Thom serves as the Senior Vice President for Policy & Impact at Lincoln Avenue Capital. He currently serves on the board of Directors for the Housing Equity Partnership Trust, a social purpose driven collection of nonprofit partners committed to the preservation of affordable rental homes for lower and middle income residents. Russ holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance and Real Estate from the University of San Diego and a master’s degree in Real Estate and Construction Management from the University of Denver.
Prior to joining Lincoln Avenue Capital in 2020, Russ was a Development Partner at Dominium, one of the largest affordable housing developers, owners, and operators in the country. Over the past decade, he has successfully navigated complex transactions including new construction, acquisition and preservation, historic adaptive re-use, and portfolio acquisitions, totaling approximately 8,000 affordable units. Russ has experience working with various federal, state, and local programs to help creatively address the national shortage of affordable housing.
He is responsible for the management and oversight of a growing department of talented development professionals with a focus on the creation and preservation of affordable and workforce housing throughout the United States. Providing economic development and community engagement programming opportunities, like applied academic coursework, internships, graduate assistantships, training, or fellowships, helps JMU achieve our mission of "preparing students to be educated and enlightened citizens who lead productive and meaningful lives.Russ serves as the Senior Vice President of Development at Lincoln Avenue Capital. I spend a lot of my time identifying and developing partnership opportunities that are linked to academic programming across JMU’s Academic Affairs. My passion is community engagement and my job as SPCE’s Interim Dean enables me to better connect JMU students, faculty and staff to a variety of stakeholders at the local, regional, state and national levels. I also manage SPCE’s economic and community development efforts locally, regionally, and state-wide and represent JMU and SPCE with a variety of internal and external groups. I either lead or am directly involved in several economic and community development initiatives-both internal to JMU and in our community. I work very closely with our economic development colleagues with the City of Harrisonburg, Rockingham County, the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce, Shenandoah Valley Partnership, Harrisonburg Downtown Renaissance, and the Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center.
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In my role as Interim Dean, I lead and manage SPCE’s growing portfolio to include our programming and talented staff dedicated to the following areas: Youth Programs, Adult Degree Program/Bachelor of Individualized Study, Professional Development, Economic Engagement (including both Economic Development and Community Engagement), and our Lifelong Learning Institute. I have a Doctorate Degree in Public Policy, a Masters Degree in Public Administration, and an Undergraduate Degree in Political Science. I enthusiastically joined JMU's School of Professional & Continuing Education (then Outreach & Engagement) as Associate Dean in 2017 and became Interim Dean in August 2022. While at JMU, I've enjoyed serving in various positions including Director of the nationally accredited Master in Public Administration Program, Founder and Director of the Madison Center for Community Development, and Associate Vice Provost of Research and Scholarship. Prior to this role, I worked in commercial real estate development for several years, as well as positions in local government, public policy, and consulting organizations.
I began my career at JMU in 2008 as an Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Administration in the Department of Political Science. Interim Dean & Associate Professor, School of Professional & Continuing Educationĭirector, Madison Center for Community Development
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