UMEZ Board of Directors

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Joseph J. Johnson, III (Chair)

Managing Director and the Head of Debt Financing at Lafayette Square

Maurine D. Knighton (Vice Chair)

Chief Program Officer, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Teresa Eyring (Treasurer)

Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group

Amir Kirkwood (Secretary)

President & CEO, Virginia Common Capital, Inc.

Christopher Brown

Partner, Citrin Cooperman Advisors, LLC

Eleazar F. Bueno

Director of Operations, AAE Enterprises/ Monumental / Healthy Bueno

Kevin G. Chavers

Independent Director, Freddie Mac / Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Lisa Downing

Senior Director of Real Estate Development, Unique People Services

Dr. Dennis Mitchell

Executive Vice President for University Life

Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Inclusion

Reema Fakih

Senior Director, New Markers Tax Credit (NMTC), Reinvestment Fund

Rev. Georgiette Morgan-Thomas

Director of Harlem Services, Goddard Riverside Community Center

Michael Smart

Partner, Dominus Capital L.P.

Xavier Santiago

Executive Producer, Saint Productions

Harriet R. Michel

Principal, HR Michel, LLC

Sabrina Stratton

First Vice President of Social Impact Commercial Banking, Amalgamated Bank

 

BRISC Board of Directors

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Linda Scott (Chair)

Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Christopher Brown

Partner, Citrin Cooperman Advisors, LLC

Lisa Downing

Senior Director of Real Estate Development, Unique People Services

Geoffrey Eaton

Director of Community Affairs and Diversity, Touro College

Julian James

Director, BlackRock, Inc.

Blair M. Duncan

Executive Director

Business Resource and Investment Service Center, Inc. (BRISC)

Harriet R. Michel

Former President, National Minority Supplier Development Council

Charles Patrick, III

Senior Partner, Alumni Ventures

Gardner Rivera

Managing Member, Paper City Real Estate Group

Chelsea Strickland

Strategy Manager, Converse

Eleazar Bueno

Director of Operations at AAE Enterprises

Rev. Georgiette Morgan- Thomas

Owner and Manager of American Hats LLC

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