Sandra M. Moore

Sandra M. Moore serves as Managing Director and Chief Impact Officer at Advantage Capital, a growth equity firm with more than $4.3 billion invested. Advantage Capital focuses on high-growth, high-wage businesses in communities where access to capital has been historically limited.

Sandra is a member of the firm’s investment committee, with a focus on deploying New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocations through Advantage Capital Community Development Corp, a Community Development Entity (CDE) founded by the firm and a 15-time NMTC allocatee. In this role, she helps guide investments into small businesses located in qualified, underserved communities across the country. She also serves as a direct advisor to the diligence and structuring teams. Sandra holds a key role on the capital markets fundraising team, which has raised more than $730 million during her eight-year tenure.
Sandra built and leads the firm’s Impact Team, implementing data-driven strategies to accelerate portfolio growth and measure meaningful community outcomes. She also oversees communications and branding, serving as the firm’s external voice and championing its mission and impact to a broad range of stakeholders

Sandra is a seasoned leader in community revitalization, economic development, and policy reform, with a distinguished career spanning both public and private sectors. Prior to joining Advantage Capital, Sandra served as the president of Urban Strategies, a national nonprofit corporation dedicated to revitalizing distressed urban communities in partnership with for- profit mixed income housing developers. In this work she mastered understanding the complex financing structures essential to develop and support impactful community outcomes like affordable housing, quality job creation and small business growth.

Sandra is the former treasurer of the New Markets Tax Credit Coalition and currently serves as a member of its Executive Committee.