Katey is Executive Vice President, Public Funding, based in our Lansing, MI office. Under her leadership, Cinnaire pursues funding with several CDFI Funding Programs including New Markets Tax Credits, Capital Magnet Funding and Financial Assistance Funding. She provides the strategy and drives Cinnaire’s work with mission-driven partners and others CDFIs to fund community facilities that provide social benefits – including health care and education centers, healthy food options, job creation and training, and affordable housing. Katey takes great satisfaction in working with our partners to support and create communities that improve the lives of people that need it the most.
Katey brings more than 20 years of finance and lending experience to Cinnaire. In her previous position as Cinnaire Lending President, she played a key role in developing capacity building and fundraising initiatives and providing strategic direction on operations and lending products lines. Prior to joining Cinnaire in 2007, she worked as a senior audit manager at Plante & Moran, specializing in real estate and governmental audits.
Katey serves as the Vice Chair of the CDFI Coalition and serves on the Boards of Affiliate Mortgage Services (formally Habitat for Humanity Michigan Fund), the Heat & Warmth Fund (THAW) and Mercy Community Capital. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Western Michigan University.