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Board Members
George Burciaga
CEO & Managing Partner
Ignite Cities
Chicago, ILHamilton Chang
Managing Principal
Hunter Bradley LLC
Chicago, ILDerrick Johnson
Founder ꞁ Managing Member
1961 Build
Chicago, ILMonique Jones – Vice Chair
President & CEO
Forefront
Chicago, ILDeborah Kasemeyer
Consultant
Chicago, ILJason Mercer
Principal, CAST US
Cleveland Avenue
Chicago, ILEmmet Pierson Jr.
President & CEO
Community Builders of Kansas City
Kansas City, MOGreg Robinson
Partner, Head of Corporate Development
Edward Jones
St. Louis, MOJohn Sassaris – Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Market Executive
Fifth Third Bank
Chicago, ILAaron Seybert
Managing Director, Social Investment Practice
The Kresge Foundation
Troy, MISakura Takano – Chair
CEO
Rotary Charities
Traverse City, MIEd Wood
Senior Vice President | Head of Community Development and Impact Investing
Northern Trust
Chicago, IL -
Funders & Investors
INVESTOR CONSORTIUM MEMBERS
Associated Community Development Bank
Barrington Bank & Trust Company
BMO Harris Bank
Byline Bank
Carrollton Bank
CIBC Bank N.A.
Citizens Bank
Commerce Bank
Crystal Lake Bank and Trust Company
Fifth Third Bank CDC
First Bank Chicago
First Eagle Bank
First Merchants Bank
First National Nebraska CDC
First Savings Bank of Hegewisch
Hinsdale Bank and Trust
Huntington Community Development Corporation
Lake Forest Bank and Trust
Lakeside Bank
Midland States Bank
Midwest BankCentre
Mission Investment Fund of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Northbrook Bank and Trust
Northern Trust
Old National Bank
Old Plank Trail Community Bank and Trust
Old Second National Bank
PNC Bank
Providence Bank & Trust
Schaumburg Bank & Trust Company
Simmons Bank
St. Charles Bank and Trust Company
State Farm Mutual
Stifel Bank & Trust
TD Bank N.A.
TIAA-CREF Trust Company, FSB
Town Bank
U.S. Bank
Village Bank and Trust
Wheaton Bank and Trust
Wintrust FinancialNOTE PROGRAM INVESTORS
Faith-Based Institutions
Adrian Dominican Sisters
The Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
Benedictine Sisters of the Sacred Heart
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph
Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mercy Investment Services
Mount St. Scholastica
Religious Communities Impact Fund
Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, KY
Sisters of the Holy Name of Jesus and Mary U.S.-Ontario Province
Sisters of St. Francis, Clinton, Iowa
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, St. Louis Province
Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
St. Viator High SchoolFoundations, Corporations, Universities, and Individuals
Arc Chicago (Benefit Chicago)
Bank of America
Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation
BMO Harris Bank
CareSource
Cathay Bank
Chase New Markets Corporation
Chicago Community Foundation
Cinnaire CDE 54, LLC
Cinnaire Lending Corporation
Citizens Bank N.A.
CNMC Sub-CDE 203, LLC
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
Fifth Third Bank CDC
First Eagle Bank
First Savings Bank of Hegewisch
Goldman Sachs Social Impact Fund
Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation
Great Lakes Protection Fund
Greater Cincinnati Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
KeyBank National Association
The Kresge Foundation
Marquette Bank
Timothy & Risa McMahon
North Shore Bank
Northern Trust
Opportunity Finance Network
Opus Foundation
Partners for the Common Good
PNC
Pritzker Family Foundation
Regions Community Development Corporation
Rotary Charities of Traverse City
Starbucks Corporation
U.S. Bancorp Community Development Corp.
U.S. Bank N.A.
Village Bank and Trust
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Wells Fargo Bank
Woodforest National Bank
YouthBridge Community FoundationHospital Systems
Advocate Aurora Health
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
CommonSpirit Health
Rush University Medical Center
Trinity HealthMICHIGAN IMPACT CONNECTION
Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation
Grand Haven Area Community Foundation
Grand Rapids Community Foundation
Kalamazoo Community FoundationFUNDERS
Foundations, Corporations, and Individuals
Amplify GR
Associated Community Development Bank
The Blackbaud Giving Fund of Edward D. Jones & Company Foundation
BMO Harris
The Builders Initiative
Charities Aid Foundation America
Chicago Community Foundation
The Chicago Community Trust
Columbus Foundation
Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC)
Empower Missouri
Environmental Policy Innovation Center (EPIC)
Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
First Bank Chicago
First Merchants Bank
First Midwest Bank
Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation
Ford Foundation
Glick Philanthropies
Goldman Sachs Foundation
Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Hall Family Foundation
Huntington Bank
The Indianapolis Foundation
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
James S. McDonnell Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Kansas Health Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Marquette Bank
The McKinney Family Foundation
Michael Reese Health Trust
National Philanthropic Trust
Old National Bank
Polk Bros. Foundation
PNC Foundation
The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Sisters of the Most Precious Blood of O’Fallon, MO
Stateline LLC
Terra Foundation of American Arts
U.S. Bank
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Walder Foundation
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation IncorporatedGovernment
Chicago Public Schools
City of Chicago
City of Detroit
City of Rockford
Illinois Housing Development Authority
Kent County of Michigan
Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Michigan Strategic Fund
Office of the Illinois State Treasurer
Ottawa County of Michigan
U.S. Department of Education
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Advisory Councils
Community Advisory Council
Terese Caro
President
Legacy Redevelopment Corp
Milwaukee, WIEvelyn Diaz
SVP Administration
WorkMoney
Chicago, ILRenee Kent
Director of Special Projects
Communities First, Inc.
Detroit, MIKathryn McHugh
Chief Lending and Investment Officer
Civic Builders
New York, NYMarion Moore
Retired
Chicago, ILEmmet Pierson, Jr.
President & CEO
Community Builders of Kansas City
Kansas City, MODoug Rasmussen
CEO & Founder
Steadfast City
St. Louis, MOChicago Advisory Council
Kristine Argue-Mason
Executive Director
Partnership for ResilienceDaniel O. Ash
President
The Field Foundation of IllinoisKaren Freeman-Wilson
President & CEO
Chicago Urban LeagueAyesha Jaco
Executive Director
West Side UnitedManny Jimenez
First Vice President, CRA Officer
Marquette BankMonique B. Jones
President & CEO
ForefrontAarti Kotak
Managing Director, Head of ESG and Social Impact
Ariel AlternativesBo Kemp
CEO
Southland Development AuthorityHilesh Patel
ConsultantRyan Priester
Program Officer, Chicago Commitment
MacArthur FoundationLeticia Reyes-Nash
Principal
Health Management AssociatesClaire Rice
Executive Director
Arts Alliance IllinoisNicole Robinson
CEO
YWCA Metropolitan ChicagoKimberley Rudd
President & Senior Counselor
Rudd Resources
Partners
Boston Square Early Learning Center in Grand Rapids, MI. Photo credit: AJ Brown Imaging