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Linc Housing’s mission is to build communities and strengthen neighborhoods for people underserved by the marketplace.
Since 1984, Linc Housing has built a strong track record of creating communities for thousands of families and seniors throughout California. We’re committed to building and preserving housing that is affordable, environmentally sustainable, and a catalyst for community improvement. Linc works hard to address the homelessness crisis by building supportive housing and addressing the affordable housing needs of our state’s diverse population. Through our resident services, we’re also providing life-enhancing programs and intensive case management services (ICMS) that improve the quality of life for those who live in our communities.
Build new affordable housing
Preserve existing affordable housing
Develop and retrofit for sustainability
Provide supportive services
Advocate for strong affordable housing policy
In the 1980s, visionaries in government and business realized that with the escalating price of land, certain segments of California’s population would be left behind with no hope to own or even rent a place to live: retired teachers and service sector personnel, and young working families. In 1984, concerned civic leaders formed a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization they named the Corporate Fund for Housing (CFH), and the organization began working toward securing affordable homes for these vital members of our growing economy.
Building on the experience and relationships gained in these early developments, in 1993 CFH formed a new entity, Linc Housing, with an expanded mission, staff, and service area. Since that time, the organization has developed a wide variety of affordable apartment homes through new construction, acquisition and rehabilitation of at-risk housing, historic preservation, and adaptive re-use. Linc creates and preserves housing with careful attention paid to quality, design, environmental sustainability, and life-enhancing resident services. We’ve created more supportive housing to support vulnerable populations and committed to having our properties be community assets – serving residents and surrounding neighborhoods by providing community amenities for better health and economic mobility.
Each Linc community is unique to its neighborhood and the residents who call it home.
With more than 9,000 affordable apartments, including more than 700 supportive housing units developed, we’re proud to be the “linc” between hope and home for those in need of affordable housing.
Linc is committed to promoting the ideals of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As an affordable housing and community developer, we are particularly poised to address these issues in our choices of where and how we build, which programs we deliver, and who we work with. We are working to alleviate long-standing barriers for populations traditionally at a disadvantage in accessing opportunities for prosperity and well-being.
We envision communities in which residents live full, healthy, prosperous lives, unbound by the current predictors and restrictions of race, gender, mobility, and class. We focus on economic progress, financial empowerment, and civic engagement, so that the residents who have found a home at Linc can prosper holistically. In supporting those most affected by disparities, we can build a more equitable and effective system for everyone. We aspire to be an organization that instills pride by association, to lead by example, and to stand behind our decisions and actions.
We commit to examining and understanding the root causes of economic injustice and the challenges we face and to meet them with the force and deliberation they deserve for long-term transformation. From our beginning, we have sought to improve the lives of people who were locked out of the systems of stability and prosperity, and that continues to be the core of who we are. But we know that systemic change emerges only when we as individuals have the humility and courage to challenge what is in our hearts and minds. Thus, we commit to learning, listening, and opening ourselves to new possibilities.
NON-DISCIMINATION
Linc Housing abides by and supports all civil rights laws, including Title VI and Sec 405 which states the below:
Title VI
Title VI states that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Section 504 states that no otherwise qualified person with a disability shall, solely by reason of their disability, be excluded from or otherwise denied participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
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Business Development and Strategic Initiatives
Alfred Mann Donor Advised Fund
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
California Community Foundation
Earl B. & Lorraine H. Miller Foundation
Enterprise Community Partners
Hope Through Home Foundation / National CORE
Josephine S. Gumbiner Foundation
Kaiser Permanente
Long Beach Community Foundation
LISC LA
Melville Charitable Trust
Munzer Foundation
PNC
Provident Savings Bank Charitable Foundation
Ralph M. Parsons Foundation
Red Green Blue Fund
The Ahmanson Foundation
The California Endowment
United Way of Greater Los Angeles
Wells Fargo Foundation
W.M. Keck Foundation
Weingart Foundation
Aperto Property Management
AMJ Construction Management
Bank of America
Bank of Southern California
BAR Architects
Blue Line Media
Boggeln & Company, Inc.
BSB Designs
California Bank and Trust
California Housing Partnership Corporation
Capital One
Carle, Mackie, Power, & Ross LLP
Carmel Partners
Century Housing Corporation
CIM Group
CIT Bank
Citizens Business Bank
City National Bank
Compass Advisors
Craig Lawson & Co LLP
CVS Health
D33 Design & Planning
Digital Lift
Eden Housing
Enterprise Community Partners, Inc.
