Brian Prater is the Senior Vice President for Strategic Development & Corporate Affairs at the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF). LIIF is a national Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) based in San Francisco. LIIF is one of the largest affordable housing, education and childcare facility lenders in the country, and is a five-time recipient of New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) awards. Prater oversees LIIF’s federal policy shop, national fundraising, communications, knowledge sharing, transit-oriented development (TOD) and innovation functions. Prater has Master’s degrees from Columbia University (School of International and Public Affairs) and Syracuse University (S. I. Newhouse School), and a Bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University.