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Kei Hayashi was until August 2007 a Senior Vice President of the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Executive Director of the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA). NYCEDC is a quasi-governmental entity which is the City's primary vehicle for promoting economic growth. NYCIDA is a public benefit corporation which provides tax-exempt financing and tax incentives to businesses and not-for-profits in order to promote employment growth and economic diversification.  For the last 5 of her 13 years at NYCEDC, Ms. Hayashi managed the Financing Department which was responsible for administering the programs of the NYCIDA and managing and creating financial products and programs that leveraged City investment with other sources of capital in development projects.  This work also involved providing financial analysis to City agencies and other divisions of NYCEDC on project feasibility. Prior to NYCEDC, Ms. Hayashi worked for Senator Frank Lautenberg and for a business consulting firm.  She holds an MPA from Princeton and a BA from Wesleyan University.