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Manager, People and Culture
Nikkia is the Manager of People and Culture. In her role, she will focus on attracting and retaining top tier talent and cultivating a positive and inclusive culture within the organization. She is excited to bridge her passion for human resources with a shared mission of fostering an environment that embodies excellence, inclusivity and a dedicated commitment to DEIRJ.
Nikkia has several years of HR experience centering around recruitment, performance management, HR administration and diversity equity and inclusion. Nikkia most recently worked as an HR Business Partner at a nonprofit organization.
Nikkia holds an MS in Human Resources Management from Mercy University, and a BS in Communications from St. John’s University. She also possesses a Professional in Human Resources (PHR) certification from HRCI.
Education Finance Analyst
Rennic Liverpool is a Education Financial Analyst. She is a part of the EFA program which is a program that recruits and trains diverse early-stage professionals to succeed in mission-driven financial services roles. Rennic holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Babson College. This is Rennic’s first full-time role post graduation and she is excited to learn more about the charter finance sector.
Alan Sage is a Vice President on the investing team of the Urban Investment Group (UIG) at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. At UIG, Alan has led the closing of over $4bn of real estate and infrastructure investments through complex public-private partnerships, with a focus on the creation and development of affordable housing across the U.S. Alan has also spearheaded UIG’s efforts to create a portfolio of impact-oriented industrial investments, and has led the closing of Opportunity Zone fund investments in markets such as North Carolina, Detroit, and Washington, D.C.
Alan first joined UIG in 2014, and rejoined in 2019 after a completing a Master’s in City Planning at MIT. While at MIT, he led the first academic study of the federal Opportunity Zone program’s implications on commercial real estate prices, which was published in 2023 by Real Estate Economics, and created a tool for the automatic valuation of underutilized land parcels for the city government of Guadalajara. Prior to joining UIG, he held positions at Enterprise Community Partners and the New Haven Housing Authority, and completed his undergraduate studies at Yale University. Alan also previously served as co-chair of the Enterprise Community Partners Gotham Society, where he led fundraising to support Enterprise’s creation of affordable housing across the country.