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“ In the end, we will remember Mark S. McDaniel

2021 Honorary Chairperson

not the words of our enemies, Mark S. McDaniel is President and CEO of Cinnaire, a nonprofit

Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) corporation
but the silence of our friends.” with offices in Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Indianapolis, Madison,
Chicago, and Wilmington. Mark received his B.S. in Urban Planning
from Michigan State University in 1977 and has over 38 years
of experience in the areas of affordable housing, community
development, urban planning and market research. In Mark’s
professional career he also formerly served as Vice President and
President of a major development company in Michigan, and as
Director of Development for another statewide nonprofit housing
corporation. Since Cinnaire’s inception in 1993, with Mr. McDaniel
at its helm, the agency has committed over $3.5 billion of loans
and equity for affordable housing. Mark has strategically diversified
the organization to provide access to permanent debt financing,
construction lending, technical assistance, predevelopment lending,
youth leadership training, and title services. As a result, Cinnaire is
now recognized by the United States Treasury Department as a CDFI.

Mark’s expertise has been tapped by many affiliate organizations
of the affordable housing, development, and financial industries.
Mr. McDaniel has served on the Board of Directors of a number
of nonprofit organizations which advocate on behalf of affordable housing. Mark’s appointments include:
Michigan Housing Council (past President), National Association of State and Local Equity Funds (past
President); Fifth Third Bank’s Community Advisory Forum (Board Member); Habitat for Humanity of MI (past
Board Member); Michigan Magnet Fund (Treasurer); Art of Leadership Foundation (Vice Chair); Community
Economic Development Association of Michigan (Board Member); Corporation for Supportive Housing
State Advisory Committee (Member); National City Community Development Association (Board Member);
Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis Affordable Housing Council (former Chairman and Board Member),
Children’s Trust Fund (Board of Directors), Michigan State University Urban Planning Alumni Advisory Board
(Member), and the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (Board Member).

In 2004, Mr. McDaniel was the recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award from the Greater Lansing
Business Monthly and in 2008 received the Governors Corporate Service Award. In 2011, Mark was awarded
the Michigan Habitat for Humanity’s Bernice Bensen Award recognizing his long service and commitment to
Habitat for Humanity. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Terry R. Duvernay Award for 2013. The award
recognizes lifetime achievements of leaders in the affordable housing industry. In 2018, the Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. Commission of Mid-Michigan named its scholarship program after Mark for his unrelenting support,
forming the Mark S. McDaniel Legacy Scholarship.

– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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