Enterprise Names Alazne (Ali) Solis Senior Vice President, Policy and Corporate Affairs...

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Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:14pm EDT

Enterprise Names Alazne (Ali) Solis Senior Vice President, Policy and
Corporate Affairs Executive

Solis Continues to Lead Neighborhood Stabilization Efforts

COLUMBIA, Md., March 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
(Enterprise), a national leader dedicated to community development and
affordable housing, announced the appointment of Alazne (Ali) Solis as a
senior vice president of for Enterprise Community Partners, Inc. In addition,
Ms. Solis was recently named policy and corporate affairs executive, which
expanded her focus to include the areas of communications, marketing, online
services and resource development in addition to public policy. Ms. Solis'
complete title is now senior vice president and policy and corporate affairs
executive and she will split her time between the organization's Columbia,
Md., and Washington, D.C., offices.  

"Ms. Solis brings a wealth of experience to her new position," said Doris W.
Koo, president and CEO, Enterprise Community Partners. "She is a proven leader
with vast policy and community development expertise. We know that Ms. Solis
will bring her dedication and leadership to this new role to help Enterprise
grow and fulfill its mission."

Ms. Solis joined Enterprise in February 2000. During her time with the
organization, she has advanced Enterprise's wide range of public policy
priorities. In the summer of 2008, she led the Save America's Neighborhoods
Campaign, a cross-industry taskforce of more than 100 national organizations
that secured $4 billion in the Housing and Economic Recovery Act to stabilize
communities struggling in the foreclosure crisis. Ms. Solis also played a key
role in creating the National Community Stabilization Trust to facilitate the
transfer of foreclosed and vacant residential properties from financial
institutions and government entities to qualified local housing development
partners. 

In addition, Ms. Solis has testified before the U.S. Congress as well as state
and local policy-makers on the issues of housing, banking and tax legislation.
She also has developed and maintained strategic alliances with national and
local trade associations, regulatory agencies and banking and finance industry
partners.

Prior to joining Enterprise, Ms. Solis was the legislative director for the
congressionally chartered Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (now known as
NeighborWorks America). She also worked in the private sector for W.R. Grace,
AT&T and the Washington Group. She is an INROADS alumnus and a University of
Maryland graduate with a dual bachelor's degree in political science and
Spanish.

In addition to her work at Enterprise, she is a past president of Women in
Housing and Finance, Inc. In addition, she is a member of the board of
directors for the Montgomery Housing Partnership.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ms. Solis' complete bio can be found on Enterprise Community
Partners' website, www.enterprisecommunity.org.

Enterprise is a leading provider of the development capital and expertise it
takes to create decent, affordable homes and rebuild communities. For more
than 25 years, Enterprise has introduced neighborhood solutions through
public-private partnerships with financial institutions, governments,
community organizations and others that share our vision. Enterprise has
raised and invested more than $10 billion in equity, grants and loans to help
build or preserve more than a quarter million affordable rental and for-sale
homes to create vital communities. Enterprise is currently investing in
communities at a rate of $1 billion a year. Visit www.enterprisecommunity.org
and www.enterprisecommunity.com to learn more about Enterprise's efforts to
build communities and opportunity.

SOURCE  Enterprise Community Partners Inc.

Tina McDaniel of Enterprise Community Partners Inc., +1-410-772-2780,
tmcdaniel@enterprisecommunity.org
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