UMEZ Board of Directors

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Joseph J. Johnson, III (Chair)

Senior Vice President, Goldman Sachs & Co.

Nikisha Alcindor

Executive Director of Business Development
School of Professional Studies, Columbia University

Kevin G. Chavers

Managing Director, BlackRock, Inc.

Lisa Downing

Founder and Owner, Connections Real Estate Services
Member, Community Board 10

Blair M. Duncan

President and Chief Executive Officer, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

Teresa Eyring

Executive Director, Theatre Communications Group

Anthony Q. Fletcher

Attorney
Member, Community Board 9

Maxine Griffith

Senior Advisor to the President, Columbia University

Amir Kirkwood

Chief Lending and Investment Officer, Opportunity Finance Network

Maurine D. Knighton

Program Director for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Richard Lewis

Chair, Community Board 12

Harriet R. Michel

Former President, National Minority Supplier Development Council

Rekha Nambiar

Partner, Mitchell Titus LLP

Nilsa Orama

Chair, Community Board 11

Michael Smart

Founding Member and Managing Partner, CSW Private Equity

Sabrina Stratton

First Vice President of Social Impact Commercial Banking, Amalgamated Bank

BRISC Board of Directors

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Linda Scott (Chair)

Associate Corporate Secretary, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Steven Berrios

Commercial Loan Officer, Carver Federal Savings Bank

Christopher Brown

Partner, Mitchell Titus LLP

Lisa Downing

Founder and Owner, Connections Real Estate Services

Blair M. Duncan

Executive Director, Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone

Geoffrey Eaton

President, NAACP Mid-Manhattan Branch

Julian James

Vice President, BlackRock, Inc.

Harriet R. Michel

Former President, National Minority Supplier Development Council

Charles Patrick, III

Vice President, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Gardner Rivera

Managing Member, Paper City Real Estate Group

Keesa Schreane

Executive Producer and Host of You've Been Served Podcast

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