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8 <br /> in 2024. In his role, Frank uses data and visualizations to identify community development <br /> opportunities for DFI's clients. Frank received his bachelors from George Mason University and <br /> his master's degree in City and Regional Planning from UNC-Chapel Hill. Prior to graduate <br /> school he lived and taught in Jiangsu Province, China. <br /> Select Relevant Experience: <br /> • Jacksonville, NC Affordable Housing Opportunity Site Identification <br /> • West Southern Pines, NC Neighborhood Revitalization Strategy <br /> • Dorothea Dix Park Redevelopment Feasibility Assessment, Raleigh, NC <br /> • Research Triangle Foundation Frontier Campus Redevelopment Strategy <br /> • Downtown Kannapolis Master Development Plan Execution, Kannapolis, <br /> NC <br /> SONYIA TURNER, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER <br /> Sonyia Turner joined the Development Finance Initiative (DFI) in 2019, after <br /> working with DFI as a graduate student fellow. She became a Senior Project <br /> Manager in 2023 and has extensive experience managing projects related to <br /> affordable housing, adaptive reuse projects, and downtown revitalization. Prior to working with <br /> DFI, Sonyia served as a fellow with DFI, a fellow with The Center for Community Capital, and <br /> worked with the North Carolina Community Development Initiative (NCinitiative.org) on disaster <br /> relief efforts in Eastern North Carolina. Sonyia holds a bachelor's degree in environmental <br /> design & architecture from North Carolina State University, and a Master's in city and regional <br /> planning with a specialty in housing, community development, and real-estate development <br /> from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. <br /> Select Relevant Experience: <br /> • Downtown Infill Project Pre-Development & Developer Solicitation, Wake Forest, NC <br /> • Railroad Corner Mixed-Use Pre-Development & Developer Solicitation, Orangeburg, SC <br /> • Salisbury, NC Kesler Mill Affordable Housing Project <br /> • Research Triangle Foundation Frontier Campus Redevelopment Strategy <br /> • Apex, NC Affordable Housing Opportunity Site Identification <br /> ERIC THOMAS, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR <br /> Eric Thomas joined DFI in 2015 and is currently managing multiple mixed-use <br /> development projects across North Carolina, including the master <br /> n development of a mixed-use town center. Eric is also assisting in the <br /> conceptual design, program definition, development budget, cost estimation <br /> and site analysis on DFI projects. Prior to graduate school, Eric worked as a <br /> community planner within Washington DC's Office of Capital Projects and <br /> Planning and was involved in the District's first public-private partnership <br /> dedicated to the creation of public open space. Eric holds dual master's <br /> 6 <br />