Executive Team
Katie Balderrama
Executive Vice President, Head of Affordable Equity
Before joining Alliant Capital, Ms. Balderrama practiced complex business litigation, including affordable housing, real estate, and securities litigation at international law firms, Mayer Brown LLP and Crowell & Moring LLP. Ms. Balderrama obtained her Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School of Los Angeles, where she graduated as valedictorian, and her Bachelor of Arts from Loyola Marymount University.
Stefani Thomas
General Counsel
Prior to joining Alliant, Stefani practiced in the Los Angeles office of the international law firm Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP for over 11 years, where she focused on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, venture capital and private placement transactions, commercial contracts, financings, and licensing transactions. Her practice spanned a wide range of industries and clients, including companies in the technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail and consumer goods industries.
Stefani obtained her Juris Doctorate from University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and her Bachelor of Arts from University of California, Los Angeles.
Brian Goldberg
Executive Vice President, Credit
Prior to Alliant Capital, Mr. Goldberg worked as the Chief Financial Officer of a large real estate investment company that developed and managed residential and commercial real estate throughout the United States. Before that, he worked for Arthur Andersen in the Enterprise Group.
Mr. Goldberg received his Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the University of Denver. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Dudley Benoit
Senior Vice President & Chief Production Officer
Prior to joining Alliant Capital, Mr. Benoit worked at Santander Bank as a Senior Vice President and Director of Community Development Finance. He also held senior management positions at JPMorgan Chase in the commercial real estate multifamily lending, community development banking, and the New Markets Tax Credit units during his sixteen-year career at the firm.
Mr. Benoit earned his bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University as well as a Master of Public Policy from the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University. In addition, he currently serves on the boards of the Reinvestment Fund, Primary Care Development Corporation, and the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition.
Jen Erixon
Managing Director, Originations
Prior to joining Alliant, Ms. Erixon served as Senior Vice President, Market Manager in the community lending division of a national bank, where she was responsible for originations, closings, and portfolio management in a multi-state territory. Previously, she worked for the national non-profit, Mercy Housing, as President of their 6-state Mountain Plains region. At Mercy Housing, she established a national Asset Management platform for its $2 billion portfolios. Ms. Erixon has held previous leadership roles in underwriting, investor sales, and originations for two national LIHTC syndicators.
Ms. Erixon earned her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado Denver.
D. Mark Livingston
SVP, Acquisitions
D. Mark Livingston is the SVP, Acquisitions. He assumed this role in November 2019 and is responsible for the oversight of Alliant’s acquisitions and underwriting team and syndication processes.
Prior to his current appointment, Mr. Livingston served as Alliant’s SVP, Asset Management. He has extensive experience in multiple areas of the LIHTC industry, including investor relations, development, and syndication, in addition to acquisitions and asset management. Mr. Livingston earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from The Ohio State University, a Master of Science in Taxation from the Golden Gate University Bruce F. Braden School of Taxation, and a Juris Doctor from the Michigan State University College of Law. Mr. Livingston is admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado.
Chris Stigall
SVP, Asset Management
Matthew Breiner
SVP, Construction
Matthew Breiner has been with Alliant for nearly a decade, and has worked in multiple senior roles at some of the nation’s largest land development and home-building firms throughout his career.
During his tenure as a Construction Project Manager at Alliant, he has been responsible for overseeing the construction and rehabilitation of over 16,000 apartment units with a total construction value of approximately $1.7 billion, and has collaborated with our Joint Venture Development Partners to deliver over 3,000 apartment units with a construction value of over $450 million.
Jessica Schmidt
Chief Financial Officer
More recently, Ms. Schmidt was the Chief Financial Officer of two Manhattan based firms, Hidrock Properties and SHVO, both owner/developers, where she managed finance, accounting, human resources, and IT. Ms. Schmidt brings over 20 years of experience that span finance and accounting, operations, and human resources in the construction, development, hospitality, and property management industries.