Our Team
A dedicated staff supports our members in their work for microbusiness
Adriana Williams Sr. Program Manager, CDFI Shared Services Center | Baldev Birk Chief Financial Officer | Carolina Martinez Chief Executive Officer |
Daniela Fernandez-Ulen Communications Program Manager | Dara Dado Program Assistant | Douglas Craven Director, CDFI Programs |
Elena Franco Program Manager | Emily Gasner Chief Program Officer | Heidi Pickman VP, Engagement and External Relations |
Joan Johnson Finance Manager | Liza Rivera-Gonzalez Director, Business Coaching | Mark Herbert Chief Operating Officer |
Rachel Aherin Director, Strategy and Impact |
Board
Executive Committee
Horacio Mendez Chair At Large The Woodstock Institute | Hilda Kennedy Vice Chair Los Angeles Basin Area Ampac Business Capital | Randi Zeller Treasurer Out of State Community Reinvestment Fund |
Naima McQueen Secretary San Francisco Bay Area RUNWAY |
Directors
Carolina Martinez CAMEO Network | Brett Melone Central Coast California FarmLink | Daniel Fitzgerald San Diego Area San Diego & Imperial SBDC Network |
Jesse Torres Los Angeles Basin Area ArroyoWest LLC | Juan Aquino Los Angeles Basin Area Capital One Bank | Louis Caditz-Peck San Francisco Bay Area Responsible Business Lending Coalition |
Sophia Kanaan Sacramento Area California Capital FDC | Steven Abbott Out of State Gusto | Vikita Poindexter Los Angeles Basin Area Poindexter Consulting Group |
Yery Olivares Central Valley Fresno Area Hispanic Foundation |