Ethan Ceplikas serves as general counsel and vice president of The Community Builders, Inc. (TCB) in Boston. He oversees a legal department of four attorneys and two paralegals, which represent TCB and its affiliates in development, real estate and financing transactions. Further, the legal department acts as corporate counsel to TCB, advising it on corporate and other legal matters. In this role, Ethan works closely with TCB’s property management and asset management teams.

Prior to joining TCB, Ethan practiced in the real estate group at Nixon Peabody LLP and was a member of the legal department at Preservation of Affordable Housing, a Boston-based nonprofit.

Ethan received his Juris Doctor from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and his bachelor’s degree in business management from Babson College. Before law school, he was a member of the financial management program at General Electric and a senior associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Ethan has presented on industry hot topics at events organized by the American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and the Boston Bar Association.