Charmaine Atherton

Biography: Charmaine Atherton serves as Senior Vice President and Senior Development Manager for the Banc of America Community Development Corporation ("BACDC"). Sitting in Southern California, with a West Coast focus and a geographic reach that spans from coast to coast, Charmaine and BACDC are dedicated to lending and investing in low and moderate-income communities with a focus on increasing the supply of affordable housing for renters and homeowners, supporting small businesses, and promoting economic development in distressed and underserved communities. Charmaine brings forty years of real estate and finance experience to the task, with the last thirty years focused on affordable housing and economic development. Prior to joining Bank of America in 2002, Charmaine held such divergent roles as portfolio manager for a national syndication firm, asset manager for a regional developer, commercial mortgage banker for a regional business bank, community development lending officer for both a regional and a national bank, director of finance for a national tax credit syndication firm’s development arm, and housing director for a local non-profit development corporation. Charmaine earned her Bachelor of Arts at the California State University at Northridge in Environmental Biology. Charmaine resides in Playa Del Rey, California, and is a current member of the Governance Committee and Past Chair for the Urban Land Institute’s Los Angeles District Council. She currently serves on the Board of Shelter Partnership and is Past President of the Board of the Los Angeles Conservancy.