As Executive Director of the Washington Area Community Investment Fund, Mr. Flanagan works on access to capital issues for small businesses. Under his leadership, WACIF (wake-if) has engineered a $1 million net asset turnaround and grown average yearly loan production by over 300% while improving credit quality. Mr. Flanagan has dreams of making WACIF (Wake-if) a national model for community development lending. He has started realizing that goal by hiring people vastly smarter than he is. WACIF's staff boasts impressive educational pedigrees, impactful real-world experience, and a devotion to supporting community development in low- to moderate income neighborhoods. Mr. Flanagan is extremely proud of the staff he has assembled, and if given the chance, will bend your ear telling you all about them.