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Michael L. Falcone
Earl W. Cole, III
Lisa Roberts
Gary A. Mentesana


Michael L. Falcone
Chief Executive Officer and President

Michael L. Falcone is the Chief Executive Officer and President of MuniMae, a position he has held since January 1, 2005. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, he served as Chief Operating Officer from 1997. Mr. Falcone is responsible for all aspects of the general management of the Company, focusing on strategic planning, risk management, business development, and oversight of the performance of the Company. Prior to his involvement with MuniMae, Mr. Falcone Served as Senior Vice President and Partner at The Shelter Group, a Baltimore based real estate development and property management firm where he began his career in 1983. Mr. Falcone serves as the Chairman of the Board of McDonogh School and is the Treasurer of the Board of Catholic Charities of Central Maryland.

Earl W. Cole
Executive Vice President

Earl W. Cole, III, is MuniMae’s Executive Vice President for Corporate Credit and Portfolio Management. Mr. Cole started with the Company’s predecessor, the SCA Tax-Exempt Fund, in 1989. As the Company’s Chief Credit and Real Estate Officer, he is responsible for setting and maintaining the Company’s credit, underwriting and asset management policies, procedures and best practices and overseeing its investment approval processes. In this capacity, Mr. Cole participates in the Company's Loan and Investment committees and chairs its Real Estate Investment Committee. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Cole oversaw the loan servicing, construction management and asset management functions of the Company’s real estate portfolio. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Cole worked for thirteen years with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where he held positions related to HUD’s full range of activities including loan origination, servicing and community planning and development. Mr. Cole is a graduate of the University of Maryland with a B.A. in Economics.

Lisa Roberts
Chief Financial Officer

Lisa Roberts is the Chief Financial Officer of MuniMae, a position she began on August 23, 2011. Ms. Roberts joined MuniMae in November 2007, serving as Corporate Controller and leading the Company's financial functions. As the CFO of MuniMae, Ms. Roberts is responsible for overseeing all elements of the Financial, Accounting, and certain Administrative functions, including Accounting Policy, Treasury and Corporate Capital Raising, External Reporting, Financial Planning, Taxes and Corporate Accounting. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Roberts was a Managing Director within the Financial Services practice of Navigant Consulting, Inc., a global consulting firm providing operational, dispute, investigative, risk management and financial advisory solutions to the market. Previous to this, she was Vice President and head of Corporate Accounting for Freddie Mac. Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Ms. Roberts was an auditor for Arthur Andersen LLP practicing within their Financial Services division. Ms. Roberts graduated from Virginia Tech in 1988 with a Bachelors Degree in Economics, Arts and Science and received a Masters Degree in Accounting from Virginia Tech in 1990.

Gary A. Mentesana
Executive Vice President, Chief Capital Officer

Gary A. Mentesana is Executive Vice President of MuniMae, a position he has held since July 2003. As the Company's Chief Capital Officer, he is responsible for the day-to-day capital activities of the Company. Mr. Mentesana previously served as head of the Company’s Affordable Housing Group and was responsible for the affordable tax-exempt and taxable lending and equity businesses and as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Mentesana’s tenure with MuniMae began in 1988 with the Company’s predecessor, the SCA Tax-Exempt Fund Limited Partnership. Prior to joining MuniMae, he worked for Coopers and Lybrand and was a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Mentesana graduated from the University of Rhode Island.

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