PUBLIC
INNOVATE
Solutions for the Public Good
Solutions for the Public Good
At Public Innovate, we help solve big challenges with out-of-the-box thinking. We specialize in community-centered program design, smart use of technology, and creative capital strategies.
We connect the dots, dollars and impact - even when the world makes you feel like you're chasing windmills.
Public Innovate has great partners and collaborators—because the best ideas come from many minds. We often team-up with others to bring more creativity, expertise, and capacity to every project.
It'd be great to work together.
Our Clients
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Founder and Principal
James McIntyre
Hi, I'm James from Kalamazoo
James McIntyre is the Founder and Principal of Public Innovate. He is the former Chief Strategy Officer at Inclusive Prosperity Capital (“IPC”), a national nonprofit focused on providing clean energy solutions to underserved communities and markets. IPC was one of the largest multi-state Solar For All awardees - $249 million. James joined IPC in August 2021 from New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) where he oversaw the State’s $20+ billion single-family and multifamily affordable housing debt programs. James is recognized leader in sustainable and ESG debt financing, developing and implementing award winning issuance practices at HCR, and serving on the inaugural global advisory board of Nasdaq’s Sustainable Bond Network. Prior to joining HCR, James helped develop the first online municipal bond broker-dealer, Neighborly. Before joining Neighborly, James was a public finance and affordable housing banker for fourteen years at UBS and Morgan Stanley. James graduated with High Distinction from the University of Michigan with degrees in Afroamerican & African Studies and Political Science.
In July 2022, James was appointed by the New York State Senate to the boards of the New York State Housing Finance Agency, Affordable Housing Corporation and Housing Trust Fund Corporation.
Other than that, the World's Borough.
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