Amy Rowland President

Amy has over 30 years' experience developing affordable housing and community facilities in low income communities across the country, using public and private financing. She joined CDFA in 2018.

amy@cdfautah.org

Janell Duffin

Asset Manager

Janell has over15 years' experience underwriting and closing loans and over 10 years in asset and risk management. She is responsible for managing CDFA's NMTC portfolio.

janell@cdfautah.org

Staci Olsen

NMTC Program Manager

Staci has over 35 years' experience in finance and has been with CDFA since its inception. She has managed deployment of all CDFA's NMTC activity to date.

staci@cdfautah.org

Founded in 2010, CDFA is a nonprofit Community Development entity (CDE) with a mission of deploying capital in underserved communities in Utah by providing below-market financing coupled with strong technical assistance.   CDFA's staff, board members, and consultants have extensive   expertise in both NMTC financing and community development.

We work with nonprofits and government agencies who lack real estate development experience or the staff capacity to secure financing for complex projects on their own.  Our services include assisting clients on structuring financing, securing debt and equity investments, and navigating the finance and development processes.  Working with project sponsors, we access the financial benefits of NMTCs to expand and develop facilities that are critical to Utah’s distressed urban and rural communities.

In 2021, CDFA expanded its financial services offerings to local nonprofit community development organizations with the launch of its Flexible Community Development Loan Program.  Designed for borrowers with financing needs outside of the loan products typically offered by financial institutions, potential loans under the program include unsecured lines of credit, short-term bridge loans, land acquisition, or pre-development loans.  Loan sizes range from $500,000 to $2,500,000 with terms from 1 to 5 years.  We work with our potential borrowers to create a loan that fits their needs.  In alignment with CDFA's mission, loans are available only to nonprofit community organizations serving low and moderate income residents and/or operating in low and moderate income communities in Utah.