Cornelia Cheng

VP of Business Development and Partnerships

Cornelia has 25+ years of experience in private credit, investment banking, and leveraged finance, executing regional and impact expansion strategies. She serves as a board director and the sustainability & corporate responsibility committee chair at LTC Properties Inc., a senior housing REIT.

Prior to joining Mission Driven Finance, Cornelia founded BCB Capital to provide strategic growth consulting to lower-middle-market companies. She was previously managing director at MGG Investment Group and Brightwood Capital Advisors, LLC, and regional head of the greater Los Angeles investment team for Prudential Private Credit. Over her career, Cornelia led origination, underwriting, and portfolio management of over $2 billion in private placement senior debt, leveraged loans, unitranche, mezzanine debt, and minority equity investments in middle-market companies across industries. She also previously held positions at investment bank CIBC World Markets and First Interstate Bank. Cornelia earned a BA from the University of California, Riverside, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Cornelia is a committed community leader and passionate advocate for women and access to capital for MWBEs. She is the volunteer president and board chair of the Los Angeles chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, having founded its DEI committee, and a global co-chair and Los Angeles co-chair for 50/50 Women on Boards. She is a former board member of the Archer School for Girls and the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce.