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Jennifer Erixon began as President of Mercy Housing Colorado in 2007. She is responsible for leading MHCO operations in Colorado, including the oversight of affordable housing development, fund raising and resident services. Erixon comes to MHCO with 10 years of experience structuring complex real estate transactions, evaluating markets, directing risk analysis and partnering with developers and large institutional investors. Erixon’s career in affordable housing began at Mercy Housing in 1997, when she worked as a project assistant in the multi-family housing division of Mercy Housing Colorado.From 1999 to 2003, Erixon served as the Vice President and Team Leader at PNC Multifamily Capital in Oregon. She was responsible for negotiating, structuring and closing more than $125 million of equity investments used in the development of 2,000 affordable multi-family homes in 10 states. While there, she also managed a $170 million portfolio of properties under construction and lease-up, and she underwrote, closed and monitored $100 million of multi-family loans for various financing products. In 2003, Erixon accepted a position with Capmark Securities, Inc., in Denver. She served as the Vice President/Director of Capital Markets and was responsible for directing investor sales and the due diligence process for the company’s affordable housing platform. She also sought new investors and provided investment management for an existing portfolio of more than $1 billion in equity investments.Erixon is a fourth generation Coloradan and lives in Denver with her husband and 4-year-old daughter. She attended Vassar College and the University of Colorado at Denver where she graduated summa cum laude. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science. | 