Advantage Capital added Sandra M. Moore to the firm as a managing director and chief impact officer.

With more than three decades of experience in urban planning, economic development and community revitalization, Moore guides the design of the firm’s investments and investment strategies to maximize community impact. In addition to impact investing, she assists the investment team in growing and sharing community impact results and studies results to ensure the firm is producing its projected returns.

“Sandy Moore is a national leader in her field, and we are excited to have her join our team,” said Steven Stull, Advantage Capital president and founder. “She understands our company’s mission well as we continue to bring businesses, technologies and jobs to communities that have historically lacked access to investment capital.”

For nearly 15 years, Moore was a member of the company’s New Markets Tax Credit Advisory Board, serving as a key adviser in efforts to grow businesses and jobs in historically underserved communities. Most recently, she was the president of Urban Strategies in Missouri, leading a team of professionals working in cities across the U.S. to help transform distressed urban core communities into vibrant, safe residential neighborhoods with new housing, good schools and an array of community strengthening services and amenities.

Advantage Capital provides equity and debt financing to established and emerging companies located in communities underserved by conventional sources of capital.