Bea Stotzer Investigates

Beatriz Olvera Stotzer is CEO of NEWCapital, a real estate development firm in Los Angeles, CA. Finding creative economic solutions that work for poor families and poverty’s worst victims – women and children is her passion.Ms. Stotzer is a nationally recognized business leader and family advocate. She is one of the founders and current Board President of New Economics for Women (NEW), a Los Angeles not for profit agency engaged in housing and economic development. She leveraged an initial $97,000 United Way grant into its existing success of more than $170 million in investments for the Los Angeles area. Her extensive business and community development work in the greater Los Angeles area have been invaluable to setting the vision for not only NEW but other organizations to establish economic programs for families.NEWCapital and NEW’s developments provide innovative housing and services that meet the needs of working Latinas and their families. Fannie Mae Foundation acclaimed these housing developments as “models for the nation” and recently recognized NEW as 1 of 10 exceptional community developUntitled-1ment corporations in the nation, the only Latina organization to be so recognized. NEW recently won the Fannie Mae Maxwell Award of Excellence “Most Successful Public/Private Partnership” category for their Tierra del Sol housing development in Canoga Park, CA and the Charles E. Edson National Award in the Urban/Metro category from the Affordable Housing Tax Credit Coalition. Fannie Mae recently named Ms. Stotzer one of six national James A. Johnson Community Fellow for her significant contribution to providing decent and affordable housing in urban neighborhoods.