Alicia Garcia
Richmond,VA
Summary
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Real Estate Development
Piedmont Housing Alliance
2024.06 - Current
- Manage real estate development projects from concept through completion
- Hire and manage employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols. Establish performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
- Foster productive and collaborative relationships with development community, lenders, municipalities, various levels of government, and other public, private, and non-profit partners.
- Responsible for leading and developing Piedmont Housing’s project pipeline. This includes ability to forecast and budget development resources effectively across varied project types.
- Recommend and implement improvements on development policies, procedures, and systems.
- Participate in organizational strategic planning and other executive management processes.
Vice President of Real Estate & Development
Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority
2021.02 - 2024.06
- Execute public housing redevelopment and rehabilitation projects under programs such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD), HOPE IV, Section 18 disposition applications, and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC).
- Negotiate with developers on development agreements for redevelopment projects. Guide relocation for redevelopment projects
- Collaborate with State HFA (Virginia Housing) to ensure applications and projects meet threshold requirements and discussed opportunities for the housing authority.
- Facilitate community engagement with residents and stakeholders as it pertained to planning and redevelopment of public housing communities.
- Partner with the City of Richmond to amend the City’s Master Plan & write, plan, and implement Small Area Plans for the City’s public housing communities.
- Identify opportunities to improve business process flows and overall departmental productivity.
- Hire and manage employees to maximize productivity while training staff on best practices and protocols. Establish performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
RFP Development
Walker Ridge
2020.03 - 2021.02
- Prepared responses to Request for Proposals (RFPs) for affordable housing opportunities in the City of New York and Tri-State Area. This included responding to City development opportunities on vacant, city-owned land and management opportunities regarding Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and HOME funding.
- Engaged with brokers for land acquisition in New York City for affordable housing development opportunities. Consulted with larger affordable housing developers throughout New York City for partnership opportunities through a joint-venture agreement.
- Consulted with larger affordable housing developers throughout New York City for partnership opportunities through a joint-venture agreement.
- Completed financial analysis for building acquisitions and scenarios for future affordable housing deals - these analyses include financial modeling that utilized LIHTC and city subsidy financing.
Senior Project Manager
Department of Housing Preservation and Development
2017.11 - 2020.03
- Closely collaborated with project members to identify and quickly address problems. Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
- Communicated project plans and progress to key stakeholders and project contributors. Kept project on schedule and within budget while serving as project leader.
- Researched and analyzed the Zoning Resolution of New York to implement zoning-based housing programs which include: Mandatory and Voluntary Inclusionary Housing, Affordable Independent Residences for Seniors, CURE, and the West Chelsea Affordable Housing Fund.
- Created Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) for the Inclusionary Housing Program for potential outside not-for- profit agencies to do business with the City of New York
- Coordinated with private development groups to negotiate financing through use of subsidy, LIHTC, and city tax incentives
- Worked with developers, both public and private organizations to assist in Inclusionary Housing Program requirements
- Coordinated with other government agencies (such as Department of City Planning, Department of Buildings and Law Department) and divisions within the agency to perform analysis and research for prospective neighborhoods that may be re-zoned for Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
- Wrote reports, memorandums, and manuals for the overall goals of the Inclusionary Housing Program for both internal and external groups
- Reviewed project underwriting and coordinating loan closings for LIHTC, city subsidy, and privately financed deals to ensure all debt is subordinated to the agency as per the Rules of the City of New York
- Processed tax abatement and exemption applications and packages for projects Trained new staff of the Inclusionary Housing Program
- Supervised Project Managers on complex housing project deals
- Assisted and created documents for Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) packages for projects that will be where Mandatory Inclusionary Housing is Required
Program Analyst
Department of Housing and Community Development
2016.08 - 2017.10
- Monitored all projects receiving grant allocations from Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and from the following programs to encourage neighborhood and community upgrades: The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), South West Virginia Waste Water, Enterprise Opportunity Zones, Virginia Broadband Infrastructure, and all other Special Governor Awarded Programs.
- Analyzed program data to provide input for key decision making and strategic planning. Helped solve diverse program problems with in-depth analysis.
- Reviewed program implementation plans to assess risk and feasibility.
- Validated results and performed quality assurance to assess the accuracy of data. Collected and analyzed data on all grant projects
- Reported analysis to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Wrote quarterly and annual reports on the Commonwealth of Virginia's progress in housing and community developments for the Virginia governor's office and for the Department of Housing and Urban Development Created and reviewed applications for municipalities wishing to apply for grants and programs
- Lead and conducted training seminars for applicants who had questions on programs offered by the Department of Housing and Community Development
- Reviewed financial reports submitted by sponsors receiving grant funding from the Department of Housing and Community Development
- Reported fiscal expenses and uses of grant funds to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Coordinated and acted as a liaison with outside organizations for the Department of Housing and Community Development to answer any questions and address concerns
Field Interviewer
The Urban Institute
2015.12 - 2016.08
- Conducted interviews with formerly incarcerated youth to determine the effectiveness of the Juvenile Second Chance Act
- Coordinated with different agencies to gain access in order to conduct interviews with chosen candidates Collected data and analyzing based on interviews conducted with selected persons
- Wrote reports and memorandums based on the collected data for the head research team to analyze and use for the final reports
Research Assistant
Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU
2015.08 - 2015.10
- Short-term research project with an assistant professor in the Wilder School at VCU
- Collected data to create a database and determine which buildings in Washington D.C. are receiving public subsidies to determine when the subsidy will expire for the buildings - Subsidy included LIHTC and HAP contracts from HUD
- Attended community meetings with tenants of affordable buildings to help aid in the understanding of affordable housing subsidies
Education
Master of Science - Urban And Regional Planning
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA05.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA05.2012
Skills
- Community planning
- Community engagement
- Budget analysis
- Adobe suite
- Geographic Information Systems
- Data Analysis
- Negotiation expertise
- Due diligence
- Budget Management
- Project Planning
- Process Improvement
Timeline
Director of Real Estate Development
Piedmont Housing Alliance
2024.06 - Current
Vice President of Real Estate & Development
Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority
2021.02 - 2024.06
RFP Development
Walker Ridge
2020.03 - 2021.02
Senior Project Manager
Department of Housing Preservation and Development
2017.11 - 2020.03
Program Analyst
Department of Housing and Community Development
2016.08 - 2017.10
Field Interviewer
The Urban Institute
2015.12 - 2016.08
Research Assistant
Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU
2015.08 - 2015.10
Master of Science - Urban And Regional Planning
Virginia Commonwealth University
Bachelor of Arts - Political Science
Virginia Commonwealth University
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