Beacon Communities, an industry leader in affordable, market and mixed income property development, today announced it has hired Diana DiPreta for the role of Senior Vice President, Development Finance. Ms. DiPreta will work closely with Beacon’s development and acquisition teams across their offices in Boston, Albany, and Pittsburgh, and will report directly to Beacon’s Executive Vice President of Finance, David Greenblatt. In her new role, Ms. DiPreta will structure debt and equity, negotiate term sheets and LPA’s, and take part in implementing finance transactions. In addition, she will be responsible for developing and refining pro forma models of forecasted revenue, expense, depreciable and tax credit basis used for structuring LIHTC financing and associated lending products, as well as streamlining negotiated terms and finance processes across new development office