Tony and his wife, Katherine, co-own KCT Real Estate Ventures (KCT), a closely held real estate firm engaged in the acquisition, renovation, and management of company-owned historic properties, primarily in New Orleans. KCT frequently utilizes federal and state historic tax credits as well as development easements to successfully finance challenging historic restoration projects.

Tony is also counsel to the nationally recognized New York-based securities litigation firm Bernstein Litowitz, Berger & Grossmann LLP.

Tony’s early professional life has included serving as Chief of Staff and General Counsel in the Louisiana Department of Treasury. In that role, Tony was instrumental in launching the highly successful Louisiana Asset Management Pool, a multi-billion-dollar investment pool serving local government offices across Louisiana. Tony led LAMP as its Secretary/Treasurer many years after its founding.

Tony is a former President of the New Orleans Garden District Association, was the founding President of the Garden District Security District, and has served on numerous community boards through the years, including the Preservation Resource Center, the St. Charles Avenue Association, the Louise S. McGehee School, the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, and the Louisiana Architecture Foundation.  He is the immediate past vice president of the board of the New Orleans Museum of Art. He is a former Co-chair and long-time member of the National Trust Council. Tony is currently a member of the WYES board of directors, New Orleans’ public television station.

Elaine founded Blooming Ventures LLC in June 2016 to utilize her experience in the New Markets Tax Credit (“NMTC”) industry to provide consulting services to project sponsors and community development entities. Prior to forming Blooming Ventures, Elaine was vice president for Enterprise Community Investment, Inc., where she was responsible for the management of all facets of Enterprise’s NMTC program, including investor and government relations, deal selection, underwriting, and portfolio management. Elaine also managed the provision of compliance and accounting services to other NMTC community development entities.

Enterprise is one of the largest recipients of NMTC allocation. Under Elaine’s direction, Enterprise managed a portfolio of over $800 million of investments.

Elaine is a frequent speaker at NMTC industry conferences and has published articles in industry journals. Elaine has served on several advisory and governing boards for NMTC community development entities.

Elaine is a CPA and graduated with honors from King’s College in Wilkes- Barre, PA. Prior to joining Enterprise Elaine was an auditor with Deloitte and focused on mergers and acquisitions.

Beth is a partner at Bergman and Allderdice. She represents numerous local and national tax-exempt organizations, affordable housing developers, charter schools, community development financial institutions, institutional lenders and government agencies. Her practice areas include corporate, real estate, real estate financing, affordable housing, economic and community development, tax-exempt governance and tax-exempt financing.