Amelia Rideau possesses extensive experience in project finance, having represented public entities, developers, non-profits, lenders and investors for over a decade. In her current role, she manages community engagement and government relations activities, while providing legal oversight for Genesis Companies, LLC. Prior to joining Genesis, Ms. Rideau held several legal positions at PNC, where she supported its M&A and private equity activity, its Community Development Banking Group including Opportunity Zone financing, CRA and public welfare investments and the Tax Credit Solutions Group’s LIHTC, NMTC and HTC investments.

Previously, Ms. Rideau was a Member of McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC, where she focused primarily on the approval and financing of a myriad of affordable housing, economic development and redevelopment transactions utilizing forms of federal, state, housing authority and municipal financial assistance, including rental assistance demonstration repositioning, tax credit financing, tax exempt bonds, redevelopment area bonds, tax exemptions and abatements, federal credit enhancements and conventional financing and the negotiation, approval and implementation of land use plans, financing instruments, development agreements, redevelopment agreements and financial agreements.

Ms. Rideau currently serves on the Board of the Citizens Housing Planning Council, a coalition of real estate professionals focused on low-income housing production, housing advocacy and planning policy. She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark.