The Team

Founder & Managing Partner

Robert has over 15 years’ experience structuring, syndicating and developing hundreds of real estate projects across the country generating over $1 billion in federal and state tax credits.

He focuses primarily on investor relationships with taxpayers including publicly traded corporations, multi-national financial institutions, family offices, and privately held businesses.

Chief Financial Officer

Geoffrey Cover, CPA, CITP, a former consulting partner in the New Orleans office of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC joins RiseImpact’s New Orleans office as its Chief Financial Officer bringing over 15 years of public accounting experience and expertise providing tax credit advisory services to the real estate sector including complex deal structuring, financial modeling, and accounting and tax consulting and management.

Geoff is a member of the Louisiana CPA Society, AICPA, serves as an instructor of Accounting and Taxation for Loyola University New Orleans’ College of Business, is the Board President for the New Orleans Emergency Medical Services Foundation, and volunteers as an Executive Mentor for Loyola’s Business Portfolio Program.

Manager, Investor Relations

Christine began her career at Raymond James in 2017 while earning her bachelor’s degree in public relations from Tulane University.

She manages client and investor relationships with a high degree of care and attention to detail; she strives to provide every client with an outstanding experience.

Development Associate and Financial Analyst

Ryan is responsible for supporting the investment process across the organization, including financial modeling and underwriting. Prior to joining RiseImpact Capital, Ryan served as an analyst within BlackRock’s Financial Institutions Group in New York, covering institutional Insurance clients.

Ryan graduated Cum Laude with a BBA in Finance from Louisiana State University.

Director, Acquisitions & Originations

With over 15 years’ experience as developer and investor legal counsel, Trey has extensive expertise in transactions involving historic rehabilitation, low-income housing, and new markets tax credits, as well as transactions involving government loan programs and opportunity zone financing. Trey currently sources and manages tax credit transactions for RiseImpact. In addition, he has spoken and presented on historic tax credits for numerous industry stakeholders.

General Counsel

Tyler serves as outside general counsel to RiseImpact Capital through his law firm, R&M Law Group, LLC. Tyler has a wide range of experience representing developers, syndicators, lenders and investors on projects that involve federal and state tax credits as well as other tax incentivizes, including low-income housing, historic, renewable energy and opportunity zones.

Tyler oversees general corporate matters and provides project specific advice to RiseImpact Capital.

Manager, Film & Entertainment Tax Credits

Based in Atlanta, Chelsea manages the firm’s film and entertainment tax credit business line focusing on building relationships with film studios, production companies, producers and other film and television executives. Additionally, she works closely with CPAs, family offices, and individual and corporate taxpayers looking to utilize film and other state tax credits. Chelsea joined RiseImpact in 2019, and her prior experience includes 16 years in the legal and commercial real estate development fields. Having been with the company since its founding, Chelsea’s invaluable experience often leads her to critical involvement in many aspects of the organization including operations and transaction management, developer relationships, marketing, information technology, and human resources.

Director, Acquisitions and Originations – South Carolina

Michael has over 25 years of experience in the financial industry in South Carolina. His focus is on South Carolina tax credit programs and development opportunities, including the Abandoned Building Tax Credit, Textile Communities Revitalization Tax Credit, Historic Tax Credit and Affordable Housing Tax Credit programs.

He works closely with real estate developers, CPAs, attorneys, commercial real estate brokers, bankers and other financial professionals on the syndication and monetization of South Carolina tax credit development projects.

Director, Acquisitions and Originations – South Carolina

Matt leads RiseImpact’s efforts in South Carolina managing the tax credit syndication and development efforts regarding historic rehabilitation, affordable housing, and renewable energy by fostering investor relationships with attorneys, real estate brokers, bankers, family offices, CPAs, and real estate developers.

Matt, a licensed attorney, also assists with governance, public policy, and governmental relations on the state and federal level. He graduated with a dual-degree (JD/IMBA) from the University of South Carolina.

Manager, Film & Entertainment Tax Credits

With over 14 years of experience in film and entertainment tax credits, production management, planning, and operations,   Lisa is a seasoned leader in the film and entertainment industry.  She has successfully managed multiple international and domestic projects, securing and maximizing tax incentives, optimizing financial operations, and ensuring quality and efficiency. 

As the Vice President of Production Strategy and Tax Incentives at Fox Entertainment, she oversaw the development and implementation of strategic plans for film production across various genres and markets, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to achieve creative and financial goals.

Additionally, Lisa served as the Director and Manager of Production Planning & Operations at AMC Studios, where she supported the production of award-winning shows such as The Walking Dead, Halt & Catch Fire, Fear The Walking Dead, managing all tax credits, audits, schedules, contracts, and logistics.