Laura oversees NTCIC’s New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) program, supporting transactions from origination through closing and into asset management. She manages compliance processes, AMIS reporting, and investor reporting, and also handles data collection, management, and analysis for NTCIC’s impact practice, ensuring data completeness and accuracy.

Laura is a co-leader of NTCIC’s impact measurement and management (IMM) efforts, including framework development, impact diligence, and reporting to internal and external audiences. Before joining NTCIC, Laura spent 10 years in the banking industry, gaining experience in portfolio administration, underwriting transactions, and loan documentation review.

Laura holds a Master of Real Estate Development degree from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Virginia Tech. In her free time, Laura co-leads a volunteer program that financially and administratively assists homeless, returning citizens, and low-income individuals, in obtaining identification documents necessary for jobs, housing, education, or other services in the District of Columbia.

As Controller, Megan oversees all accounting functions for NTCIC, and its subsidiaries. This includes general ledger preparation, payroll, timekeeping, budget creation, analysis and tracking, and financial reporting. Before joining NTCIC, Megan was the Controller at The McLean Group, LLC, a boutique investment bank specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions in the Government Contracting sector. Megan earned her bachelor’s degree from Lock Haven University.

As the Marketing Coordinator, Madelyn works alongside the Director of Marketing and Communications to execute effective campaigns, allowing NTCIC to reach a broader audience through advocacy and creative storytelling. With a passion for history, community, and storytelling, Madelyn helps bring attention to the work NTCIC does, showcasing the transformative power of thoughtful investment. 
 
Prior to joining NTCIC, Madelyn worked as the Marketing and Communications Coordinator for Historic Oakland Foundation, an Atlanta-based non-profit. Madelyn earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, with a certificate in Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia, and her Master’s in Heritage Preservation from Georgia State University.

As the People & Operations Manager at NTCIC, Emily Schimmel is at the helm of People Operations and daily office management.  She supports the predominantly remote staff and ensures the smooth functioning of the corporate headquarters in Washington, DC.  With over 15 years of experience in office management and people operations, Emily brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to her role.

Prior to joining NTCIC, Emily served as the Office Manager at the James Renwick Alliance for Craft, a national nonprofit dedicated to fostering education, connoisseurship, and public appreciation of American Craft and craft artists.

Since joining NTCIC, Emily has continued to cultivate her passion for helping people, earning her SHRM-CP certification. She also holds a Master of Professional Studies in The Business of Art and Design from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and a Master of Arts in Decorative Arts and Design History from the Smithsonian/George Washington University-Corcoran.

As Executive and Board Assistant, Angelica supports the office of the President & CEO, serves as a liaison for internal and external stakeholders, and maintains effective Board operations.

Before joining NTCIC, Angelica served as Executive Assistant to the CEO & Office Manager at the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. She has also worked as a tour guide, a certified Spanish language interpreter, and as an assistant for architects and homebuilders.

Angelica earned a bachelor’s in architecture from Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico and a master’s in communication from Arizona State University.

As a Senior Asset Manager, Andrae Baly is responsible for asset management, including construction monitoring as well as post-closing lower tier compliance, and investor reporting and relationship management for New Markets Tax Credits, Solar Investment Tax Credits, and Historic Tax Credits investments. He also processes post-closing equity investment installments based on operating agreement benchmarks, and reviews annual financial statements. Before joining NTCIC in 2007, Andrae earned over several years’ experience in asset management, compliance monitoring and loan administration of both equity investments and mezzanine debt for CIG International, a real estate investment firm, and KeyBank Real Estate Capital. He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Houghton College (NY).

As a member of the Acquisitions team, Amanda leads efforts to identify and secure equity investment opportunities in federal and state Historic Tax Credits (HTCs) and New Market Tax Credits (NMTCs) across the United States. Since joining the firm in 2017, Amanda has originated over $400 million in federal and state HTCs and more than $115 million in NMTC allocations.

Prior to joining NTCIC, Amanda spent ten years at AEGON USA Realty Advisors in their Community Investment group, where she served as an Associate Director. In this role, she was responsible for originating, structuring, and closing LIHTC and HTC transactions. Additionally, she previously worked in their asset management department overseeing over 70 tax credit investments, representing approximately $1 billion in equity. 
 
Amanda earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Northern Iowa and a Master of Science Degree in Real Estate and Infrastructure from Johns Hopkins University.

As a Senior Asset Manager, Sarah is responsible for managing a portfolio of NTCIC’s HTC and NMTC projects during the tax credit compliance periods. She oversees the construction draw process, delivery of operating agreement benchmarks, reviews reporting, facilitates investor and sponsor requests, oversee the exit process and ensures the projects maintain compliance with regulations and with the financing documents.

Prior to joining NTCIC, Sarah worked for five years as a Senior Development Associate for Karp + Associates LLC, a real estate development company in Michigan that specialized in historic rehabilitation. There, she prepared financing packages, reviewed all transaction documents, and oversaw the closing process of each project. In this role, she managed projects totaling over $129 MM of total development costs. 
 
Sarah graduated with her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Western Michigan University and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Michigan State University.

As an Acquisitions Manager, Kathleen leads efforts to identify and secure equity investment opportunities in federal and state Historic Tax Credits (HTCs) and New Market Tax Credits (NMTCs) across the United States.
 
Kathleen has been with NTCIC for 15 years, originally joining the team as an Asset Manager then Project Manager. Prior to this, she served as a Real Estate Development Manager for a financial advisory firm. In this role, Kathleen managed the commercial and residential real estate portfolio and collaborated with urban planners, researchers, builders and other professionals during the development stages of mixed-use real estate developments in Texas and Louisiana. 
 
She holds an MBA from the University of Texas, McCombs School of Business, focused on Real Estate Finance.

As Senior Project Manager, Tony is responsible for underwriting and closing historic tax credit and new markets tax credit transactions across the country. He has closed investments in multifamily, hospitality, mixed-use, and community facilities, including three theaters. He has more than ten years of experience working in community development finance.

Before joining NTCIC, Tony was Director of Finance at Civic Builders, a not-for-profit developer and lender for facilities for high-performing charter schools, where he raised construction and permanent debt for turnkey charter school development projects. He also deployed NMTC allocation during the years he managed Civic’s CDE. 
 
Tony earned a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University and a bachelor’s in studio art and economics from Williams College.