Geocon West, Inc.
Greystone
Griffin Structures
Gubb & Barshay LLP
Highridge Costa Companies
Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt, LLP
Housing Partnership Network
HSBC Bank
Imperial Contractors
JAG Interiors, Inc.
JCR Inspection Services
KFA, LLP
Labib Funk and Associates
Lahmon Architecture
Lincoln Avenue Capital
Lion Real Estate Group
MCC Builders
Meta Housing
MG Electric, Inc
MUFG Union Bank
Office of L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis
Precision General Contractors
Prestige Construction
Primus Building Solutions
Rand Pastor & Nelson, LLP
Raymond James Tax Credit Funds, Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada
SCS Engineers
Sinanian Development, Inc.
Spencer Security Group
Studio One Eleven
Sun Country Builders
The Pacific Companies
The Rotary Club of Long Beach
Walton Construction
Westport Construction
Y&M Architects
United Building Company
U.S. Bank
Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh, AIA
VTBS Architects
Bart McEntire
Bill & Ellyn Lindsay
Boyce Bennett
Brendan & Linda Dooley
Brian Cousino
Gai Klass & Michael Stern
Honorable Janice Hahn
Jennifer & Scott Miller
Jeff Lee & Clare Bronowski
Jeff & Christine Weller
Joel & Linda Garris
John Arnold
John Given & Daphne Dennis
Kathy & Terry Dooley
Kelly Boyle
Laura Shawver
Mike & Jane Pisano
Miri and Gadi Leshem
Mordechai Fleischer
Miri & Gadi Leshem
Mori Leshem & Danny Pouladian
Nina Dooley & Craig South
Peter Lee
Robert & Lynette Beavers
Scott Anderson
Steven Danziger
Suny Lay Chang & Dr. Francis Chang
Tal & Mory Barak
Tyrone Bergman
Alzheimer’s of Greater Los Angeles
Bel Canto Books
Big Sunday
California State University, Long Beach
CareMore
Community Action Partnership
CSULA Center for Engagement, Service, and the Public Good
CSULB School of Social Work
Ocean-X
Parachute Home
Renaissance Community
Shelter Partnership
Team Long Run
The Book Truck
2021
Best 55+ Affordable Rental Community
2019
Best Affordable Housing Community – 60 Du/Acre or More
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As Vice President of Acquisitions, Frank is responsible for expanding Linc’s property acquisition activities. He is the point for initial deal structuring, transaction closing, and longer-term relationship management, facilitating the smooth transition of transactions within the organization for closings. He brings extensive experience in multifamily housing development to his role.
Before joining Linc, Frank spent fifteen years in acquisitions at AMCAL, a developer of affordable, market-rate, student, and workforce rental housing, where he was responsible for implementing the company’s acquisition strategies, including sourcing, underwriting, negotiating, and managing acquisition opportunities. While at AMCAL, Frank originated an impressive volume of pipeline projects in California, Texas, and Washington state, including eight projects that began construction in 2020, representing 2,064 units. Prior to that, he was the director of land acquisitions for SummerHill Apartment Communities.
Frank’s experience includes direct involvement in developing over 4,500 affordable housing units. He worked as a project manager for Enhanced Affordable Development Co. and in affordable housing finance as an analyst for an investment advisory firm specializing in bond financing for municipalities and affordable housing developers.
Frank holds a Bachelor of Science in finance from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Erik brings over 34 years of experience in real estate finance and investment to Linc Housing. As CFO, his responsibilities include capital management, board reporting, capital procurement, facility negotiation, budgeting, and financial strategy. He has a proven track record in driving strategic financial initiatives, managing high-performing teams, and executing complex investment opportunities.
Having served as an executive in both public and private commercial real estate firms, Erik has worked on hundreds of real estate transactions in several asset classes including multifamily, self-storage, industrial and retail properties. Before joining Linc, he was the Chief Operating Officer of LaTerra Development, a Los Angeles based developer of multifamily and self-storage facilities. His previous experience includes leadership positions at Prologis, Watt Companies, BH Properties, and The Swig Company, twelve years at RREEF/DWS, as well as ten years at Public Storage where he oversaw the commercial real estate portfolio and was a senior member of the acquisitions team.
