A word from Tammie Hoy Hawkins, owner of Together Consulting…

Together Consulting is about working together, it’s about sharing together, it’s about making a difference together, it’s about solving problems together and ultimately about impacting social change together.

  • OUR MISSION

    To work with other socially conscious leaders to create an environment where all individuals and families can succeed. 

  • OUR PURPOSE

    To ensure community-based organizations, government entities and for profit community minded organizations have the tools, the capital and the organizational capacity needed to ensure all communities are economically and socially vibrant and successful.

  • OUR GOAL

    To provide technical assistance and consulting services to nonprofit and for profit community based organizations and government entities focused on community economic development and financing.

About Tammie

As President of Together Consulting, Tammie Hoy Hawkins provides leadership and guidance to non-profit, for profit, and government entities focused on community economic development initiatives. Utilizing over 25 years of community economic development experience, Tammie provides direct technical assistance and consulting services in the areas of non-profit capacity building, affordable housing, neighborhood development and revitalization, community development finance and asset building.

As part of her consulting work Tammie has served as the Project Manager for the Northside Development Group’s Northside Initiative in Spartanburg, SC for over 6 years. Tammie also helped to launch the Greenville Housing Fund in 2018. Tammie serves on the SC Community Capital Alliance and the Innovate Fund Advisory Committee.  Through her consulting firm she has also worked with national Community Development Finance Institutions (CDFIs) through her work with Opportunity Finance Network and the National Federation for Community Development Credit Unions, now called Inclusiv.

Tammie most recently served as the CEO for CommunityWorks, a Greenville based South Carolina, state-wide Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) where she led the organization from 2020-2022 through the pandemic and a significant growth phase. She grew the organization from $14M in assets to over $29M, raising over $8M in contributions, grants, and impact investments.

Prior to founding Together Consulting, Tammie worked for the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. As the Federal Reserve Bank’s Regional Community Development Manager, Tammie was responsible for community economic development outreach and education for North and South Carolina. Before working for the Federal Reserve Bank Tammie spent six years as the Director of the Lowcountry Housing Trust. In her capacity as founding Executive Director, she worked to develop and implement the first local housing trust fund in South Carolina and led the organization to receive Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) designation from the US Treasury Department. She led the organization to over $10M in assets including being designated as the Charleston area lead for administering over $7M in Neighborhood Stabilization funding (NSP).

Tammie is an affordable housing enthusiast and a community development advocate. Formerly from Northwest Indiana, she moved to Charleston in 1992 to attend the College of Charleston where she received her undergraduate degree in Political Science and Masters Degree in Public Administration. Tammie worked for the City of Charleston’s Department of Housing and Community Development for three years until her move to lead the Lowcountry Housing Trust in 2004 (now the SC Community Loan Fund).