Sandra is also a member of the firm’s capital markets fundraising team, which has brought in more than $730 million in capital during her tenure. She has built the Advantage Capital impact team, which creates data-driven initiatives to track and expedite portfolio growth, leads the marketing and communications team, and serves as the external-facing representative for the firm.

Prior to joining Advantage Capital, Sandra was president of Urban Strategies, a national nonprofit corporation that works exclusively with for-profit housing developers to rebuild distressed urban core communities using mixed-finance, multifamily housing as the revitalization platform.

Sandra formerly served as CEO of the Missouri Family Investment Trust, a public-private partnership entity leading Missouri’s multi-system reform efforts. Prior to joining the Family Investment Trust, she was senior vice president of St. Louis 2004 Inc., a regionwide effort, led by business, civic and political leaders, to transform the St. Louis regional economy and prepare it for growth in the 21st century.

Sandra is the former director of the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, where she served as a member of then-Gov. Mel Carnahan’s cabinet, and a former administrative judge with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Sandra is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis. She received a J.D. from the School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in urban studies from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Sandra is committed to the growth, development and empowerment of people and the communities where they live. She serves on several local and national boards and committees that work to strengthen the fiber of the community, and she is a sought-after speaker and thought leader on these issues.