Meet Our Team
Celebrating five years of impact together
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Melissa Barash
Chief of Staff
Heather Marie Burke
Director of Investor Relations
Xitlali Ceballos
Community Finance Fellow
David Cooper
Senior Portfolio Advisor
Edwin Espinoza
Data Systems Coordinator
Lauren Grattan
Co-founder & Chief Community Officer
Laura Kohn
Strategic Advisor for Early Care & Education
Zach Lickteig
Fund Operations Associate
David Lynn
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Moncada
Investment Analyst
Louie Nguyen, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
Thai Nguyen
Director of Client Operations
Nancy O'Leary
Chief Financial Officer
Laura Olivas
Manager, Talent & Organizational Operations
Joe Pileri
Chief Legal Officer
David Ritcherson
Community Finance Fellow
Crystal Sevilla
Borrower Services Specialist
Carrie Stokes Holst
Senior Manager, Impact & Borrower Services
Farah Velasquez
Community Finance Fellow
Wilda Wong
Senior Manager of Marketing & Communications
Who We Are
The MDF team
62%
Women
57%
Black, Indigenous, or people of color
48%
First- or second-generation New Americans
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