Ms. Braunschweiger spent over thirty years in finance, affordable housing development, non-profit management and business. She spent many years in public affairs and lobbying at the federal, state and local levels (including working in Washington D.C. for the White House and U.S. Senate). After years in the corporate environment, Ms. Braunschweiger launched Braunschweiger & Associates (B&A) in 1999. Her firm assists clients with affordable housing policy strategies and financing, strategic planning, and nonprofit management. Braunschweiger & Associates has represented financial institutions, non-profits, local municipalities, housing authorities, and industry trade organizations. Ms. Braunschweiger started in 2010 as a contract CEO, becoming an employee in 2017, of the Housing Trust Fund VC. She helped orchestrate the formation of VCHTF, raised over $6M in public, private and charitable funds, and funded $8.5M in short term loans producing 307AH units.