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
David Cooper
Structured Finance Lead
James Cutler
Senior Director of Portfolio Services
Monique DeSimone
Manager of Investor Relations
Angeli Diamante-Burns
Senior Client Operations Associate
Paola Espinosa
Investment Analyst
Lauren Grattan
Co-founder & Chief Community Officer
Ronnie Hughes, Jr.
Staff Accountant
Laura Kohn
Senior Director of Care & Education
Kelsey Lillion
Staff Accountant
David Lynn
Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer
Louie Nguyen, CFA
Chief Investment Officer
Thai Nguyen
Director of Client Operations
Hanif Omar
Senior Investment Analyst
Anne Park
Senior Director of Impact
Joe Pileri
Chief Legal Officer
Neal Schapper
Staff Accountant
Yaneli Segura
Contracts and Compliance Associate
Crystal Sevilla
Manager of Borrower Services
Daniel Teabo
Junior Accountant
Sarah Toce
Director of Operations — Care Access Real Estate
Farah Velasquez
Capital Strategy Associate
Wilda Wong
Senior Manager of Marketing & Communications
Who We Are
The MDF team
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Women
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Black, Indigenous, or people of color
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First- or second-generation New Americans
