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Vice President, Community Investment Strategies, Inc. BARBARA K. SCHOOR

CONTACT INFORMATION

Barbara

Community Investment Strategies www.cisnj.com

bschoor@cisnj.com

609-298-2229 x3108

732-245-4453

http://linkedin.com/in/barbara schoor-6707146

ProfessionalWomen inBuildingStats: Member sinceOctober2016 NAHB&NJBAStats: LocalAssociation: SBACNJ, Committees: Environmental, AffordableHousingTaskForce, LifeDirector Charities: CollierYouthServices OtherProfessionalAffiliations: AffordableHousingProfessionalsofNJ; International CodeCouncil BarbaraK. Schoorbringsauniqueperspective tothedevelopmentprocess, and is currently responsible formanagingCommunity InvestmentStrategies (CIS), Inc.'saffordablehousing developmentprojects includingnewconstructionandsubstantial rehabilitationprojects. Shehandlesall aspectsof development includingduediligence, acquisition, design, regulatoryapprovals, and financing. Since joiningCIS, shehasacquiredmore thantwenty propertiesandhasmanagedthedevelopmentofmore than2,200apartmentunits. Prior to joiningCIS, overseeingduediligence formore than6,000newresidences. Previously, sheworked for SchoorDePalmaEngineering inthe firm's financial servicesdivision,wheresheadvisedon non-performingassetsandotherportfolio issues, andtheprivatedevelopmentdivision, involved insite investigations, conceptual planningandsitedesign.Ms. Schoorearneda Bachelorof Science inArchitecture fromtheGeorgia InstituteofTechnologyand isactive innumerousprofessional organizations.Heraffiliations includeservingasaLifeDirectorof NewJerseyBuildersAssociation (NJBA) andasamemberof theorganization's EnvironmentalCommittee; LifeDirectorof theShoreBuildersofCentralNewJersey (SBACNJ); FoundingMemberofProfessionalWoman inBusinessof theGardenState;Vice President andDirectorofCollierYouthServices;DirectorofAffordableHousing ProfessionalsofNJ (AHPNJ), andthe InternationalCodeCouncil (ICC); andshehasbeena memberof theNewJerseySeniorHousingCouncil,NationalMultifamilyCouncil andNJ Commercial Real EstateWomen (CREW). She isalsocertified in lowincomehousing tax credit complianceby theNJHousingandMortgageFinanceAgency (HMFA).   Barbarahasbeenresponsible foranumberof awardwinningprojectsand washerself awardedtheBuilderofYearby theSBACNJandAffordable HousingAward fromtheNJBA. Ms. Schoor servedasDirectorofPlanning, AcquisitionandDevelopment forSGS Communities/D.R.Horton,managingsiteplanningandregulatoryapprovalsand

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