America First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P.
Who We Are
Chad Daffer
Chad Daffer has over fourteen years of experience in credit analyses
and structuring, underwriting and the placement of debt instruments.
He possesses a great deal of knowledge of various HUD housing programs,
including Section 8, MAPS lending and 221D3/D4, 223F and 236 mortgage
decoupling. Mr. Daffer is also well versed in FNMA DUS lending and
sections 42, 142, and 145 of the US tax code.
Mr. Daffer also serves as Fund Manager of America First Tax-Exempt Fund L.P. (NASDAQ: ATAX). America First Tax Exempt Investors, L.P. was formed in 1998 for the purpose of acquiring, holding, selling and otherwise dealing with a portfolio of federally tax-exempt mortgage revenue bonds which have been issued to provide construction and/or permanent financing of multifamily residential properties.
Mr. Daffer joined America First from Kirkpatrick Pettis where he served for nine years as an Investment Banker with special Focus in project-based revenue bonds. Through his efforts, Mr. Daffer completed the first bond financing of HUD 236 mortgage decoupling and his banking services spanned the realms of both for-profit and non-profit housing developers. From 1992 to 1996, Mr. Daffer worked at Paine Webber in Fixed Income Institutional Sales. Mr. Daffer graduated from the University of Nebraska with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration and accounting.
Andy Grier
Andy Grier, Fund Analyst, joined the Burlington Capital Group in September
2005. He held past positions at Wells Fargo as Vice President of Investment
Management and First National Bank of Omaha as an Investment Analyst.
He holds an MBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Bachelor
of Science in Life Sciences and Finance from the University of Nebraska
at Lincoln. Mr. Grier also holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
designation.
