CHARLES E. KING, Principal
Mr. King has over 22 years of real estate, financial and entrepreneurial experiences. He was the Acting Executive Vice President for the RLA Revitalization Corporation (RLARC), where he directed the management and operations of the $500 million RLARC real estate portfolio. Previously, Mr. King was the founder and operator of entrepreneurial ventures Caribbean Coffee Company, Inc. & Caribbean Coffee Cafe, Inc. located in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and President of CEK Corporation, where he was responsible for due diligence, valuation and disposition of approximately $20 billion in loan and REO assets of Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) and FDIC. Mr. King worked at leading firms such as Grant Thornton, Julian Studley and Housing Innovations Incorporated where he was Vice President of real estate development responsible for new projects and refinancing of low income and elder multifamily development projects across the nation. Mr. King received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and a MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

SIMONE A. GORING DEVANEY, Principal
Ms. Goring has 19 years of professional experience in the field of real estate development and finance. Ms. Goring served as Vice President of real estate development with the District of Columbia's National Capital Revitalization Corporation (NCRC) where she managed many of the District's largest public/private real estate projects including over 1.5 million SF of commercial space and 1,500 housing units. Prior to joining NCRC, Ms. Goring was Director of Operations at the Fannie Mae American Communities Fund (ACF). She also served as a Senior Investment Analyst at ACF structuring complex real estate equity investments across the nation. Before Fannie Mae, Ms. Goring was Vice President with the Bank of America Community Development Lending Group responsible for underwriting and managing a real estate loan portfolio of projects in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Ms. Goring received a B.S. in finance from the University of Maryland.

WARREN BLANCHARD, Senior Project Manager
Mr. Blanchard has 14 years of experience in finance and operations management. Mr. Blanchard previously served as a Director in the Regulatory Services and Operations division of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and as Director of Finance and Operations at vFirm Systems, Inc. Prior to vFirm, Mr. Blanchard was a Director of Operations at two technology-based companies and a management consultant for Ernst & Young, LLP, where he specialized in strategic and financial analysis for Fortune 500 clients. Mr. Blanchard currently sits on the Board of the Jamestown Project at Yale, and is a member of the African American Real Estate Professionals and the Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and an M.B.A. from Purdue University.