Annie Clark

Adjunct Lecturer

Annie has 20 years of community development experience focusing on public sector real estate development, community development finance and affordable housing policy. She is currently the Chief Programs Officer for Finance New Orleans (FNO), where she leads the team on how FNO can utilize its programs to use climate resilience to physically transform New Orleans, create economic development opportunities and build public wealth for community reinvestment.

Prior to her work at FNO she served as the Chief Operating Officer for Education Facilities Development for the State of Louisiana’s Recovery School District (RSD), overseeing all aspects of the $2 billion School Facilities Master Plan. The master plan was the largest school building recovery program in the history of the US, and built 80 schools across the city of New Orleans to serve 55,000 students. Previously she served as the Director of Strategic Finance for RSD where through a unique and innovative approach to using New Markets and historic tax credits, she was responsible for closing over $450 million in transactions, bringing additional revenue allowing additional facilities to be built through the Master Plan. 

A Washington, DC native, Annie received her master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning from the Pratt Institute and a bachelor’s degree in urban studies from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2007, she moved to New Orleans to conduct research and manage policy work on affordable housing issues post-Katrina for the Gulf Coast Office of PolicyLink.  Prior to joining RSD she led legislative activities at the federal and state level as Policy Director at the Louisiana Housing Finance Agency (now the Louisiana Housing Corporation). She is active in community work and currently serves on the boards of St. Augustine High School and the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission. She lives in Mid-City with her 2 sons.