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CDFA National Sponsors

CDFA National Sponsors represent the leaders in the development finance industry. These sponsors are given a unique opportunity to champion all of the efforts of CDFA and play an integral role in the ongoing development of the organization. National Sponsors make a yearlong sponsorship commitment of $12,000 to CDFA and in turn receive over 100 individual offerings of media and marketing and CDFA’s newest benefit – the CDFA Direct Connect feature.

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-Meet CDFA's National Sponsors

Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
Alliant Insurance Services makes the process of finding the right management liability and cyber liability insurance coverage quick and easy. With a history dating back to 1925, Alliant ranks among the largest insurance brokerage firms in the United States. Alliant operates with a passion to provide an unparalleled level of insurance brokerage expertise by continually designing, developing, and delivering effective and innovative products and services.
BNY Mellon
BNY Mellon is the world's leading provider of corporate trust and agency services, administering $28.5 trillion in outstanding debt from 69 locations in 39 countries.
Bricker Graydon LLP
Bricker Graydon LLP assists public and private sector entities throughout the Midwest with the implementation of development finance projects utilizing tax incentives and bond finance structures, including TIF, CPACE, and other leverage tools.
Business Oregon
Business Oregon works to create, retain, expand and attract businesses that provide sustainable, living-wage jobs for Oregonians through public-private partnerships, leveraged funding, and support of economic opportunities for Oregon companies and entrepreneurs.
CohnReznick
With origins dating back to 1919, CohnReznick is the 11th largest accounting, tax, and advisory firm in the United States, combining the resources and technical expertise of a national firm with the hands-on, entrepreneurial approach that today's dynamic business environment demands. CohnReznick serves a large number of industries and offers specialized services for Fortune 1000 companies, middle-market firms, international enterprises, government agencies, not-for-profit organizations, and other key market sectors.
Frost Brown Todd LLP
Across their eight-state footprint, Frost Brown Todd LLP offers a deep, talented roster of legal professionals. Committed to their clients, the firm leverages technical and legal knowledge and experience to serve a diverse client base, from global to entrepreneurial companies.
Grow America | Formerly NDC
NDC is now Grow America. In a time of unprecedented growth, we’re proud to be the country’s first and most dedicated community and economic development nonprofit. For over five decades, we have worked to improve the lives of millions of people through new economic opportunity and community improvement, in every one of the 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. We’re proud that our pioneering efforts established a field that now includes peers like CRF, Enterprise, LISC, and many others. Grow America acts as partner, teacher, advisor, investor, developer, and lender, bringing together technical know-how and capital for community and economic investment. We’re rededicating ourselves to our programs in investments in housing and community development; innovative lending and entrepreneurial support; advisory support for community and economic development; and professional education and training.
Hawes Hill and Associates LLP
Hawes Hill & Associates (HHA) concentrates on economic and community development and public financing consulting using special purpose districts, real estate incentives, and other public financing tools. Throughout its nearly 30-year history, HHA has assembled an expert professional staff with broad experience in planning, development, and finance in the public and private sectors.
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP is the only national law firm in the U.S. whose practice is devoted primarily to public finance and public projects. The firm has more attorneys engaged in the full time practice of public finance and projects than any other law firm in the country, constituting an unparalleled resource for clients.
Ice Miller LLP
Ice Miller is nationally recognized for its public-private partnerships (P3s), municipal bond, and economic development experience. Built on a foundation of legal service more than a century-long, the firm is committed to helping our clients stay ahead in a changing world. With more than 350 legal professionals across seven offices, we advise clients on all aspects of complex legal issues and help them navigate the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. Our clients include emerging growth companies, FORTUNE 500 corporations, municipal entities, and nonprofits.
KeyBanc Capital Markets
KeyBanc Capital Markets is an investment banking firm serving issuers of tax-exempt debt for over 40 years. Their team identifies opportunities, designs financing structures and develops an array of solutions that meet and exceed clients' financial and strategic objectives.
Kutak Rock LLP
Kutak Rock LLP is a national law firm of more than 500 lawyers with offices from coast to coast. The firm's primary practice concentrations are business and corporate law, public finance, litigation and real estate law, with numerous areas of specialization.
McGuireWoods
With 1000 lawyers and 21 strategically located offices worldwide, McGuireWoods LLP, uses client-focused teams to serve public, private, government and nonprofit clients from virtually every area of the law.
MuniCap, Inc.
MuniCap, Inc. is a public finance consulting firm based in Columbia, Maryland that specializes in the public finance aspects of redevelopment. MuniCap is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, with additional offices located in Dallas, Texas, Charleston, South Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. As a result of MuniCap's commitment to and specialization with public financing related to real estate development, MuniCap is one of the most experienced firms in the country in this field. This high degree of expertise has resulted in MuniCap having the opportunity to assist with over 294 projects in more 30 states and the District of Columbia.
NW Financial Group, LLC
NW Financial Group LLC is the premier Financial Advisory / Municipal Underwriting firm in the Northeast whose experienced professionals provide unparalleled expert advice to States, Local Governments, and Authorities. The professionals that make up NW Financial possess a diverse set of experiences in both the public and private sector and demonstrate a long-term commitment to the business of municipal finance.
PGAV Planners, LLC
PGAV is a global leader in planning, design, and development consultation to public, corporate, and institutional clients. For more than fifty years, PGAV has created unique approaches and solutions to community planning and development issues, and orchestrated public/private partnerships to address redevelopment challenges. We are experts in development finance, economic studies, community planning, and public engagement.  PGAV provides communities with an integrated approach to planning and development finance.  PGAV has helped facilitate more than $3 billion in development across the country over the past decade.
Raza Development Fund
Raza Development Fund invests capital and creates financial solutions to increase opportunities for Latino and poor families across the country.
SB Friedman Development Advisors
SB Friedman Development Advisors is a real estate and development advisory firm specializing in development strategies and public-private partnerships. Founded in 1990, they work with public, private, and institutional clients. Their mission is to guide and enable their clients to create high-quality places through the practice of real estate economics, development finance and urban planning.
Stifel Nicolaus
Stifel Nicolaus is a full-service securities firm dedicated to development finance. Stifel Nicolaus has developed innovative public financing structures for private developments, saving millions of dollars for their public and private sector clients.
The Bond Buyer
The Bond Buyer is the only independent information resource serving municipal finance professionals, offering an unparalleled blend of news, analysis, and data that sets it apart in the industry. Moreover, it provides comprehensive education on cutting-edge public finance topics tailored for decision-makers in executive and senior management roles.
U.S. Bank
U.S. Bancorp (USB), with $416 billion in assets, is the parent company of U.S. Bank, the fifth largest commercial bank with more than 65,000 employees, and 3,151 offices in the United States.
Wells Fargo Securities
Wells Fargo Securities offers a comprehensive set of capital markets services, including originating and distributing public debt and equity, hedging interest rates and commodity and equity risks, advising on mergers and acquisitions, and originating structured lending facilities and municipal bonds.


