Karla is the Executive Vice President of Development, responsible for the strategic direction and leadership of the Development Team to include acquisitions, affordable, workforce housing and market rate housing production. Karla brings more than 20 years in the affordable housing industry and extensive experience in affordable housing finance and development.

Her background includes management and leadership roles with state housing authorities, LIHTC and Tax-Exempt Bond Programs, national LIHTC syndicators, repositioning of troubled assets, and leading national affordable housing developer portfolios.

Since joining KCG in 2018, Karla has focused on building the acquisitions platform and expanding the firm’s LIHTC development portfolio to nine states and counting.