Craig Thomas is a Vice President. Prior to joining Alliant, Mr. Thomas was a tax and securities partner in two nationally recognized law firms located in the Midwest and Washington, D.C. working exclusively on affordable housing tax-exempt bond and tax credit transactions. In these positions, Mr. Thomas represented investment banks, state housing agencies, and for-profit and non-profit borrowers in connection with financing programs designed to support affordable housing efforts throughout the United States. In 1991, Mr. Thomas worked in the office of General Counsel for a banking subcommittee in the U.S. House of Representatives. Mr. Thomas is also a Certified Public Accountant (non-practicing) and he worked for Ernst & Young as a tax consultant in its National Tax Office from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Thomas attended the University of Akron earning a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and attended the George Washington University National Law Center earning a Juris Doctor degree.