As Director of Impact Investments, Tracy Kartye leads the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s impact investment portfolio. Casey has allocated 4% of its endowment for investments that achieve financial returns and social impact that build brighter futures for children, families and communities in the United States.  Since joining Casey in 2005, Kartye has invested more than $300 million in funds, private entities and projects across the country. These efforts have leveraged more than $1 billion for thousands of new jobs, affordable housing units and community facilities in local communities.  Kartye has a background in community and economic development, working for the Local Initiatives Support Corp. in Houston, Texas, and the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. in Brooklyn, New York, before joining Casey. She sits on the boards of Episcopal Housing Corporation and Healthy Neighborhoods in Baltimore. She is a graduate of Hendrix College and the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University.