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      <image:caption>Our Workforce Development Initiative provides financial and technical assistance to catalyze employment and training in Upper Manhattan neighborhoods. Our goal is to facilitate access to quality jobs and career advancement opportunities for unemployed—and underemployed—residents.</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.umez.org/annual-reports</loc>
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    <lastmod>2025-01-21</lastmod>
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      <image:title>publications - annual reports (gallery) - 2023-'24</image:title>
      <image:caption>A two-year report highlighting UMEZ engagements that helped sustain community businesses, workforce training, and cultural arts programs in the post-pandemic era.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>publications - annual reports (gallery) - 2023-'24</image:title>
      <image:caption>A two-year report highlighting UMEZ engagements that helped sustain community businesses, workforce training, and cultural arts programs in the post-pandemic era.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>A two-year report highlighting UMEZ engagements that helped sustain community businesses, workforce training, and cultural arts programs through the pandemic.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>publications - annual reports (gallery) - 2020</image:title>
      <image:caption>UMEZ created a new loan products for small businesses to help with COVID-19, the UMEZ Hybrid Microloan program. We also discuss the Employer-Driven Bridge Hospitality Training Program and the third phase of the UMEZ Arts Engagement Program.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>UMEZ strengthens relationships with local businesses and arts organizations and looks to the future of Upper Manhattan</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>UMEZ focuses on community engagement in the arts and commercial and small businesses</image:caption>
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      <image:title>publications - annual reports (gallery) - 2017</image:title>
      <image:caption>UMEZ finds new ways and products to better serve Upper Manhattan</image:caption>
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      <image:title>publications - annual reports (gallery) - 2016</image:title>
      <image:caption>UMEZ's investments over the last 20 years of operation.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>publications - annual reports (gallery) - 2015</image:title>
      <image:caption>What UMEZ has done to maintain the economic and cultural vitality of Upper Manhattan.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>UMEZ's partnerships with microlenders and the impact the grants and loans have made in various communities.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>UMEZ's role in the transformation of Frederick Douglass Boulevard.</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.umez.org/grants</loc>
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    <lastmod>2021-06-30</lastmod>
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      <image:title>cultural investments - grants (gallery) - UMEZ MERTZ GILMORE SEED FUND FOR DANCE</image:title>
      <image:caption>Grants of $5,000 will be awarded to 16 exceptional dance artists, collectives, and/or small nonprofit organizations for projects, presented to the public in Upper Manhattan, that express their artistic vision.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Grants of up to $10,000 to support the frequency and diversity of public-engaging creative programming in Upper Manhattan. These grants will be administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC). PHOTO: Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance / Photo: Reynaldo Garcia Pantaleon</image:caption>
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      <image:title>cultural investments - grants (gallery) - CAPACITY GRANT</image:title>
      <image:caption>Multi-year matching grants are made to organizations with budgets over $100,000 that are expanding their staff and operations, based on a strategic plan for growth. Designed to build administrative capacity. PHOTO: Classical Theatre of Harlem Production of the Three Musketeers / Photo: Jill Jones</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>UMEZ MERTZ GILMORE SEED FUND FOR DANCE Grants of $5,000 will be awarded to 16 exceptional dance artists, collectives, and/or small nonprofit organizations for projects, presented to the public in Upper Manhattan, that express their artistic vision. Graphic: Diversity in Dance by Annette Raveneau</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Multi-year grants are made to organizations with budgets over $100,000 that seek to improve efficiency by improving an aspect of their management without adding staff positions. Designed to strengthen operations. PHOTO: Jazzmobile / Photo: Hubert Williams</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Grants of up to $10,000 to support the frequency and diversity of public-engaging creative programming in Upper Manhattan. These grants will be administered through a regranting organization. PHOTO: Uptown mural</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Grants are made to organizations with budgets of over $100,000 to work with a consultant to address a specific issue or challenge. Designed to promote long-term sustainability. PHOTO: HarlemStage / Photo: Marc Millman</image:caption>
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      <image:title>cultural investments - grants (gallery) - CATALYST GRANT</image:title>
      <image:caption>Available specifically to arts organizations that work together to present a major cultural project in Upper Manhattan. PHOTO: National Jazz Museum in Harlem Opening Celebration with Bill Saxton Singer and Terri Davis / Photo: Richard Conde</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.umez.org/speeches</loc>
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    <lastmod>2017-11-17</lastmod>
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      <image:title>publications - speeches (gallery) - Tourism as a Major Economic Engine in Harlem and New York City - From a Harlem Perspective</image:title>
      <image:caption>Remarks by Kenneth J. Knuckles at the Harlem Tourism Conference sponsored by the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, June 2014</image:caption>
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      <image:title>publications - speeches (gallery) - Tourism as a Major Economic Engine in Harlem and New York City - From a Harlem Perspective</image:title>
      <image:caption>Remarks by Kenneth J. Knuckles at the Harlem Tourism Conference sponsored by the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, June 2014</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Remarks by Kenneth J. Knuckles at Grace Church, Mount Vernon, New York, June 2013</image:caption>
