Beyond the Resume Summer Series featuring Jeff Brenner (Inside the $2B Affordable Housing Playbook)

👀 YouTube: https://youtu.be/4ruADHqvsUg • 👂 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ZJGLT

In this episode of Beyond the Resume, the Summer Series, we bring back the conversation with Jeff Brenner, President & CEO of Impact Community Capital and explore his 30-year journey in affordable housing and impact investing.

Jeff shares how a “two-year plan” at a nonprofit turned into a lifelong mission—combining finance expertise with a passion for social impact. You’ll hear insights on:

• Building a $2B investment portfolio benefiting low-income communities

• Financing affordable housing in 42 states and over 42,000 units

• Measuring social impact beyond numbers

• Why diversity in leadership drives better decision-making

• Opening the door for new investors in the ESG & socially responsible investing space

• Career advice for breaking into impact real estate and community development finance

Chapters

(01:20) What is Impact Community Capital?

(03:00) The “secret sauce” in affordable housing

(06:03) Driving positive change in communities

(09:28) Investments backed by real estate

(11:25) How Impact has evolved

(20:50) Measuring social impact

(24:26) Building a diverse team & broad perspectives

(27:28) The Hot Seat with Jeff Brenner

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Links

YouTube: https://youtu.be/4ruADHqvsUg

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35ZJGLT

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3I3nkG9

Web: https://www.jacksonlucas.com/podcast/summer-brenner