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 second round of 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.
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
Sister Corinne Florek
Fund Coordinator
Mercy Partnership Fund
Joe Hasten
President & CEO
ShoreBank Corporation
Jackie Khor
Managing Director
Imprint Capital Advisors
Eugene Ludwig
Chairman & CEO
Promontory Interfinancial Network
Jeremy Nowak
President & CEO
The Reinvestment Fund
Sharon Oster
Dean
Professor of Management Yale University
Mark Pinsky
President & CEO
Opportunity Finance Network
Michael Rizer
Senior Vice President
Director of Community Relations
Wachovia Wells Fargo Foundation
Debra Schwartz
Director, Program Related Investments
MacArthur Foundation
Julia Stasch
Vice President, Human and Community Development
MacArthur Foundation
Eileen Stenerson
Senior Vice President, Community Development Finance
Wachovia
Christa Velasquez
Director of Social Investments
The Annie E. Casey Foundation