PERICA BELL
Managing Director, Division Manager for Community
Development Finance, Originations
Union Bank
Perica Bell’s career has focused on financing and building successful real estate projects, providing value to external shareholders and creating attainable, affordable housing for lower to moderate income residents. Today, within the Real Estate Industries Group at Union Bank, she leads the administration of Community Development Finance (CDF) originations activities throughout the Bank’s footprint. Bell was promoted to this role earlier in 2021, a reflection of her being an instrumental leader and contributor to the success of the CDF team within Union Bank over the past 11 years.
Bell and her team originate debt and low-income housing tax credit equity for the bank’s affordable housing developer relationships throughout California, and lead community development investment activities in wholesale markets outside of California. She collaborates with key stakeholders/leaders in the space to solve challenges around affordable housing production and capacity building for non-profit affordable housing developers.
