Staff
Barry J. Schultz
CEO
Barry J. Schultz, as Chief Executive Officer, is directly responsible for overall direction and supervision of San Diego Capital Collaborative's affairs, employees, projects and programs. He has worked in the community development field for over 15 years in both the private and public sectors.
Barry is a former shareholder with the law firm of Sullivan Wertz McDade and Wallace. His law practice focused on community development, real estate, land use, and government relations. He provided legal counsel to non-profit and for-profit developers of affordable housing and has extensive experience with affordable housing finance including tax credit and bond financing.
Prior to joining Sullivan Wertz McDade and Wallace, Barry served as senior policy advisor and chief of staff to San Diego City Councilman William D. Jones. In this capacity he advised the councilman on housing, land use, and redevelopment issues.
Barry has served as a City of San Diego Planning Commissioner for 7 years and currently serves as Chair of the Planning Commission. He is active with the local chapter of the Urban Land Institute and the San Diego Federation. He has also served as a board member for the City Heights Community Development Corporation and the San Diego Community Housing Corporation. He currently serves on the Community Reinvestment Advisory Board for Torrey Pines Bank and was recently admitted as a member of Lambda Alpha International San Diego Land Economics Society.
Dana L. Morabito
Director, Planning & Community Development
Dana is responsible for developing and implementing the Company's "community based, socially responsible" investment program, a new and innovative approach to community development. She is currently working with developers, community groups, redevelopment agencies and local officials to help target the investments of the San Diego Smart Growth Fund in projects located within San Diego's low and moderate income neighborhoods. Through these relationships, SDCC will be able to identify public policies and plans that will assist in directing the Fund's investments into those neighborhoods and projects where the private investments can be leveraged with, and supported by, public investment and support.
Dana has been involved in the community development field for over 8 years providing government relations, community outreach, and development consulting services, including working with developers of affordable housing. Dana successfully transferred her 18 years of paralegal experience in corporate and real estate law to the community development field.
Dana is active in social and civic organizations. She is currently a member of the Urban Land Institute and the San Diego Housing Federation. She serves on the Program Committee and Police Committee for the Urban Land Institute San Diego/Tijuana Chapter, the Policy Committee for the San Diego Housing Federation, and as a committee member for the Chula Vista Small Business Links. She served as the Vice President, Board of Directors for Rebuilding Together San Diego, a non-profit organization that revitalizes homes for senior and disabled. She also served on the Board of Directors/Branch Board for the Boys & Girls Club of San Dieguito and Secretary, Board of Directors for the Del Mar Powerhouse Baseball Club, as well as a volunteer coordinator for Project Mercy and was a wish grantor for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Dana was a 2006 Honoree for the YWCA Tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN) award and was named one of San Diego's most successful people under the age of 40 as part of the San Diego Metropolitan's 40 Under Forty award in 2006.