Tia Boatman Patterson joined the California Community Reinvestment Corporation as its President and CEO in December 2022 with years of executive leadership experience in both the public and private sectors. She previously served as the Associate Director of Housing, Treasury & Commerce in the Executive Office of the President’s Office of Management & Budget. From 2014 to 2021, she served as the Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency where she brought about positive organizational change and significantly grew loan production. She simultaneously served as Governor Gavin Newsom’s Senior Advisor for housing from 2019 to 2020. From 2015 to 2021 she was a director on the National Council of State Housing Agencies Board, serving as Board Chair from 2018 to 2020.

Patterson was general counsel for the Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Agency from 2009 to 2014. She is recognized nationally and in the state of California as a policy expert in affordable housing, community development, small business and economic development having served as a special assistant to four Speakers of the California State Assembly. Patterson received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from San Diego State University, and her Juris Doctorate from the University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law. She is licensed to practice law in the state of California and the District of Columbia.

To contact Tia, please call 818 550-9800.

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Head of Loan Origination and   Business Development

Mark Rasmussen is the point person for developers and financing partners in the evaluation of new opportunities for financing affordable housing throughout California.  Mark has led the loan origination team since 1998, he and the CCRC team are responsible for the origination of over $1.5 billion in affordable housing permanent mortgages and tax exempt bonds involving nearly 35,000 housing units throughout California.  Mark has 35 years’ experience in commercial real estate and finance, with extensive experience and diverse skills in leadership, problem solving and negotiating. Mark obtained a Master’s of Science degree in Real Estate Appraisal and Investment Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison along with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Real Estate, Urban Land Economics, and Marketing.

To contact Mark, please call 818 550-9800.

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David Saltzman has over 27 years’ experience in affordable housing finance, development and program administration. At CCRC, David oversees credit and risk management functions across all areas to ensure the overall quality of CCRC’s loan portfolio. He also administers our Asset Management and Loan Servicing divisions and directs loan sale and securitization activities. He is the author CCRC’s annual Loan Portfolio Analysis, a risk assessment of CCRC’s loan portfolio provided to our investors.  He previously served as Deputy Commissioner at the Chicago Department of Housing where he administered the city’s affordable housing development finance programs. In 2003, David moved to Los Angeles to serve as Vice President of Originations for nationally-recognized Low Income Housing Tax Credit syndicator. Prior to joining CCRC in 2016, Mr. Saltzman was a Principal at a California-based consulting firm, providing financial and policy advisory services to federal, state and local government agencies, and to for-profit and nonprofit clients nationwide.  David received a Bachelor’s of Arts in Public Policy from Duke University, and a Masters of Management in Economic Development and Finance from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

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