ROBERT JEFFERSON

Robert Jefferson joined the NHP Foundation in 2022 and is responsible for development activities including feasbility analysis, coordinating pre-development deliverables, negotiating deal terms, and managing projects through construction completion. Mr. Jefferson is an affordable housing developer that has over ten years of experience investing, building, and developing Multi-family and Affordable Housing apartment assets in several US markets. His experience includes leading teams to acquire, develop, and refinance properties through private and public partnerships. Robert has led deal originations, executions, and secured over $250 million in debt and equity funding for projects.

Previously Mr. Jefferson served as the Chief Real Estate Officer at IMPACCT Brooklyn and has built development teams at two non-profit affordable housing development organizations, IMPACCT Brooklyn and Bridgestreet Development Corporation. While at those organizations, Robert structured 9% LIHTC, 4% LIHTC, Historical tax credit, and Brownfield tax credit projects. Robert also founded a real estate private equity firm, Obsidian Tower Holdings, LLC, that syndicated market-rate and workforce housing projects.

His experience includes managing P&Ls for many fortune 500 companies including American Express, Procter and Gamble, and Walt Disney. Mr. Jefferson earned a MBA, Real Estate Development from UNC Chapel Hill, and has a bachelors degree in Accounting from Hampton University. In 2016, Mr. Jefferson graduated from the Real Estate Associates Program (REAP), and currently is a CALIBR member, a Council of Urban Real Estate member, and Vice Chair to the Board of Babies and Mothers Alive (BAMA).