Top 10 Underutilized Financial Tools Webinar
Toby Rittner is CEO of Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA), which addresses research, education, and advocacy for local, state and federal economic development programs. This webinar will review the most effective financing tools which work for downtown redevelopment and share the most under-utilized economic tools that you should be integrating.
Don’t know where to start? CDFA provides training opportunities for you and leaders in your community to tackle complex financing tools. This will be a good introduction to financing strategies that can help you achieve your goals.
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Toby Rittner, DFCP, EDFP
President & CEO
Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA)
100 E. Broad Street, Suite 1200
Columbus, OH 43215
Email: trittner@cdfa.net
Mr. Rittner runs the day-to-day operations of the Council of Development Finance Agencies (CDFA), which includes management of a 32 member Board of Directors, and the organization’s various educational, advocacy, research, resources and networking initiatives. Rittner is a frequent speaker at local, state and national conferences and events focused on economic development finance. He has been featured extensively in The Bond Buyer, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NPR and other national media publications concerning the advancement of development finance tools. He is the author of CDFA’s highly acclaimed Practitioner’s Guide to Economic Development Finance and an adjunct faculty member at The Ohio State University and Carnegie Mellon University teaching planning for sustainable economic development.
Rittner is a Development Finance Certified Professional (DFCP) through CDFA and is a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional (EDFP) through the National Development Council (NDC). Rittner has also advised state and federal government leaders, including President Obama’s Administration Transition Team, on economic development finance policy.
Prior to joining CDFA, Mr. Rittner was the Director of Legislative Affairs and former Director of Training for the International Economic Development Council (IEDC). Mr. Rittner has also worked for the Franklin County, Ohio Board of Commissioners, Community and Economic Development Department as a Senior Program Coordinator for Economic Development and as an Associate Planner for the City of Gahanna, Ohio.
Mr. Rittner previously served on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Financial Advisory Board. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Community Fund I, LLC and is also a member of the Advisory Board for Heritage Ohio. Mr. Rittner holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Master’s of City and Regional Planning degree from The Ohio State University.