LOS ANGELES, March 22, 2021—Hunt Capital Partners is pleased to announce seven new strategic hires across the acquisition, project management, asset management, and underwriting teams. The following individuals join Hunt Capital Partners (HCP) under these appointed roles:
- Joshua Anderson, Vice President, Underwriting
- Matthew Dillis, Director, Construction Risk Management
- Michael Dengler, Senior Director, Asset Management
- My Nguyen, Director, Asset Management
- Don Snyder, Director, Acquisitions
- Aiza Galdo, Director, HCP Property Holdings
- Shane Gonzales, Associate, Project Management
Now part of the HCP organization, Anderson and Dillis will serve on the underwriting team led by Mark Gronemeyer, Chief Credit Officer. Dengler and Nguyen will work on the asset management team led by Jenette Smith, Managing Director, Investor Reporting and Asset Management. Snyder joins the acquisitions team spearheaded by Dana Mayo, Executive Managing Director. Galdo will work under Dan Kagey, Chief Financial Officer, managing investments where HCP is the general partner. Gonzales serves on the project management team reporting to James Crowder, Senior Director, Project Management.
“Hunt Capital Partners has experienced continued growth over the last decade with a portfolio of over 760 affordable properties containing over 75,000 units,” said Jeff Weiss, President of Hunt Capital Partners. “None of this would be possible without the hard work of our talented staff. It is their dedication, expertise and diligence that empowers us to help provide more affordable housing to cities across the United States. We couldn’t be happier to have Joshua, Matthew, Michael, My, Don, Aiza and Shane join our team.”
Joshua Anderson specializes in underwriting multifamily apartments developments financed by the federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) with a focus on market analysis, property operations and due diligence, and key organization qualifications. Prior to joining Hunt Capital Partners, Anderson was Assistant Vice President of Underwriting with an East Coast-based syndicator, where he completed primary research in evaluating LIHTC investments as well as reviewing third-party market studies and investment summaries.
Matthew Dillis has 35 years of engineering and construction experience, with over 20 years specifically in multifamily housing. As Director of Construction Risk Management, he completes pre-construction engineering reviews and monitors projects through construction completion. He also provides engineering support throughout the LIHTC investment period, assisting with physical needs assessment and capital planning for individual assets and portfolios. Throughout his career, Dillis has worked for a number of companies involved in different areas of the affordable housing industry.
Michael Dengler brings over 30 years of experience in property and asset management. Prior to joining Hunt Capital Partners, he worked for several East Coast syndicators in the asset management and special servicing departments. Over the past 10 years, his responsibilities included the supervision of six asset management teams responsible for over 700 partnerships totaling 60,000 tax credit, market rate, senior, and supportive housing units located across the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. He was also responsible for the construction and lease up of 100 partnerships annually.
My Nguyen has worked in the LIHTC industry since 2010 with experience in project management, tax credit compliance, and asset management. She began working in affordable housing development at a community development corporation located in western Massachusetts and prior to joining Hunt Capital Partners, she was a Senior Asset Manager at a Boston-based syndicator. She is responsible for the asset management of over 50 properties nationwide within Hunt Capital Partners’ LIHTC portfolio.
Don Snyder is responsible for the origination, acquisition, financial underwriting, partnership structuring, and syndication of affordable housing and historic tax credit investments nationwide. Snyder has over 18 years of experience in real estate investment and LIHTC syndication and has participated in the acquisition and syndication of approximately $950 million in tax credit investments nationwide. Snyder has worked with both non-profit and for-profit development firms and has structured a variety of property types including: new construction and rehabilitation/adaptive re-use projects, HOPE VI, Section 236, mixed-income, mixed-use, and historic/state tax credits.
Aiza Galdo brings more than 20 years of LIHTC experience, managing all aspects of complex real estate finance and development transactions. Prior to joining Hunt Capital Partners, she was a Vice President with a large financial institution’s Community Lending and Investment group where she oversaw a portfolio of direct investments valued in excess of $700 million. Galdo also serves as Board President of Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation, a Ventura County based non-profit affordable housing developer of 22 properties and provider of property management services for 1,200+ units.
Shane Gonzales specializes in multifamily affordable housing with a focus on underwriting, market analysis and property operations as well as portfolio and single asset due diligence. At HCP, Gonzales will be responsible for partnering with development teams, lenders, legal counsel, and other key stakeholders to structure and underwrite tax credit equity and debt. Gonzales will assist in leading these transactions through financial closing, construction, lease-up, and stabilization. Prior to joining Hunt Capital Partners, Gonzales was an underwriter at a West Coast-based syndicator.
About Hunt Capital Partners
Hunt Capital Partners (HCP) is the tax credit syndication division of Hunt Companies, Inc. (Hunt). HCP specializes in the sponsorship of Federal and State Low-Income Housing, Historic, and Solar Tax Credit Investments funds. Since its inception in 2010, HCP has raised over $2.3 billion in tax credit equity in over 40 proprietary and multi-investor funds. HCP manages almost 760 project partnerships representing over 75,000 homes in 51 states and territories. Founded in 1947, Hunt is a privately held company that invests in businesses focused in the real estate and infrastructure markets. The activities of Hunt’s affiliates and investors include investment management, asset management, property management, development, construction, consulting and advisory. For more information on HCP, please visit www.huntcapitalpartners.com, or for Hunt, please visit www.huntcompanies.com.