Erik obtained his MBA from St. Mary’s College and his bachelor’s degree in finance from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. He is also a licensed CPA and holds a California real estate license.
In his free time, he enjoys ocean paddle boarding, skiing and traveling abroad with his wife and two children.
Dana brings to Linc Housing more than 30 years of experience in commercial real estate finance, credit analysis, corporate finance, capital management, portfolio management, property development, work-out/restructurings, and executive leadership. She is highly skilled in the complex, multi-layered world of affordable housing finance – as both lender and tax credit equity investor – and knows how to apply this expertise in structuring creative outcomes for a wide range of property types and investment positions.
In addition to her work at Linc as Strategic Advisor, Dana is principal of Compass Advisors, a solutions-based commercial real estate advisory organization and woman-owned federal government contractor. Compass Advisors specializes in designing and implementing strategies for maximizing returns for debt and equity investments.
Previously, as senior vice president and chief credit officer at Fannie Mae, she managed a $138 billion portfolio of debt and equity investments, including $7.7 billion in low-income housing tax credits. Earlier in her career, she held credit officer positions for multifamily and single-family lending programs at Bank of America and its predecessor, Nations Bank.
Dana has a master’s degree in real estate from Johns Hopkins University, a certificate of accounting from University of Baltimore, and an undergraduate degree in economics from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
She was an original board member of the Housing Partnership Equity Trust and is a frequent speaker and panel member for affordable housing industry events such as the Strength Matters annual financial management conference.
Wendy Jacquemin brings over thirty years of experience in finance and community reinvestment to her board service at Linc Housing.
She recently retired as vice president and CRA officer for City National Bank, where she managed the bank’s CRA investments, coordinated community development lending compliance, and was directly involved in the regulatory CRA examination process. She also managed the bank’s participation in the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco’s Affordable Housing Program (AHP), which provides gap financing for affordable housing development. Prior to her tenure at City National Bank, Wendy held positions at Manufacturers Bank and East West Bank, both Southern California based business banks.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Idaho, and did postgraduate studies at California State University, Los Angeles in economics and education.
In addition to serving on Linc Housing’s board, Wendy has served on the Affordable Housing Investors Council (AHIC) Board of Governors, the Los Angeles Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC) Advisory Council, and as a board member for Merritt Community Capital, a California tax credit syndicator for nonprofit low-income housing.
As the Community Affairs Manager for greater Los Angeles at U.S. Bank, Jill McCullough specializes in corporate philanthropy and community reinvestment. Jill leads the strategy and execution of charitable giving and volunteerism while building strategic relationships with community organizations that complement U.S. Bank’s Community Possible efforts. She also helps to ensure the bank meets its CRA goals to maintain an Outstanding rating with regulators. She joined U.S. Bank in 1999. Prior to this role, she held positions as the West Region Community Relations Manager, CRA/Community Development Manager for greater Los Angeles, Retail Banking Project Manager and the West Region Workplace & Campus Banking Manager.
Jill dedicates her time & talents in her community. In addition to serving on the board of directors for Linc Housing, she serves on the board for California Community Economic Development Association, the Executive Council for City Scholars Foundation, the Los Angeles Local Advisory Committee for Enterprise Community Partners as well as the Board of Trustees for the Aquarium of the Pacific. Jill also serves as the Managing Advisor and past President of U.S. Bank’s Employee Development Network Los Angeles Chapter.
Jill is originally from Cincinnati and is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and Transportation Logistics. She loves living in Belmont Shore in Long Beach where she has been since moving to California in 2001. During her free time she enjoys golf, skiing, theater & concerts, Buckeye & Bengals football and travels whenever possible.
Cynthia Gonzalez, PhD, MPH is a first-generation Mexican American lifetime resident of Watts that brings a strong background in community-based participatory research, cultural anthropology, and social ethnography to the understanding of community wellness. Dr. Gonzalez focuses her scholarship in the study of urban communities and its impact on overall wellness. Her approach of finding “local solutions to local problems” in urban neighborhoods is rooted in equity, social justice, critical engagement, and multidisciplinary scholarship.
Influenced by her upbringing, Dr. Gonzalez is interested in developing place-based initiatives through community engagement and neighborhood assessments to improve the quality of life for low-income and racial/ethnic minority residents living in under-resourced neighborhoods. She has developed partnerships between community, government, and academia through efforts like the Watts Community Studio and Los Angeles Promise Zone Young Ethnographers Program.
