Johnny Hamilton has served as VP for ACT! lending activities since March 2009. He has over thirty five years of experience managing community and economic development programs and activities, as well as grants management. Those programs include housing development, business incubator development and operation, job training and economic development lending. He has also served as a technical assistance provider for small business owners. As manager and interim director of the City of Albany’s Department of Community and Economic Development, he was responsible for administering various program funds in excess of $80,000,000 received by the City for disaster relief in 1995. During his tenure with the City of Albany, he also managed lending activities designed to provide first-time home buyer opportunities as well as economic development lending programs for small and disadvantaged businesses. He has a BS degree in Business Administration from Morehouse College.