David Cooper, Jr. serves as President of Woda Cooper Companies, Inc., Woda Construction, Inc., Woda Management & Real Estate, LLC, and Woda Cooper Development, Inc., Executive Vice President of The Woda Group, Inc., and a managing member of Woda Cooper Communities, LLC, and Woda Cooper Communities II, LLC, and Woda Cooper Holdings, LLC. He has been involved with the company since its inception. In conjunction with Jeffrey Woda, Mr. Cooper oversees day-to-day operations of Woda Cooper’s business units and is involved with all aspects of each entity’s operations. Mr. Cooper was previously a partner at Squire Sanders LLP, an international law firm, and the Director of Acquisitions and Corporate Counsel for Alliance Holdings, Inc., a privately held investment company. As a practicing attorney, he represented syndicators, lenders, and developers in hundreds of tax credit and other affordable housing transactions.
Mr. Cooper is the past chair of the Housing Credit Group of the National Association of Home Builders and has served on the boards of directors of several manufacturing, service, and financial companies, as well as serving as a trustee and officer of numerous community and charitable organizations. Mr. Cooper received his B.A. from Wittenberg University, and his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.