2009 Selection Committee for the $5.5 Million and $2.75 Million Awards
The Selection Committee includes senior executives from the Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation as well as highly regarded CDFI leaders and experts in banking, social policy, philanthropy, economics, organizational development, and technology. This distinguished and diverse group of experts will bring a wide range of expertise and perspectives to the process of selecting the Wachovia Wells Fargo NEXT Award recipients. Specifically, they will assess the qualifications and merits of the semi-finalists relative to the selection criteria, conduct in-person interviews with finalists, and select the award recipients.
Janie Barrera
President & CEO
ACCION Texas
Kimberlee Cornett
Director, Innovative Capital
Kresge Foundation
Frank DeGiovanni
Director of Economic Development
Ford Foundation
Lot Diaz
Vice President, Housing and Community Development
National Council of La Raza
Martin Eakes
President & CEO
Self-Help
Gregory Fairchild
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Darden GSBA, University of Virginia
Sister Corinne Florek
Fund Coordinator
Mercy Partnership Fund
Jackie Khor
Managing Director
Imprint Capital Advisors
Marc Morial
President & CEO
National Urban League
Sendhil Mullainathan
Professor of Economics
Harvard University
Jeremy Nowak
President & CEO
The Reinvestment Fund
Sharon Oster
Dean
Yale/School of Management
Luis Pastor
President & CEO
Latino Community Credit Union
Mark Pinsky
President & CEO
Opportunity Finance Network
Michael Rizer
Director, Community Relations
Wells Fargo Corporation
Co-Chair, Selection Committee
Debra Schwartz
Director, Program Related Investments
MacArthur Foundation
Co-Chair, Selection Committee
Julia Stasch
Vice President, Human and Community Development
MacArthur Foundation
Eileen Stenerson
Senior Vice President
Community Lending and Investment
Wells Fargo
Christa Velasquez
Director of Social Investments
The Annie E. Casey Foundation