Community Development Finance

Cost: NH residents $1696; Non-residents $1861 (for both costs, includes tuition + $20 registration fee + $26 technology fee)

Registration: To register, call (603-862-1500) or email (registrars.office@unh.edu) the UNH Registrar's Office. They will assist you with registering for the course. Please make sure to mention the course number and name: DPP 961 Community Development Finance and CRN 70947 when calling or emailing the registrar’s office. They will also need credit card information and your address, phone number, and identification information. If you have previously taken a course as a continuing education student, you can register directly through WEBCAT. See detailed instructions on the Continuing Education webpage under Registration.

The registration deadline is July 6, 2020 (note that UNH is closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of the 4th of July holiday).

Michael Swack is a professor at the Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire where he directs the Center for Impact Finance and the Master’s Program in Community Development, a program designed for adult practitioners. He has been involved in the design, implementation and management of a number community development lending and investment institutions both inside and outside the United States.

Michael was the first Chairman of the New Hampshire Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA), a state-chartered equity fund for community economic development ventures and projects. He is the founding president and a current board member of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund. He was a founding board member of the Opportunity Finance Network. In 2000 he founded, and continues to direct, the Financial Innovations Roundtable, a program that promotes new approaches and policies designed to build the field of community development finance and increase access to capital for community development intermediaries.

Eric Hangen is a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Impact Finance at the Carsey School of Public Policy, where he teaches and researches trends in impact investing and opportunity finance in the United States. Eric is also the Principal of I Squared Community Development Consulting, LLC, which provides strategic planning, market research, program evaluation, and financial modeling consulting to nonprofit clients nationwide.

Eric has worked in the community development field for over 20 years. As a Management Consultant with NeighborWorks America, Eric helped nonprofit corporations across the country develop neighborhood revitalization, strategic, and business plans. Before coming to NeighborWorks, Eric worked as the senior planning advisor for the city of Caguas, Puerto Rico. He has also worked as a planner for the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration and as a project manager in neighborhood economic development for the New York City Department of Business Services.