Iris Bashein recently joined National Housing Trust (NHT) as their Chief Financial Officer, responsible for oversight of all accounting operations and financial reporting as well as the overall financial management of the organization. Prior to joining NHT, Ms.Bashein served as an executive in Bank of America’s Community Development Bank, where she was responsible for overseeing the underwriting and closing of nearly $1.5 billion annually in debt and equity financing for affordable housing. Ms.Bashein joined Bank of America in December 2003. During her nearly 22 years with the company, she held several roles in community development on the equity origination, asset management, construction debt, and permanent debt platforms. Before joining Bank of America, Ms.Bashein worked as an audit manager at CohnReznick, serving primarily historic tax credit and low-income housing tax credit developer and syndicator clients.

Ms.Bashein graduated summa cum laude from the University of Maryland with bachelor’s degrees in both accounting and English. She is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the District of Columbia.