In order to ensure community-partnered principles, Dr. Gonzalez has served as a community advisor to numerous place-based and racial justice focused projects and co-designed and led a multi-million dollar collaborative grant for the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) known as Watts Rising. She currently advises on COVID-19 related projects to ensure local community representation, partnership, and inclusion and also leads a COVID-19 education project for mental health clinicians working in communities like where she grew up. Most recently, Dr. Gonzalez took on a role as the Director of the Pardee RAND Graduate School’s Community-Partnered Policy and Action PhD program in policy analysis where students prepare to be future scholars that are mindful of how social dynamics impact research, using an equity and racial justice lens. She is the associate dean of student life at the Pardee RAND Graduate School for the RAND corporation. In addition, she serves on the Linc Housing board of directors and as a part-time faculty at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.
Suny Lay Chang, President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Linc Housing, has more than 20 years of professional experience in affordable housing, community development, and strategic management. Her career has been driven by her passion for economic development and poverty alleviation, leading Suny to her work in affordable housing. Suny sees affordable housing as a powerful catalyst to build communities and neighborhoods, as well as a vehicle for economic growth for families and local economies.
As President & COO, Suny works with the CEO to lead key initiatives for the organization, including strategic planning, community partnerships, organizational growth, and internal initiatives. Other areas of focus include oversight of Linc’s finance, real estate development, fundraising, community and public relations, property development, risk management, and overall operations. Suny also supports Linc’s policy and advocacy efforts.
Prior to joining Linc in 2007, Suny served as Director of Development for New Economics for Women, where she oversaw the financing and construction of new projects, and negotiated joint venture development partnerships. As Management Consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, she consulted for senior managers of Fortune 100 companies across several disciplines, including strategy and operations, valuation and financial analysis, marketing, asset management, and post-merger integrations. Suny’s experience in economic development also includes work in developing countries, serving at United States embassies in Uruguay and Cambodia. Suny’s rigorous business background allows her to apply her technical skills to the nonprofit world and use her analytical strengths to address social and economic issues that have motivated her work since her undergraduate days.
Suny obtained her MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business and her bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard University, where she wrote her thesis on measuring the effects of economic growth on poverty alleviation. She revisited Harvard to complete the Achieving Excellence program, a prestigious training program for community development leaders offered by NeighborWorks® America through the Kennedy School of Government. Suny’s current and prior leadership roles include serving on the boards of the Long Beach Economic Partnership, St. Mary Medical Center, Rotary Club, United Cambodian Community, and the Western Region Advisory Committee for the Low Income Investment Fund.
Suny and her husband enjoy hiking and photography, and opportunities to do both when traveling with their two children.
As vice president of housing development, Cecilia Ngo directs our growing internal project management staff, oversees relationships with key stakeholders, and performs comprehensive financial analysis of deal structuring.
After her early work in community development, tenants’ rights, and student organizing, she came to Linc in 2019 as a project manager with more than seven years of experience in affordable housing development and a special focus on supportive housing.
Over the course of her tenure at Linc, Cecilia’s experience in and passion for developing homes for the unhoused has proven critical as we have expanded our portfolio of supportive housing communities. However, her compassion is not just reserved for those we serve. She is a mentor for project managers and a collaborative colleague, participating in several interdepartmental working groups on various topics.
Cecilia has worked for nonprofits such as the Skid Row Housing Trust, the Coalition for Responsible Community Development, the Housing Rights Center, and the UCLA Community Programs Office. She holds a bachelor’s degree from UCLA, and a master’s degree in planning from the University of Southern California.
Cecilia is a proud daughter of Southeast Asian refugees and enjoys spending time with her family.
Ruby Bolaria Shifrin is the Head of Community team at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). Prior to her role leading the Community team, Ruby served as the Head of Housing Affordability at CZI.
The CZI Community team works to build an equitable, inclusive, and just California full of opportunity and is dedicated to finding solutions that make housing more affordable so people from all backgrounds and income levels can live, work, and thrive in California. In addition, she serves on the board of directors at nonprofit Linc Housing, United Way Bay Area and is an advisor for Terner Center’s Housing Lab.
