December 12, 2025
Advantage Capital is pleased to welcome Chimeka Gladney as a Project Finance Consultant supporting our Tax Credit Consulting team. She brings nearly two decades of experience in community development finance, with a focus on structuring and closing New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) and Historic Tax Credit (HTC) transactions. Her industry presence, technical expertise, and relationships across Community Development Entities (CDEs), investors, lenders, and consultants strengthen the firm’s ability to support clients navigating complex financing structures.
Chimeka joins the firm following her most recent role as Senior Vice President and Relationship Manager at Truist Community Capital. There, she was responsible for sourcing, structuring, and closing NMTC transactions across the Mid-Atlantic region—work that advanced both client financing objectives and Truist’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) goals. In addition, she regularly educated bankers and clients on NMTC applications and represented Truist at conferences as an industry speaker.
“We are thrilled to welcome Chimeka to the team. Her extensive industry experience and her commitment to driving impact in low-income communities will bring meaningful value to our work and to the partners we support,” said Pete Byford, Principal on Advantage Capital’s Tax Credit Consulting team.
Before Truist, Chimeka served as Managing Director of Structured Finance at Enterprise Community Investment, leading a team that managed one of the nation’s highest-performing NMTC programs. The program raised and deployed more than $1 billion cumulatively, with a current portfolio exceeding $280 million. Her responsibilities included full lifecycle deal management, oversight of asset management and compliance services, and collaboration with investors, lenders, developers, and nonprofit leaders. She also represented Enterprise as an NMTC thought leader, speaking on investment structuring, asset management, and impact measurement, and served on the Executive Committee of the NMTC Coalition.
Earlier in her career, Chimeka held multiple leadership roles at U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation, including Director of Project Management. She oversaw a team closing more than 130 NMTC and HTC investments each year—totaling more than $450 million in NMTCs and $275 million in HTCs. She also personally structured and closed complex financing transactions across the East Coast and Central regions, collaborating closely with clients and industry partners.
Her experience also includes project management roles with the District of Columbia’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, where she managed major mixed-use development efforts and public-private real estate transactions. Additional early roles in real estate private equity, public finance derivatives, and municipal finance further reinforce her financial and analytical foundation.
Chimeka earned her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she completed the Public Management Certificate focused on government and socially responsible business. While at Stanford, she held several leadership positions and was part of the winning team for the Bank of America Low Income Housing Competition. She received her BBA in Finance from Howard University, graduating magna cum laude.
Chimeka’s experience aligns directly with Advantage Capital’s commitment to expanding economic opportunity in undercapitalized communities. Her long-standing relationships within the NMTC ecosystem, skill in structuring multi-layered transactions, and background managing both investor and CDE perspectives will be valuable to clients seeking to close transactions efficiently while demonstrating measurable community impact.
We look forward to the contributions she will make as we continue supporting small businesses, financing affordable homes, and advancing community-focused investment strategies nationwide.