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Christine Smiggen is Vice President of Charter FS, a division of CSDC. She has been with Charter FS since 2004 providing financial consulting services and arranging over $150 million in financing for charter schools. She provides expertise to clients throughout the financing process from initial debt capacity evaluation, funding options, funding source selection, underwriting support, documentation review to receipt of funding. Christine leads the Charter FS division and conducts business development for all of CSDC’s programs and services.
Prior to joining Charter FS Corporation, Christine served as Vice President of Information Systems for the National Charter Schools Institute. She also served as a special projects manager for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Her programs focused on facilities funding for education technology centers and development of the Michigan Virtual University.
Christine’s initial efforts with charter schools started while serving in former Michigan Governor John Engler's office. During this time she assisted with implementing the state's charter school law by working with various officials in state departments, authorizing bodies and the charter school association.
Christine holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Michigan State University and a Bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Communication from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame.
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Christine Smiggen