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    <lastmod>2026-07-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>Home 2 - $259 Billion</image:title>
      <image:caption>invested in Upper Manhattan</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Hot Bread Kitchen / Photo: Jennifer May</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Studio Museum in Harlem / Photo: Will Ragozzino</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photo: Tyrone Rasheed</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.umez.org/staff-business-investments-group</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>staff - business investments group - Blair C. Smith &amp;gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chief Investment Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - business investments group - Gina L. Bolden-Rivera &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>SVP &amp; Chief Lending Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - business investments group - Dannette Sullivan-Hyatt</image:title>
      <image:caption>Senior Loan Administrator</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - business investments group - Gina Bolden-Rivera</image:title>
      <image:caption>Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - business investments group - Joel Abreu</image:title>
      <image:caption>Senior Business Development Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - business investments group - Blair C. Smith &amp;gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chief Investment Officer</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.umez.org/staff-executive-office</loc>
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    <lastmod>2024-08-26</lastmod>
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      <image:title>staff - executive office - Blair M. Duncan &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>President and Chief Executive Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - executive office - Blair M. Duncan &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>President and Chief Executive Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - executive office - Blair M. Duncan &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>President and Chief Executive Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - executive office - Kenneth J. Knuckles &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chief Executive Officer</image:caption>
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    <loc>https://www.umez.org/staff-finance-and-administration</loc>
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    <lastmod>2026-01-22</lastmod>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Norah McVeigh</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chief Administration Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Norah McVeigh</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chief Administration Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance</image:title>
      <image:caption>Senior Vice President of Finance</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Olatunde (Tunde) Oniyide &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>Chief Financial Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Jonathan Russo</image:title>
      <image:caption>Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Danessy Pico</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of Human Resources Operations</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Delmarie Williams</image:title>
      <image:caption>Controller</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Ivon Silva</image:title>
      <image:caption>Loan and Grant Portfolio Manager</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Danessy Pico</image:title>
      <image:caption>director of Human Resources</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Sharon Cheeks</image:title>
      <image:caption>Receptionist</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administration and finance - Gwendolyn Rogers</image:title>
      <image:caption>Executive Assistant</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.umez.org/staff-information-technology</loc>
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    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2017-12-04</lastmod>
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      <image:title>staff - information technology - Gordon Lane</image:title>
      <image:caption>Information Technology Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - information technology - Gordon Lane</image:title>
      <image:caption>Information Technology Officer</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.umez.org/staff-workforce-development</loc>
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    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>staff - workforce &amp; cultural development - Yahshaanyah Hill &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>SVP &amp; Chief Program Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - workforce &amp; cultural development - Yahshaanyah Hill &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>SVP &amp; Chief Program Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - workforce &amp; cultural development - Nicole Reiner</image:title>
      <image:caption>Senior Program Officer</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - workforce &amp; cultural development - Gaspar Caro</image:title>
      <image:caption>Program Officer</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.umez.org/staff-legal</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2025-11-07</lastmod>
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      <image:title>staff - legal - Consultant</image:title>
      <image:caption>Compliance Manager</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - legal - Consultant</image:title>
      <image:caption>Compliance Manager</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - legal - Elliot Kim</image:title>
      <image:caption>Transaction Closing Paralegal</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - legal - Elizabeth M. Harris &gt;</image:title>
      <image:caption>General Counsel</image:caption>
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  <url>
    <loc>https://www.umez.org/staff-administrative-operations</loc>
    <changefreq>daily</changefreq>
    <priority>0.75</priority>
    <lastmod>2022-06-09</lastmod>
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      <image:title>staff - administrative and operations - Danessy Pico</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of Human Resources and Operations</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administrative and operations - Danessy Pico</image:title>
      <image:caption>Director of Human Resources and Operations</image:caption>
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      <image:title>staff - administrative and operations - Sharon Cheeks</image:title>
      <image:caption>Receptionist</image:caption>
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