Eric H. Lipp
Executive Director
3010 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233
205-639-5090
About The Executive Director
Eric Lipp holds a B.A. from Albion College in Economics and Management and a B.A. in Mathematics, as well as a M.B.A. from the Wharton School, which is part of the University of Pennsylvania. After practicing as a Certified Public Accountant with Ernst & Young, Eric became Chief Financial Officer for a family owned manufacturing enterprise, and then returned to public accounting at Deloitte. After his tenure at Deloitte, he became an executive with General Motors and joined GMAC Commercial Mortgage focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Eric then joined Welden-Field, a Birmingham based family real estate company, and focused on affordable housing activities including new construction, rehabilitation, acquisitions, divestitures, lending and refinances.
Eric is now the Executive Director of East Lake Community Development which is non-profit that has a mission of providing affordable housing. He and his wife, Debra, reside in Birmingham, Alabama and have four children.