People:
Nancy Wagner-Hislip
Nancy is Chief Consulting Officer for NeighborWorks Capital and leads NeighborWorks Capital Consulting. She brings to this role more than 30 years of community development experience, including a long tenure at Reinvestment Fund where she most recently served as its Chief Investment Officer. Nancy managed a $700 million loan and investment portfolio and drove annual originations in excess of $200 million. In this role, she was responsible for all aspects of the lending business, including business planning, new business development, loan origination, asset management, lending enterprise risk management, and capitalization.
Nancy is a recognized expert in community development finance with deep knowledge of major federal financing and subsidy programs, tax-incentivized financing instruments, and complex capital structures. She also has a deep connection to affordable housing, having served on several national and local boards of organizations dedicated to providing affordable housing. In her role as Chief of Consulting, Nancy is responsible for providing direct advisory and consulting services to members and managing additional third-party consultants who will provide services. Nancy holds a bachelor’s degree in public policy and economics from the University of Pennsylvania.