Laura Vowell is the director of Business Development for New Markets and Historic Tax Credit Investments at U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corporation. Since joining USBCDC in 2005, she has been instrumental in originating and closing more than $3 billion of tax credit investments in hundreds of projects around the country. Since 2014, she has managed a national team of originators who invest in transactions by helping secure funding for a diverse array of projects; from food banks and performing arts centers, to grocery stores and historic hotels.
Laura is a regular speaker at national community development and historic preservation industry conferences and tax credit-related events. She is on the Executive Committee of the Partnership for Job Creation, and the Board of the Historic Tax Credit Coalition. She served as the treasurer of the DC Preservation League prior to relocating to St. Louis, where she was also the treasurer of the Lafayette Square Restoration Committee and is currently on the board of Grand Center, Inc.
Laura began her career in the Washington D.C. area as a transportation engineer. Prior to joining USBCDC, Laura worked with a private real estate developer, managing several redevelopment projects in the Los Angeles area. She holds an M.B.A. from the Anderson School of Business at UCLA and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York.