Sarah White

Housing Director

Professional Experience:

• Clifford Beers Housing, Inc., December 2007 – present
• Highridge Costa Housing Partners (formerly Simpson Housing Solutions, LLC), Long Beach, Project Manager, April 2004 – December 2007
• Abode Communities (formerly Los Angeles Community Design Center), Los Angeles, Resident Services Program Manager, October 2001 – September 2003

Affordable Housing:

Ms. White has over eight years experience in the affordable housing industry. Since joining Clifford Beers in 2007, Ms. White has secured more than 16 funding commitments for 6 projects; these funding commitments total approximately $49 million in affordable housing financing sources. The secured funding sources include local, state and county funds, conventional predevelopment and construction loans, and Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity. Additionally, Ms. White has successfully closed 11 loans and secured building permits or land use entitlements for three projects while at Clifford Beers.

Prior to joining Clifford Beers in 2007, Ms. White worked for Highridge Costa Housing Partners as a Project Manager, with a portfolio of over $125 million in real estate investments in Puerto Rico, California, Georgia, Montana, Texas and South Carolina. Her responsibilities included underwriting Low Income Housing Tax Credit investments and managing the development process for affordable housing communities throughout Southern California. Over her career, Ms. White has secured a broad range of competitive governmental funding sources and LIHTC allocations, managed debt and equity investor closings, coordinated design and construction phase teams, obtained development rights and building permits for new projects, managed tenant relocations, and coordinated property leasing activities.

Community Development:

Ms. White began working in the community development field upon her arrival in Los Angeles in late 2001, when she began working with Abode Communities. Her work with Abode offered opportunities to conduct community outreach on affordable housing issues and to develop tenant programming for residents of affordable housing. During her two-year tenure at the Design Center, Ms. White developed a resident services program that included community events, after-school programming, and an Individual Development Account savings program for home ownership. Additionally, Ms White conducted outreach and assisted with the organization of community meetings to develop community support for new projects.

Education:

• Master of Arts, Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
• Bachelor of Arts, French and International Relations, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

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