Carol Galante is responsible for the overall direction of BRIDGE, including real estate development, property and asset management, and corporate administration, as well as its major affiliates such as BUILD, an investment advisor to CalPERS under the California Urban Real Estate Program, and BASS, a licensed life care provider. Since Ms. Galante joined BRIDGE as Vice President in 1987, she has been involved in the production of over 9,500 units of housing, including BRIDGE’s major mixed-use developments in Richmond, Marin City, and West Oakland. Prior to her work at BRIDGE, she was the Executive Director of Eden Housing, Inc., where she developed affordable homes and formed a property management subsidiary. Ms. Galante has worked for the cities of Santa Barbara, Richmond and Philadelphia. She serves as Vice Chair of the national Housing Partnership Network and on the Board of Directors of the California Housing Consortium as well as the Center for Creative Land Recycling. In June 2005, the State Senate appointed Ms. Galante to the California Housing Finance Agency Board of Directors. She is also a member of several advisory and policy boards. Named the 2003 “Deal Maker of the Year” by the San Francisco Business Times, she is also a recipient of the 2002 U.C. Berkeley College of Environmental Design Distinguished Alumna Award. Ms. Galante is a licensed real estate broker and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Ohio Wesleyan and a Master of City Planning from U.C. Berkeley.