Meet the Team
Hume An, President
Hume brings more than 15 years of experience in affordable housing and community development to his role as President and Founder of Rhizome Real Estate Development.
Previous to founding Rhizome, he was a Vice President and Regional Project Partner at Lincoln Avenue Capital. As VP, Hume’s role is to develop low-income housing tax credit
Hume brings more than 15 years of experience in affordable housing and community development to his role as President and Founder of Rhizome Real Estate Development.
Previous to founding Rhizome, he was a Vice President and Regional Project Partner at Lincoln Avenue Capital. As VP, Hume’s role is to develop low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) deals in Illinois and Ohio.
Prior to joining LAC, Hume was Senior Vice President at MVAH Partner, where he was responsible for sourcing and funding 490 units in Illinois and Iowa, including MVAH’s first deal in the City of Chicago. Before joining MVAH Partners, Hume was VP of Acquisitions and Development of the Midwest Region at the Michaels Development Company, where he sourced a number of award-winning affordable housing deals. Hume started his affordable housing development career at Heartland Alliance (Heartland Housing, Inc.), where he served as Director of Real Estate Development and was responsible for overseeing the organization’s real estate development activities in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana.
Committed to seeking out innovation, Hume has worked to make environmental sustainability standard practice, advocating for an integrative design process, building commissioning, green certification, and on-site food production to be a key component of development. He is also a LEED AP, a Chicago Conservation Corps Leader, and a National Audubon Society Together Green Fellow. Hume serves as board member for the Illinois Housing Council and UR Chicago Alliance. Hume holds a B.A. from the University of Illinois in addition to an AM degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.