Before her career at CZI, Ruby worked in real estate development as a project manager for multifamily mixed income projects in San Francisco and has experience in commercial real estate at JLL. She also has international housing experience from her time managing an in-situ upgrading pilot in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ruby started her career as an organizer for environmental and social justice organizations like Earthjustice and Corporate Accountability International. Ruby has a strong commitment to equity and social justice and brings her unique mix of advocacy and technical experience to CZI’s housing work. She holds a BA in Politics from the University of California, Santa Cruz and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Everett Orrick is a Regional Director for Commercial Banking at California Bank & Trust where he is primarily responsible for recruiting and building out CB&T’s commercial banking presence throughout the Inland Empire.
Mr. Orrick has been a commercial banker or bank executive for more than 30 years, opening new regional markets or expanding existing banking operations across many different financial service product lines, including corporate and commercial banking, finance company lending, and wealth management. Mr. Orrick also serves as a director on the board of LINC Housing. Prior to his leadership roles in commercial banking with CB&T, Mr. Orrick’s experience includes positions at PNC/BBVA Bank, Union Bank, and Comerica Bank.
Mr. Orrick earned an MBA from California State University, Sacramento, where he also received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, majoring in finance and minoring in economics. Additionally, Mr. Orrick completed Union Bank’s commercial bank relationship management training program and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School, a graduate program in bank management at the University of Washington, Seattle.
Bonnie Lowenthal brings to Linc Housing a broad history of public service as well as deep experience in the City of Long Beach. Now retired, during her three terms in the California Assembly, Bonnie’s district included the nation’s largest port complex and one of the most diverse populations in the state.
In the State Assembly, Bonnie helped deliver over 18,000 good-paying jobs and protected the employment rights of thousands of workers, while standing up for children, seniors, and the environment. She authored laws that protect coastal waters from invasive species, make it easier for older adults to stay in their homes, encourage state workers to blow the whistle on wrongdoing, and make it easier for school districts to give kids a safe ride to school. She wrote laws that bring additional federal funds to foster youth, protect injured workers from unjust medical bills, and reduce the cost of prison healthcare by millions of dollars a year. Bonnie’s leadership positions included chairing the Legislative Women’s Caucus, the Assembly Committee on Transportation, the Joint Committee on Emergency Management, and the Select Committee on Ports. She served as a member of the committees on Accountability and Administrative Review, Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials, Health, and other select committees.
Prior to serving in Sacramento, Bonnie served two terms on the Long Beach Unified School Board, helping Long Beach earn a national reputation as one of the country’s best urban school districts. She also served two terms on the Long Beach City Council, where she made sure that the residents of her working-class district were as well represented at City Hall as residents of the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods.
Since the late 1980’s, Bonnie has taken an active role in affordable housing. Appointed as Vice Chair of the Mayor’s Task Force on Homelessness in 1987, she has looked for mechanisms to house people and prevent homelessness. As a City Councilmember and the Chairperson of the city’s Housing and Neighborhoods Committee, she authored the Housing Trust Fund for the City of Long Beach and brought to Long Beach the first city-administered overnight shelter for single men and women. Bonnie chaired the mayor’s task force on Affordable Housing for the city and provided recommendations to the Long Beach City Council. In 2017, she was appointed by the Mayor of Long Beach to the Board of Harbor Commissioners for the Port of Long Beach and was elected Vice President in 2018.
Bonnie Lowenthal received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Master’s of Science in Community and Clinical Psychology from Cal State Long Beach. She has been a licensed family counselor and mental health consultant. Bonnie has been named Legislator of the Year by the California Assisted Living Association, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists, and the California Chiropractic Association. Her efforts on behalf of women and children, as well as her efforts in transportation and aging/long-term care generated similar accolades.
Terri Mosqueda, vice president of development and donor relations for the California Community Foundation (CCF), brings to Linc Housing’s board more than fifteen years of experience in fundraising and donor stewardship. Previously, she served as a senate fellow in the office of State Senator John Vasconcellos.
Terri received a Marshall Memorial Fellowship. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Southern California, and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University.
In addition to her role on the Linc Housing board, she is a board member of the Korean American Foundation and the Social Justice Learning Institute.
Amber Scott, Director of Real Estate Debt & Equity Investments at Northwestern Mutual, is a commercial real estate leader with more than a decade of experience in real estate development, finance, and investments. In her current role, she is responsible for sourcing, evaluating, underwriting, and financial modeling for real estate investment opportunities throughout Southern California and Las Vegas, with a focus on originating commercial mortgages and direct equity investments.
