Eric Rosiak is Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer for Amplify Community Investment Partners. He has 17+ years of experience in structuring, investment execution and client management with a focus on community and economic development opportunities. Eric’s career is distinguished by his dedication to fostering economic growth and development and creating jobs through an unwavering commitment to support clients and providing capital for strategic investments. Prior to founding Amplify Community Investment Partners, he worked at multiple banks and investment banks including Bank of America, Ocean Tomo, Performance Trust Capital Partners, FBR and B Riley Securities.
Eric is recognized throughout the country for his accomplishments as Placement Agent for SBICs including helping to launch and amplify successful diverse managers and impact strategies participating in the SBA’s SBIC Program. His experience is unmatched as he has advised Fund Managers through the licensing process and raised capital for a broad spectrum of SBICs (Accrual, Standard, Unlevered) and investment strategies generating 300+ commitments from Limited Partners. Additionally, he raised capital for the largest RBIC in the USDA’s Rural Business Investment Program history which invested in businesses providing value-added healthcare services in rural communities and affordable housing preservation funds serving low-to-moderate income households to preserve and improve multi-family rental properties.
Eric served as a Member on 10+ General Partner and/or Advisory Boards for private credit and private equity funds. He participated on 20+ panels at conferences and events hosted by bank regulatory agencies, banks, industry associations, investment firms and law firms to discuss topics related to banking concerns and regulations, community and economic development, private credit and private equity. In addition to serving as Placement Agent, Eric has extensive experience as a Limited Partner with investments in 10+ private investment funds.*
Eric is a member of Class 54 of the Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University. He received a BS degree in Accountancy and a MS degree in Accounting from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He holds the Securities Industry Essentials, Series 7, 24, 27, 66 and 79 licenses and is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.