Personnel News from KeyBank, Alliant Credit Union, NewPoint Real Estate Capital
KeyBank Names Helena Haynes-Carter Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer
KeyCorp, Cleveland, Ohio, named Helena Haynes-Carter Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer.
In this role, Haynes-Carter will lead the strategy and tactics to improve the acquisition, development and retention of diverse talent and suppliers.
Haynes-Carter has experience spanning the healthcare, financial services, energy and public sector industries. She most recently served as Senior Director, Global Diversity Equity & Inclusion for UnitedHealth Group. In this role, Helena led enterprise-wide DE&I strategic and business initiatives. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she orchestrated a $14 million response with community-based organizations throughout the U.S., deploying over 30,000 COVID-19 tests, wrap-around services, and care referrals. She has also held roles at organizations including U.S. Bancorp, Rocky Mountain Minority Supplier Development Council, Xcel Energy and Colorado Housing and Finance Authority.
Alliant Credit Union Promotes Charles Krawitz to Senior Vice President, Chief Capital Markets Officer & Head of Commercial Lending
Alliant Credit Union, Chicago, promoted Charles Krawitz to Senior Vice President, Chief Capital Markets Officer and Head of Commercial Lending.
Under Krawitz’s leadership since 2017, Alliant’s commercial mortgage portfolio, now in excess of $1.2 billion, has grown significantly with a strategic focus on high quality properties owned by experienced operators in strong markets nationwide. In addition to overseeing the expansion of Alliant’s commercial lending business, Krawitz has pursued partnerships with fintech lenders across a variety of asset classes, most notably in the solar and HELOC spaces. Krawitz has also expanded Alliant’s loan trading capabilities by strengthening relationships with both credit unions and intermediaries.
Krawitz has more than 30 years’ experience in financial services with financial institutions including ABN AMRO, KeyBank and Fifth Third Bank.
Marc Cesare Joins NewPoint Platform to Expand Sun Belt Lending
NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC added Marc Cesare to its production team as a Managing Director based in the firm’s Dallas-area office. He will focus on conventional multifamily and affordable housing lending throughout the Sun Belt and beyond.
Before joining NewPoint, Cesare was with Truist, where he originated real estate financing transactions valued at approximately $4 billion across Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA/HUD and bridge loan programs. His experience encompasses lead roles for underwriting affordable housing properties, including 4% bond transactions, Section 8 assets and managing layers of subordinate financing.
Cesare has spent his entire 20-plus-year career in the multifamily lending arena. He began as a credit analyst and was a Chief Underwriter before shifting his focus to production.
