Luan is a Fund Manager in Cinnaire’s Lansing office, handling the financial due diligence, management and reporting of investor equity funds as well as other Cinnaire investments to uphold a fiduciary responsibility to key investor relationships.
He joined Cinnaire in the asset management department and has been promoted several times, notably to Dispositions Relationship Manager, where he led all aspects of analyzing, strategy development, negotiating, and deal closures in the disposition of real estate and ownership interests. He was then promoted to Asset Stabilization Expert, expanding his skillset further and in 2021, again was promoted to Fund Manager. Prior to joining Cinnaire in 2015, Luan underwrote investment real estate loans and performed other credit functions at a Michigan Bank.
In 2021, he was recognized by Affordable Housing Finance among six other distinguished leaders in the affordable housing industry. He is a continuous learner and a master of his craft, facilitating conversations nationally on the industry’s trends, issues and best practices. He has been a speaker for The Institute for Professional and Executive Development, Building Michigan Communities, Consortium of Housing and Asset Management, the National Council of Housing Market Analysts, Affordable Housing Association of Indiana Conferences and leads industry roundtables for the National Association of State and Local Equity Funds (NASLEF). His engagement is reflected in his roles on the Board of Directors, as Vice President, QAP taskforce and Finance Committee for the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan, for which he campaigned and was elected. He has served as Chair of the NASLEF Emerging Leaders Group engaging a national cohort of industry up-and-comers. Within his own organization, he led the Cinnaire Cares employee-funded philanthropic program, the Asset Management Project Team and Resident Rent Relief Program. In his home town, he was awarded the 10 Over the Next Ten award, which recognizes the area’s best and brightest young professionals. He’s a staunch advocate for Lansing and volunteers in the community at various nonprofits, most recently, serving on the advisory board for Junior Achievement of Mid-Michigan.
Luan obtained his B.B.A. in Finance from Grand Valley State University’s Seidman College of Business. His personal life vision is to be a good man and to base his actions on that vision. He strives to be someone his daughter can model, a man his wife and family can be proud of.