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9 <br /> Page 1 of 2 Brika Eklund <br /> Volunteer Application <br /> Orange County Advisory Boards and Commissions <br /> Name: Ms. Brika Eklund <br /> Name Called: <br /> Home Address: 3718 Ode Turner Road <br /> Hillsborough NC 27278 <br /> Phone (Day): 9194285468 <br /> Phone (Evening): 9194285468 <br /> Phone (Cell): 9194285468 <br /> Email: breklund @gmail.com <br /> Place of Employment: Self-Help <br /> Job Title: Special Assistant to the EVP <br /> Year of OC Residence: 2014 <br /> Township of Residence: Hillsborough <br /> Zone of Residence: <br /> Sex: Female <br /> Ethnic Background: Caucasian <br /> Community Activities/Organizational Memberships: <br /> Participant in Orange County Democratic Party activities <br /> Past Service on Orange County Advisory Boards: <br /> N/A <br /> Boards/Commissions applied for: <br /> Affordable Housing Advisory Board <br /> Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br /> I grew up in Chapel Hill and participated in several Habitat for Humanity projects on Rogers <br /> Road during high school. After attending Davidson College and working in community <br /> development, I attended UNC-Department of City and Regional Planning where I focused in real <br /> estate and affordable housing. I worked in the industry in Boston, MA before returning home to <br /> Orange County in late 2014. 1 now work at Self-Help in Durham for the Executive Vice President <br /> in charge of real estate development, commercial/home lending and other activities. Self-Help is <br /> a community development lender focused on increasing wealth and economic opportunities for <br /> low- and moderate-income individuals and families. <br /> Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br /> I want to serve on an affordable housing board in Orange County to contribute to housing <br /> development in my home county. In Boston, MA, I served on the Board of Directors of a <br /> community development corporation dedicated to improving affordable housing opportunities in <br /> a low-income, minority neighborhood. I miss that experience and want to contribute in a <br /> planning/governmental capacity in my home county. <br /> Conflict of Interest: <br />