Michael Clarke joined the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) in 1998 as Executive Director in the Buffalo, NY office. Under his leadership, Buffalo LISC has invested more than $94 million in our City, with over $158 million leveraged, resulting in 1,300 new homes and over 230,000 square feet of redeveloped commercial space. Prior to joining LISC, Mr. Clarke was a Mortgage Officer for the Community Preservation Corporation, a not-for-profit real estate lender, which specializes in financing housing affordable for low and moderate-income households. He also was Executive Director at the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority, Capital Programs Manager at the NY Division of Housing and Community Renewal and Executive Director at Kensington-Bailey Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc.