Lauri M. Michel

Lauri Michel was elected to the NTCIC Board in 2008.  As Vice President, Risk Management & Special Projects of the Calvert Social Investment Foundation (Calvert Foundation), Ms. Michel manages credit and enterprise risk, loan administration and IT infrastructure and services.  She previously served as Calvert Foundation’s Vice President of Underwriting, managing due diligence, underwriting, and monitoring support for Calvert Foundation’s loan portfolios. Before joining Calvert Foundation, Ms. Michel was a Vice President at KEMA Advisors, a North Carolina consulting firm. She has also served as Vice President, Community Revitalization for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and as President of NT CDFI, Inc., its non-profit community development financial institution.

Ms. Michel’s professional background includes architecture, community development and finance.  She has over fifteen years of experience in commercial real estate finance and managed New York’s affordable housing development and finance programs as Deputy Commissioner for Development for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development. Ms. Michel is a member of NTCIC’s Investment, Governance, and Subsidiary Oversight Committees. She is also a Board member of the Historic Hillsborough (NC) Commission.

Ms. Michel holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a M. Arch. from the University of California, Berkeley.