Meet Our Team
Connecting capital with community
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Oralia Alvarez
Director of Business Development
Melissa Barash
Chief of Staff
Adam Best
Controller
Arai Buendia
Client Operations Associate
Heather Marie Burke
Senior Director of Capital Strategy & Investor Relations
India Clark
Director of Real Estate
David Cooper
Structured Finance Lead
Angeli Diamante-Burns
Senior Client Operations Associate
Lauren Grattan
Co-founder & Chief Community Officer
Ronnie Hughes, Jr.
Staff Accountant
Laura Kohn
Senior Director of Care & Education
Zach Lickteig
Portfolio Operations Associate
Kelsey Lillion
Staff Accountant
David Lynn
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Moncada
Investment Associate
Ella Napata
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Louie Nguyen, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
Thai Nguyen
Director of Client Operations
Laura Olivas
Senior Manager of Talent & Organizational Operations
Joe Pileri
Chief Legal Officer
David Ritcherson
Community Finance Fellow
Jessica Schatko
Manager of Investor Relations
Crystal Sevilla
Manager of Borrower Services

Kenny Shelton
Director of Custom Solutions
John Stonesifer
Contracts & Compliance Associate
Farah Velasquez
Community Finance Fellow
Xitlali Villa
Community Finance Fellow
Wilda Wong
Senior Manager of Marketing & Communications

Who We Are
The MDF team
59%
Women
59%
Black, Indigenous, or people of color
41%
First- or second-generation New Americans