Since joining Northwestern Mutual in 2014, Amber has been involved in the underwriting, due diligence, and approval of over $8.6 billion of commercial real estate transactions including permanent mortgage, construction loans, joint venture developments, portfolio sales, and acquisitions across various property types including apartments, industrial/warehouse, retail, office, self-storage, manufactured and senior housing. Amber began her real estate journey in affordable multifamily development with Community HousingWorks (“CHW”). Her project management experience with CHW included strategically financing, managing, and implementing development activity related to new construction and acquisition/rehabilitation of affordable multifamily apartments located throughout San Diego County.
Amber received her bachelor’s degree in Economics from UC San Diego and went on to pursue an MBA from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, specializing in Real Estate Finance and Urban Land Economics. In addition to serving on Linc Housing’s board, Amber is an active member of Urban Land Institute (ULI) and served as the 2019-2020 President of the Young Leaders Executive Committee for ULI’s Orange County/Inland Empire chapter. Amber also served as a member of ULI’s Capital Markets Initiative Council and is an active member of NAIOP, a Commercial Real Estate Development Association for developers, owners, and investors in office, industrial, retail, and mixed-use real estate.
Ryan Callahan is the CEO of Ryan Callahan and Associates, a firm providing accounting, tax, and business finance consulting services. He specializes in working with nonprofit organizations, public housing authorities, and low-income tax properties. Ryan has participated in compliance audits, financial audits and fraud investigations, and assisted successor agencies of the California Redevelopment Agency dissolutions. He has participated in public speaking engagements at various not-for-profit industry conferences, led internal firm trainings, and worked as an accounting instructor at his alma mater.
Previously, he served as the assistant vice president of finance and administration at Claremont Graduate University. Prior to that role, Ryan was an assistant controller at The Claremont Colleges Services, Inc. (TCCS), the central coordinating and support organization for The Claremont Colleges. Before joining TCCS in 2017, Ryan spent the first 12 years of his career in public accounting as an auditor, tax practitioner, and consultant.
In addition to serving on Linc Housing’s board, Ryan is board president at Granite Mountain Charter School. Ryan also serves as a member of the advisory board for the Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA) in San Bernardino. He has also served as committee chair for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, Inland Empire Chapter, where he led seminars and discussions on topics relating to the nonprofit industry.
Ryan obtained his Certified Public Accountant license in 2011. He holds an MBA from Claremont Graduate University and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from California State University, San Bernardino.
DIRECTOR
CEO, Sustainable Cities, LLC
Ryan Altoon brings to Linc Housing extensive experience in real estate, strategic planning, management and finance. Mr. Altoon is the chief executive officer of Sustainable Cities, LLC, a Los Angeles-based development company focusing on investment, entitlement and development of mixed-use infill projects that are sustainable, transit-oriented and create walkable communities. Sustainable Cities is developing projects throughout California. He is responsible for overseeing entitlement and development projects for the firm, financing and investments, and asset management.
Previously, he was the executive vice president at AndersonPacific, LLC, where he secured over $100m in debt and equity financing for entitlement and development projects. Prior to joining AndersonPacific, LLC, he worked at George Smith Partners, Inc., a real estate investment bank and financing company, where he was responsible for underwriting debt and equity packages for acquisitions, development and refinancing myriad product types. He has also been Managing Director of GFX Center, a design and reprographics firm he founded, serving the international real estate clientele of a professional services firm. GFX facilitated and produced entitlement, zoning, marketing materials for myriad product types, including retail, office, residential, institutional, transit and master plans. Mr. Altoon also served as a Business Manager for Altoon + Porter Architects, LP. He has entitled more than 2,700 residential units, as well as 150,000 square feet of commercial office/retail, hotel, transit and civic uses in California.
Mr. Altoon received his MBA from the University of Southern California, a certificate of architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a bachelor’s degree in business/economics & art history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a LEED Accredited Professional. In addition to serving on Linc Housing’s Board of Directors, Mr. Altoon serves on the Urban Land Institute LA-District Council Advisory Board and Management Committee and is Co-Chair of the ULI Leadership Council. Prior industry leadership positions include chair of the Downtown Long Beach Alliance, board member of the Long Beach Economic Partnership, executive member of Toluca Lake Beautification Partners, and president of the Greater Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council.
