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 |