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IU McKinney student Nicholas Johnson has been named Director of Lending for Indiana and Louisville at IFF, a Chicago-based Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) serving the Midwest.

In this role, Johnson will be responsible for leading IFF’s lending activities throughout Indiana as well as metro Louisville. He will lead business development and loan structuring for the market, as well as collaborate with IFF’s Indiana-based real estate consulting team.

Johnson was most recently a program officer for Local Initiatives Support Corporation – Indianapolis, where he oversaw lending activities citywide for a variety of development projects as well as neighborhood resources and catalyst projects in the Near-West and Near-Eastside. He has more than 13 years of experience in economic development, business development, finance, and both site selection and site development, having served in several public, private, and nonprofit positions in Indiana, Louisiana, and Texas.

In the community, Johnson supports the YMCA and the Community Development Advisory Committee for the Purdue Extension of Marion County. Additionally, he works with the Environmental Law Society and the Black Law Student Association at IU McKinney.