SINDY SPIVAK
West Region Market Executive for Community Development Banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Sindy Spivak is West Region Market Executive for Community Development Banking (CDB) at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, based in Los Angeles. She leads a 12-person team – across the Western half of the country including California, Texas, Washington, Oregon and Colorado – that provides debt and equity financing for affordable housing and mixed-used developments for underserved communities. The tenants include low-income individuals, families, seniors, veterans, those with special needs and the formerly homeless. In 2017, CDB had a record-breaking year, providing $4.53 billion in loans, tax credit equity investments and other real estate development solutions, deployed for economic and community development across the country. Spivak has over 25 years of experience in underwriting, originating and managing financial products for a wide array of commercial real estate developments.