Mijo Vodopic
Program Officer

Email: mvodopic at macfound dot org

Mijo Vodopic is a Program Officer for Housing in U.S. Programs. He came to the Foundation from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, where he was a senior analyst on the Financial Markets and Community Investment team. He led evaluations of small business loans to assess the performance of the Small Business Administration, analyzed the impact of the Basel II Accord on global and domestic competition in banking, and reviewed the uses and effects of eminent domain actions on property owners and communities. Previously, he was director of property and asset management at Heartland Housing Incorporated in Chicago, where he managed a portfolio of eight affordable rental properties comprising 700 units and participated in developing tenant selection and management plans for several public housing sites in Chicago being redeveloped through the federal HOPE VI program effort to revitalize severely distressed public housing communities. Previously, Vodopic worked for the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness, advocating on behalf of homeless families during a period of welfare reform. In his current role, he works to preserve affordable rental housing by supporting local, state, and federal policy initiatives, enhancing the field of nonprofit housing entrepreneurs, and communicating the importance of rental housing in the economy.

Mijo graduated magna cum laude from Loyola University and received his Masters degree in Public Policy Studies from the University of Chicago.