Dear Friends of BRIDGE: 

I am pleased to let you know that Rebecca Clark will be joining BRIDGE as Executive Vice President for Northern California, effective February 1, 2011.  

Rebecca most recently worked as an affordable housing consultant for a variety of nonprofit and for-profit clients, including serving as Managing Director and Acting President for LINC Housing Corporation. Prior to that, she spent a decade in executive leadership positions at National Community Renaissance (National CORE) and two of three nonprofits that merged to form National CORE in 2006. Rebecca was instrumental in shaping a cohesive organization through the merger, and she oversaw strategic growth and business planning along with geographic expansion from California to five other states. As Executive Director of Southern California Housing Development Corporation, she grew the development pipeline from six projects in 2000 to 37 projects in 2006.  

Previously, at the Los Angeles Community Development Commission, Rebecca founded and served as Director of the Construction Management Division. Earlier at the LACDC, as Manager of the Housing Development Division, she negotiated and developed loan agreements and contracts committing over $75 million in subsidy funds, which resulted in more than 2,000 new and rehabilitated affordable homes. 

She holds a B.A. in Architecture from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and an M.A. in Business Management from the Peter F. Drucker & Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Business, Claremont Graduate University. 

The BRIDGE staff and I are thrilled to have Rebecca join us; her management and development expertise make her uniquely qualified to direct the growth of our impact in Northern California. We look forward to welcoming her in February.

Sincerely,

Cynthia A. Parker
President & CEO