DANI EVANSON
Principal
Align Finance Partners
Dani Evanson leads two successful companies, a real estate private equity firm and an affordable housing finance company. Evanson recognized an opportunity to raise private capital to finance affordable housing, with the goal of creating more supply of affordable housing. Evanson co-created a financing platform with her partners to fund gaps in financing affordable housing. She believes that affordable housing is a fundamental basic need that must be provided through public and private means.
Evanson also serves on the board of Abode Communities, a large Los Angeles based affordable housing non-profit developer. She is also serves as a founding member of Step up Housing, a recently created non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable housing nationwide. Evanson is also an active member of Young Presidents Organization. She is a member of the real estate philanthropy network at the Jewish Federation – Los Angeles.