Meet Our Team

Christine Smith

Senior Project Manager

Christine Smith is a real estate development professional with more than 15 years of experience in real estate finance and asset management. Using her real estate financing expertise, Christine performs real estate underwriting, oversees several affordable housing development projects and leads the Year 15 disposition process. Prior to joining CCA, Ms. Smith managed Fannie Mae’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit Financial Management group.  Her responsibilities included: managing Fannie Mae’s P & L for its $7 Billion LIHTC equity portfolio, forecasting implications for each investment, and overseeing a portfolio of LIHTC investments in funds and direct investments.  Her services included:  portfolio analysis, asset dispositions, problem resolution, and managing all aspects of the physical and financial performance of each investment. Ms. Smith began her career in real estate finance and LIHTC investment at Reznick, Fedder & Silverman where she modeled financial projections for potential investments and prepared tax returns and financial statements for existing investments.

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What Others Are Saying About Us

“I have worked with the principals of Chesapeake since the inception of Cinnaire in 1993. They have proven to be the most highly skilled and knowledgeable group of professionals we have ever worked with in this industry. Their creative and entrepreneurial approach to real estate development and finance have made them the number one choice for Cinnaire to assist us in complex and difficult real estate transactions. The use of Chesapeake in our Housing Tax Credit Year 15 disposition strategies has produced results for our investors that were beyond their expectations and has been a model we use in all of our disposition strategies. They are real estate experts extraordinaire with the added benefit of being socially minded. They not only care about the investor and owner benefits but also take into account a positive outcome for the residents.”