Claudia Oñate Greim
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Claudia Oñate Greim is an expert in corporate governance, securities law and regulatory compliance, and urban development and affordable housing policy.
Oñate Greim has worked at Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP and began her professional career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York City where she represented clients on mergers, acquisitions, capital formation and corporate governance matters and securities law and regulatory compliance.
In 2006, Oñate Greim was appointed by Governor Matt Blunt to the Missouri Housing Development Commission (MHDC), a state agency that oversees $2.3 billion in assets and has invested almost $4 billion in home mortgages, the development and preservation of affordable rental housing, and other housing programs. Oñate Greim served on the MHDC board through June 2010, during which time she held the positions of Secretary-Treasurer, Vice Chair and Chairwoman.
In 2007, Oñate Greim was appointed by Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser to the Kansas City Tax Increment Financing Commission (TIF), which encourages development of blighted, substandard and economically underutilized areas that would not be developed without public assistance. Oñate Greim is currently serving as Chairwoman of TIF.
Oñate Greim is also a member of the Downtown Economic Stimulus Authority of Kansas City, the Kansas City Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors, and a trustee of the Kansas City Public Library Board. She holds a BA in Economics and Psychology from Stanford University and a JD from Harvard Law School.
Oñate Greim views active involvement in the community as an essential component of her professional career. As such, she is proud to join a team of professionals at the Ashcroft Law Firm whose professional knowledge is informed by previous experience in public service.
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