CONSULTANT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY

Tammie Hoy-Hawkins

Consultant: Community Development Strategy

Together Consulting

Tammie is an affordable housing enthusiast and a community development advocate. As President of Together Consulting, Tammie Hoy Hawkins provides leadership and guidance to non-profit, for profit, and government entities focused on community economic development initiatives. Utilizing over 25 years of community economic development experience, Tammie provides direct technical assistance and consulting services in the areas of non-profit capacity building, affordable housing, neighborhood development and revitalization, community development finance and asset building.

As part of her consulting work Tammie served as the Project Manager for the Northside Development Group’s Northside Initiative in Spartanburg, SC, a Purpose Built Community, for over 6 years. Tammie also helped to launch the Greenville Housing Fund 2.0 in 2018.

Prior to founding Together Consulting in 2013, Tammie spent six years as the Director of the Lowcountry Housing Trust. In her capacity as founding Executive Director, she worked to develop and implement the first local housing trust fund in South Carolina which led the organization to receive Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) designation from the US Treasury Department. She grew the organization to over $10M in assets during her tenure. Tammie then transitioned to work for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. As the bank’s Regional Community Development Manager, Tammie was responsible for community economic development outreach and education for North and South Carolina.

Tammie most recently served as the CEO for CommunityWorks, a Greenville, South Carolina based, state-wide Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) where she led the organization from 2020-2022 through the pandemic and a significant growth phase. She grew the organization from $14M in assets to over $28M, raising over $8M in contributions, grants, and impact investments.