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WNC Restructures at Executive Level with Multiple Promotions

Irvine, CA-based WNC restructured four executive-level roles to align with its recent growth and continued upward trajectory. WNC promoted Melanie Wenk to EVP of business operations, Camille Longino to CFO, and Christine Cormier to EVP of investor relations. WNC EVP Michael Gaber will now also serve as the firm’s chief liaison for industry and government affairs.

Wenk (pictured above), who joined WNC in 2003, most recently served as EVP and CFO. She will continue to oversee LIHTC underwriting and dispositions for the firm and will now also oversee WNC’s LIHTC asset management department. Wenk has also been appointed as chair of the executive committee at WNC.

WNC’s Will Cooper Jr. says, “WNC has been in a period of tremendous growth for quite some time, and the restructuring of our executive leadership will help improve the quality of service to our partners as well as put a strong emphasis on teamwork.”

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Dennis Kaiser is Vice President of Public Relations and Communications for Connect Creative. Dennis is a communications leader with more than 40 years of experience including as a journalist and in corporate and agency marketing communications roles. He is responsible for Connect Creative’s agency client services and is involved in a range of initiatives ranging from public relations and content strategy, communications and message development, copywriting, media relations, social media and content marketing services. Prior to joining Connect Media in 2015, his most recent corporate communications roles involved leading a regional public relations effort across Southern California for CBRE, playing a key marketing role on JLL’s national retail team, and directing the global public relations effort at ValleyCrest (BrightView), the nation’s largest commercial landscape services company. He has worked on marketing communications assignments for such CRE companies as Blackstone/Equity Office, Carlyle, Caruso, Disney Resorts, GE Capital, Irvine Company, Hines, Howard Hughes Corp., Jeffries, Lennar, MGM, Marcus & Millichap, Prologis, Raleigh Studios, Simon, Starwood, Trammell Crow Company, Transamerica, UBS and Wynn Resorts. Dennis has also worked on communications and launch strategies for a number of consumer electronic, media and tech brands including SlingMedia, Channel Master, Deluxe Media Entertainment, BeIn Sports, EchoStar and Sprint. Dennis’s agency background included firms such as Off Madison Ave., Idea Hall and Macy + Associates. He has earned an outstanding reputation with organization leaders as a trusted advisor, strategic program implementer, consensus builder and exceptional collaborator. Dennis has developed and managed national communications programs for Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, both public and private. He’s successfully worked with journalists across the globe representing clients involved in major-breaking news stories, product launches, media tours, and company news announcements. Dennis has been involved in a host of charitable and community organizations including the American Cancer Society, Easter Seals, Boy Scouts, Chrysalis Foundation, Freedom For Life, HOLA, L.A.’s BEST, Reach Out and Read, Super Bowl Host Committee, and the Thunderbirds Charities.

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