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%

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Meet Our Team

Connecting capital with community

Kenny Shelton

Who We Are

The MDF team

Women

Black, Indigenous, or people of color

First- or second-generation New Americans