Our Staff
The Team Advancing Affordable Housing in Washington
Christine Roveda, President
Christine Roveda joined the Washington Community Reinvestment Association team in 2023.
She brings years of experience in construction, real estate finance and community development to the WCRA. Following graduate school and a career in heavy civil construction engineering, and until joining the WCRA, she worked exclusively in the Commercial Real Estate Group of Wells Fargo Bank, most recently providing credit supervision for the Multi-Family Capital and Community Lending and Investment business lines. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley and a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Christine served on the WCRA Board of Directors from 2014-2023, chairing the board from 2018-2023. She currently volunteers as a track and field coach for City of Seattle Parks and Recreation and has held past positions on the boards of Impact Capital and Homesight.
Angel L. Ratliff, Vice President & Director of Lending
Angel L. Ratliff became a member of the WCRA team in September 2006, filling the Administrative Assistant position. Angel assumed the full-time role of Loan Servicer in 2015 after providing servicing support for two years, primarily in insurance compliance. In 2020 she was promoted to Assistant Vice President and then was promoted again in 2023 to Vice President and Director of Lending. Angel serves on the board of the Tacoma Pierce County Affordable Housing Consortium and participates in the Early Learning Capital Facilities Advisory Group with the Department of Commerce. Prior to working for the WCRA Angel was employed as the Technical Editor at the Center for International Trade in Forest Products and the Rural Technology Initiative at the University of Washington for two years, Accounts Receivable manager for a hardware store, and managed a U.S. Air Force tax office in Germany for four years. In 2023 Angel received a Certificate in Business and Commercial Lending from the American Bankers Association.
Jeanelyn Quinto, Loan Administrator
Jeanelyn Quinto joined WCRA in 2023 as the Loan Administrator, where she manages the loan process from origination through closing. She brings more than 20 years of experience in banking and financial services, with a strong focus on commercial loan documentation and operations. Jeanelyn’s expertise lies in commercial real estate lending, with an emphasis on documentation, processing, closing, and administration of complex loan products. Prior to relocating to Washington State, Jeanelyn spent 18 years with First Hawaiian Bank in Honolulu, Hawaii, where she last served as an Officer and Team Leader of the Commercial Real Estate Documentation Team within the Commercial Loan Center. Jeanelyn attended Honolulu Community College, where she earned an Associate of Applied Science degree.
Allison Brundage, Loan Servicing Administrator
Allison Brundage joined the Washington Community Reinvestment Association in 2015 as an Office Assistant and has grown with the organization into her current role as Loan Servicing Administrator. She manages the day-to-day servicing and ongoing performance of WCRA’s diverse portfolio. Prior to joining the WCRA, Allison worked as an Administrative Assistant and Cemetery Specialist at a large funeral home in Seattle. She attended the University of Central Florida.
Tannia Cimorez, Relationship Associate
Tannia Cimorez started with WCRA as a Relationship Associate in 2025. She brings with her over a decade of administrative experience. Before joining the WCRA, she worked as a legal associate for a loan portfolio servicer in Greenwich, Connecticut and provided executive assistant support for an asset management organization. She also has years of experience working as a real estate agent and in real estate office administration. Tannia is a recent transplant to the Pacific Northwest, having moved here from Rockland County, New York.
Dong Soo Mike Seo, Loan Portfolio Relationship Manager
Mike Seo recently joined the Washington Community Reinvestment Association as the Loan Portfolio Relationship Manager. He is responsible for ongoing asset management in the WCRA loan portfolio. He is very passionate about community development finance and cooperatives. (and in combination, financing co-ops!) Before WCRA, he worked for two different Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI), Local Initiatives Support Corporation and Shared Capital Cooperative. He holds a Master of Regional Planning from Cornell University.