Maurice "Mo" Vaughn CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR Mo is the co-Founder and co-Managing Director of Omni New York LLC. Prior to becoming involved in real estate projects in urban areas that need revitalization and development, Mo has been an active supporter and contributor to various community based organizations and charities. Mo has enjoyed a successful career as a major league baseball player with the Boston Red Sox, Anaheim Angels and the New York Mets. Mo has been an All-Star multiple times and was the 1995 American League Most Valuable Player. Mo attended Seton Hall University and is a graduate of Trinity Pawling School. Eugene Schneur CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR Eugene is the co-Founder and co-Managing Director of Omni New York LLC. Since Omni’s inception in 2004, Eugene has overseen the day to day operations of the organization that has grown into a full service real estate organization (development, syndication, construction, management and security) employing over 800 full time employees. During this period, Omni has acquired, rehabilitated or built 80 properties totaling over 17,000 units of affordable housing with an aggregate transaction amount of approximately $3 billion dollars. Prior to becoming a principal with Omni New York LLC, Eugene was a Mergers and Acquisitions attorney with Olshan Grundman Frome Rosenzweig & Wolosky LLP in New York. Eugene holds a degree from Cornell University in Industrial and Labor Relations, a J. D. from Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, and is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Eugene serves on the board of GrowNYC and the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and is involved in numerous charitable organizations. Robert Bennett MANAGING DIRECTOR Robert is the co-Managing Director of Omni New York LLC. Since Omni’s inception in 2004, he has structured and led the acquisition process of the company’s affordable housing portfolio with an aggregate transaction value of $3 billion. During this period, Robert was also the Managing Partner and co-founder of Mill Plain Properties which was merged with Omni in 2014. Prior to Omni’s inception, Mr. Bennett was Vice President for Acquisitions at a nationally recognized real estate investment firm. In this capacity, he was charged with identifying, structuring, and closing housing development transactions throughout the United States. Previously, from 1988 to 1998, Mr. Bennett was a Vice President at Chrysler Capital Realty, Inc., the real estate investment subsidiary of Chrysler Corporation. At Chrysler he focused on, among other things, investing in tax advantage real estate investments. Mr. Bennett has over 30 years of commercial real estate experience including development, construction, lending, and real estate workouts. Mr. Bennett received his Bachelor of Science degree from Roger Williams University. Megan Black Thomas EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Megan is the Chief Operating Officer for Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni New York in August 2005, Megan was an Assistant Vice President at the New York City Housing Development Corporation, a public benefit corporation which issues bonds for the construction and permanent financing of affordable rental and co-op apartment buildings throughout New York City. Megan worked with developers, private lenders and investment bankers on structuring creative financing with tools including low-income housing tax credits, Liberty Bonds, taxable and tax-exempt bonds in both fixed and variable rate modes. From 1997 to 2002, Megan worked at the New York City Housing Partnership, a non-profit which sponsors the development of affordable homeownership in New York City. Megan holds a Masters of Urban Planning from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts from Allegheny College. David Fleming EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT David Fleming is Executive Director of Development of Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni New York in March 2006, David was the Vice President of Acquisitions/Senior Counsel for six years at a nationally recognized tax credit syndication firm based in California. David worked with developers, bond issuers and private lenders in structuring and closing new construction and rehab projects around the country utilizing historic tax credits and low income housing tax credits. From 1997 to 2000, David was a transactional real estate attorney practicing on Long Island, New York. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from S.U.N.Y. Geneseo and a Juris Doctor degree from St. John’s University School of Law. Bryan Kaplan GENERAL COUNSEL Bryan is the General Counsel of Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni in 2018, Bryan was Executive Agency Counsel at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), where he worked on new construction and rehabilitation financings, real property conveyances and other agency matters. He also was the designated attorney for HPD’s asset management division. Bryan previously spent fifteen years practicing at large international law firms, as Of Counsel at Paul Hastings and at Debevoise & Plimpton, and as a law clerk to two federal judges in the Southern District of New York. Bryan holds a Juris Doctor from Columbia University School of Law (Harlan Fiske Stone scholar), a Master of Business Administration from Columbia Business School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College. He is an active member of the New York City Bar Association’s Housing and Urban Development Committee. Matthew Brian DIRECTOR OF ORIGINATIONS Matthew is the Executive Vice President and Director of Origination for Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni New York, Matthew was a Vice President at The Richman Group Development Corporation, a national developer and owner of market rate and affordable housing . He was responsible for underwriting, structuring and closing construction and permanent financing for affordable and market rate rental residential developments throughout the United States. From 2006 to 2008, Matthew worked at the New York City Housing Development Corporation, which issues bonds for the construction of and permanent financing of affordable housing, and from 2003 to 2006 he worked at the New York City Economic Development Corporation in their real estate development department. Matthew has a Masters in Real Estate Development from the University of Southern California, a Masters in Urban Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), and Bachelors in Political Science and Economics from UCLA. Jennifer Lawrence CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Jennifer is the Chief Financial Officer of Omni New York, LLC. Prior to joining Omni New York in March 2008, Jennifer was the Controller of Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation (NEBHDCo), a non-profit affordable housing developer with properties in Brooklyn, New York. Jennifer was responsible for the day to day financial operations as well as ensuring financial compliance with all regulatory and private bank requirements for 16 affordable properties. Before joining NEBHDCo, Jennifer was the Finance and Technical Director for Muller & Associates, Inc. an executive recruiting firm in New York. Prior to that Jennifer was the Senior Consultant of the telecommunications group with The Carson Group which provides investor relations consulting to publicly traded companies. Jennifer holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from New York University. Ken Spillberg SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT Ken Spillberg is a Senior Vice President of Development for Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni in the summer of 2019, Ken was the Director of Mixed-Income Programs for New Construction at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), where he originated over $750 million in loans for the development of over 5,500 apartments for low- and moderate-income families. Before HPD, Ken was a Senior Project Manager at Westhab, Inc. where he managed the development of multifamily homes for seniors and families suffering with mental illness in Westchester, NY. Additionally, Ken worked as an Analyst at RSG Consulting in Santa Ana, CA, where he created and evaluated affordable housing financing proposals and acted as fiscal agent for California cities that were issuing tax allocation bonds. He holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from McGill University as well as Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from UC Irvine. Elizabeth Moronta VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT Elizabeth is a Vice President of Development at Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni in April of 2011, Elizabeth worked at Urban Upbound (fka the East River Development Alliance), a non-profit organization that works with public housing residents to help them achieve economic mobility and self-sufficiency. Her responsibilities included creating a Merchant's Association in Long Island City, Queens and managing volunteers providing free tax preparation service. Before moving to New York, Elizabeth worked as a Project Engineer for a commercial tenant improvement contractor in Orange County, CA. Elizabeth has a Masters of Urban Planning from The Wagner School of Public Service at New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Analysis and Design from the University of California, Irvine. Anna Weiss VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT Anna is a Vice President of Development at Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni in March of 2018, Anna was a Development Associate at John M. Corcoran & Company, a market-rate, multi-family residential development firm based in Boston, MA. While at John M. Corcoran & Company, Anna worked on ground-up construction projects with development costs exceeding $130 million as well as refinancings, dispositions, and recapitalizations with transaction values totaling more than $175 million. Before transitioning into real estate, Anna worked in publishing as a literary consultant at Idea Platforms, Inc. where she collaborated on more than 15 non-fiction trade books, which were acquired by Random House, HarperCollins, and other major publishers. Anna received a Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University and is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy. Polina Bakhteiarov VICE PRESIDENT OF DEVELOPMENT Polina is a Vice President of Development at Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni in 2020, Polina was Senior Vice President of Business Development at Invest Newark, the economic development corporation for the largest city in New Jersey. Previously, as Director of Real Estate Development for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), Polina established and led the Preservation Team in repositioning a 10-year pipeline of 62,000 distressed public housing apartments via subsidy conversion to Section 8 project-based funding in order to raise financing to address $13 billion in unmet capital needs, equaling the largest residential preservation pipeline in the U.S. While at NYCHA, Polina closed on 5,600 apartments in The Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens with 11,000 public housing residents and $1.6 billion in total development cost. Polina also obtained an unprecedented award of regulatory waivers from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to align resident rights and operational procedures across NYCHA’s Section 8 conversion pipeline. From 2012 to 2016, Polina served on the Mayor’s economic development team in Washington, DC in multiple real estate and business development capacities. She joined the Government of the District of Columbia as a Capital City Fellow in 2011, working on a broad portfolio of mayoral initiatives ranging from sustainability planning to emergency services management. She has also led redevelopment and community asset building and organizing projects in Lawrence, MA and New Orleans, LA. Polina earned bachelor of science degrees in urban planning and civil engineering, as well as a master in city planning, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Ansel Duvivier VICE PRESIDENT OF ASSET MANAGEMENT Ansel is the Vice President of Asset Management at Omni New York LLC. Prior to joining Omni New York in January 2016, Ansel was a Portfolio Manager at Wells Fargo Bank, NA within the Government and Institutional Bank (GIB) Division. In this capacity, Ansel performed credit analysis on state housing agencies in order to determine which of these agencies Wells Fargo would offer its array of commercial loan products. From 2006 to 2013, Ansel was a Vice President within the Structured Real Estate Team and later the Portfolio Risk Management Team at Ambac Assurance Corporation. Ansel’s primary role was to underwrite financial guarantees on affordable housing, public-private partnerships (i.e. military housing), and state housing finance agency transactions, and after 2010, his role changed from underwriting financial guarantees to ensuring the financial health of the properties in Ambac’s housing portfolio. From 1997 to 2006, Ansel served as a credit analyst with Moody’s Investors Service in the Public Finance Department’s Housing Team. Ansel was responsible for assigning credit ratings on various housing entities as well as authoring timely research publications within the housing sector. Ansel served as a Voting Member on Moody’s Public Finance Rating Committee. Ansel holds a Master of Science in Finance and a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Finance from Baruch College in New York City. 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