Risa Blumlein Keeper

Senior Director of Structured Finance

Risa is a seasoned finance professional, having spent over 20 years in senior roles across the impact space. Before joining Mission Driven Finance, she spent seven years at Bay Area-based Community Vision Capital & Consulting, a community development financial institution (CDFI) advancing community-owned real estate in northern and central California. At Community Vision, Risa began as a financial management consultant to nonprofits and small businesses, then stepped up to lead a team of consultants, and then stepped up again to manage a $23 million catalytic capital portfolio of blended investments as well as the organization’s fund administration services.

Before joining Community Vision, Risa was the finance director at Social Venture Network, a membership association of socially responsible business leaders and impact investors, which has since merged with Investors Circle. Prior to SVN, she led a legacy yoga training center as deputy director for four years, during which time the organization took on a significant real estate project and capital campaign. With more than 10 years of experience concurrent with business and investing as a professional dancer and acrobat, she brings to each conversation a unique combination of financial expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, community-mindedness, and lateral thinking.

Risa is also a board member of Collective Impact, an education and workforce development organization supporting numerous Black communities across the Bay Area, and a politically engaged resident of San Francisco working to advance racial justice.