-National Sponsor Benefits

CDFA National Sponsor Premium Benefit Package

CDFA understands the importance of connecting directly with our network of development finance professionals. As such we have expanded our benefits this year to include CDFA’s Direct Connect feature which will enable the Development Finance professionals who visit our webpage to contact your organization’s lead professional directly to inquire about your products, services, and other offerings.

CDFA's Direct Connect Feature

  • A dedicated webpage for your organization that will include a description of services and a highlight of your organization’s lead contact(s)
  • Automated contact form on your dedicated webpage that will route inquiries directly to your lead contact to request a complimentary conversation
To direct our network to your page, your lead contact along with the opportunity for a complimentary conversation will be highlighted to our network in the following ways:
  • At least once a year, you will be featured in CDFA’s Development Finance Review Weekly (DFRW), which is our primary newsletter and reaches 27,000+ development professionals
  • The CDFA Direct Connect feature will be highlighted in a multitude CDFA marketing campaigns throughout the year

Core Benefits

CDFA is proud to continue offering complimentary annual membership and the following sponsorship benefits to CDFA all National Sponsors.

CDFA Training Institute

National Sponsors receive recognition at CDFA Training Institute courses offered throughout the year. In 2025, CDFA expects to reach our network directly through the Training Institute. At each training course, National Sponsors receive the following:

  • Exclusive opportunity to speak on training courses, webinars, and panels when appropriate and speaker contact information provided to all attendees in post-event follow-up communication
  • 5 complimentary registrations to be applied to the CDFA Training Institute courses or Webcast series of your organization’s choosing
  • Electronic copy of course attendee list (upon request)

CDFA's National Development Finance Summit

  • Opportunity to moderate one session at the event
  • 2 complimentary registrations (one of which will be assigned to the person serving as a moderator)
  • Event attendee list pre- and post-event
  • Recognition in the event program, signage, screen splashes, and web page
  • 1 full-page advertisement in the event program
  • Opportunity place promotional material in the event bag
  • Options to engage directly with Summit attendees as a Dining Adventure host and/or by securing a place at the CDFA sponsor table during networking breaks and receptions

CDFA's Website and other Electronic Marketing

  • Company logo, website link, and company description placed on CDFA’s home page and National Sponsor page
  • Prominent, high-level recognition on all CDFA Training Institute courses
  • Individual recognition periodically throughout the year in CDFA’s Development Finance Review Weekly newsletter, which is sent to over 35,000 subscribers and considered the industry’s best development finance resource


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CDFA National Sponsors

  • Alliant Insurance Services, Inc.
  • BNY Mellon
  • Bricker Graydon LLP
  • Business Oregon
  • CohnReznick
  • Frost Brown Todd LLP
  • Grow America | Formerly NDC
  • Hawes Hill and Associates LLP
  • Hawkins Delafield & Wood LLP
  • Ice Miller LLP
  • KeyBanc Capital Markets
  • Kutak Rock LLP
  • McGuireWoods
  • MuniCap, Inc.
  • NW Financial Group, LLC
  • PGAV Planners, LLC
  • Raza Development Fund
  • SB Friedman Development Advisors
  • Stifel Nicolaus
  • The Bond Buyer
  • U.S. Bank
  • Wells Fargo Securities
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