Jennifer Chong
Director of Operations at InVenture
| Headline: | Startup Member |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.inventure.org |
| Skills: | Business, Chinese, English, Entrepreneurship, Languages, Marketing, Retail, Sales |
| Location: | Los Angeles, CA |
| Groups: | Global Social Venture Competition, Global Social Venture Competition 2011, Global Social Venture Competition GSVC 2012 |
| Interested in: | Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | University of California System, University of California System - Los Angeles |
FEATURED STARTUP
InVenture
InVenture
InVenture unlocks affordable capital to half a billion people by using mobile accounting and a proven financing model.
- Startup type: Social Enterprise
- Status: Active
- Stage: Beta
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | inVenture |
| Position: | Marketing + Outreach Director |
| Time period: | March 2010 - Present |
| Employer: | Catchafire |
| Position: | Keystone volunteer for start-up social venture business |
| Employer: | Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage |
| Position: | Underwriter - Analyst |
| Time period: | November 2008 - March 2010 |
| Description: | Provided day-to-day financial, market and underwriting analyses of multifamily loans primarily for the Fannie Mae Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS™) and Freddie Mac Program Plus® programs offered by Deutsche Bank.
Processed incoming exhibits and deal due diligence. Authored detailed investment committee pre-screen analysis memorandums for discussion with credit committee for determination of asset quality and borrower credibility. Finalized delivery of investor packages. Followed-up on information during securitization and MBS sale. |
| Employer: | Newmark Realty Capital, Inc. |
| Position: | Senior Production Associate |
| Time period: | November 2005 - October 2008 |
| Description: | Instrumental in originating, structuring, underwriting and closing debt/equity investments from $5MM to over $125MM primarily with life insurance company and CMBS lenders.
Built financial models in Excel and ARGUS (IRR, NPV & DCF), emphasizing valuation analyses. Negotiated term sheets, applications and loan documents between borrowers and lenders. Authored detailed investment committee memorandums for presentation to correspondent lenders for ultimate approval. Conducted market research through brokers, appraisers and third party report providers to valuate commercial real estate properties. Analyzed all due diligence items, including leases, associated with underwriting and closing transactions. Liaison between key decision makers of borrowers and correspondent lenders. Transaction experience includes over 1.2 million Sq. Ft. of Class A office, 1.8 million Sq. Ft. of industrial, 600K Sq. Ft. of retail and over 1,250 SF of Class A apartments |
| Employer: | Newmark Realty Capital, Inc. |
| Position: | Office Manager |
| Time period: | August 2004 - October 2005 |
| Description: | Responsibility included human resource management activities, the organization of related industry conference events for entire company and coordination of company-wide events.
Managed office environment (main point of contact regarding repairs, maintenance and leasing), travel arrangements, accounting, ordered supplies, vendor services, research projects, and IT issues. Developed knowledge and experience in establishing the IT data and voice infrastructure for the Los Angeles and Irvine offices. |
| Employer: | Taproot Foundation |
| Position: | Pro Bono Volunteer |
| Time period: | August 2009 |
| Employer: | Reading to Kids |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Time period: | April 2009 |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System |
| Time period: | 2004 |
| Degree: | Education Abroad Program- Intensive Italian Language and Culture |
| University: | University of California System - Los Angeles |
| Time period: | 2004 |
| Degree: | Business Economics, BA |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | hiking, snowboarding, biking, swimming and marathon running |
| Memberships: | Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Los Angeles Chapter – Member: May 2008
Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles Chapter – General & Young Leadership Group Member: January 2007 |
Jennifer's Startups (3)
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InVenture Fund
InVenture creates partnerships between people through social investing to lift communities out of poverty.
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InVenture
InVenture creates partnerships between people through social investing to lift communities out of poverty.
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InVenture
InVenture unlocks affordable capital to half a billion people by using mobile accounting and a proven financing model.
Jennifer's Contacts (1)
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Dan Steketee
Entrepeneur with 13+ years of strategic and tactical consulting experience in the financial services, start-up and technology industries (BPM, Business Intelligence, KPI's,, Vendor Management, etc) .