  During his tenure with StarPoint, Pat managed the successful closing of over $480 million in multifamily acquisitions and dispositions.

    Prior to joining StarPoint in 2005, Pat worked for commercial real estate brokerage firms Marcus & Millichap and Voit Real Estate Services, where he was involved in over $60 million of transactions.

    Pat graduated with a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and is an active member of the Urban Land Institute and the UCLA Real Estate Alumni Group. He was selected as one of Real Estate Forum’s Tomorrow’s Leaders in 2014.

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