Board of Directors

Robert E. Rubin is a former Secretary of the U.S. Treasury and is co-chairman emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations, after concluding his 10-year term as co-chairman. He joined the Clinton administration in 1993, serving as assistant to the president for economic policy and the first director of the National Economic Council. He was named Treasury Secretary in 1995 and served until 1999. Bob joined Goldman, Sachs & Company in 1966 and served as co-chairman from 1990 to 1992. From 1999 to 2009, he served on the board at Citigroup and as a senior advisor. In 2010, he joined Centerview Partners as senior counselor of the firm. He serves on the board of Mount Sinai Health System and recently completed a 12-year term as a member of the Harvard Corporation and is now a member of its Finance Committee. He is one of the founders of The Hamilton Project, an economic policy project housed at the Brookings Institution, and is author of In an Uncertain World: Tough Choices from Wall Street to Washington.

LISC President & CEO
Michael T. Pugh became CEO of LISC in October 2023. He has more than 30 years of experience in financial services, with a particular focus on expanding access to capital for underserved families, businesses, and communities. Michael spent more than a decade at the Harlem-based Carver Federal Savings Bank, leading the nation’s largest publicly traded African American-operated bank, with more than $720 million in assets. Earlier in his career, Michael was a senior vice president at Capital One, N.A., where he oversaw 75 banking centers and $3 billion in deposits in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Delaware. Prior to that, he was a senior vice president at Citizens Financial Group, leading retail banking in Michigan and Indiana and overseeing 67 banking centers. A native of Detroit, Michael graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a bachelor’s degree in health care administration. In recent years, he has volunteered his time on boards and in organizational leadership positions, including with The New York Bankers Association, The Economic Club of New York, the Community Development Bankers Association, and the Society for Financial Education & Professional Development.

Former Chief Credit Officer, LISC
Lisa Cashin is the former Chief Credit Officer at LISC, a position she held for 19 years before retiring in 2007 and joining the Board. Previously, she was a Vice President at Citigroup Investment Bank and a loan officer with the real estate division of Chemical Bank. She has worked at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, Gammon Properties in Hong Kong, and the United Nations Center for Housing, Building and Planning. She also serves as Board Chair for Prep for Prep, a leadership development and gifted education program that places high-achieving minority students from New York City at top independent and boarding schools. Cashin received a BA in Urban Anthropology from Harvard College and an MCP from the University of California at Berkeley, College of Environmental Design.

Former Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy, Consumer and Community Banking, JP Morgan Chase
Sally Durdan is former Head of Strategy for Chase Consumer and Community Banking. Prior to joining Chase in 2004, Durdan spent 10 years at Citigroup and began her career as a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company. Durdan received an undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA from Harvard Business School and pursued doctoral studies in Economics at Harvard.

Partner, Centerview Partners
David Hess is a member of the technology investment banking team at Centerview Partners, one of the largest independent advisory firms. Prior to joining Centerview in 2011, David was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs. David received a B.S., magna cum laude, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to his role at LISC, he is President of the Board of Trustees of the Abraham Joshua Heschel School, is a Board member of Wharton’s McNulty Leadership Program, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. David lives in Manhattan with his wife and three children.

President and CEO, Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha
Nilda Ruiz is the president and CEO of Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, Inc. (APM), one of Philadelphia’s premier health, human services, and community development organizations. She served as a mayoral appointee to the Philadelphia City Planning Commission for eight years. In 2008, Ruiz was co-chair of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter’s Transition Team. In 2015, she was part of Mayor Kenney’s DHS transition team. She was also asked by Gov. Tom Wolf to serve on his transition steering committee. From 1999 to 2005, Ruiz was UnidosUS (formerly known as NCLR) senior community development director for the East Coast, then in 2009 was appointed to their board of directors where she served on the executive committee for six years. Today, she serves on two national boards, as Chair of the National Puerto Rican Agenda (NPRA) and Chair of Credit Committee at LISC; and serves on the Affordable Housing Committee for the FHLB of Pittsburg. She is also locally involved in a few trade organizations as a board member and/or as a coalition member.

Professor and Past Dean, Cleveland State University
Dr. Roland V. Anglin is a Professor of Public Affairs and was Founding Dean of the Levin College of Public Affairs and Education at Cleveland State University. He is also a member of the National Academy of Public Administration in Washington D.C. Dr. Anglin previously worked in various capacities as an executive and faculty at Rutgers University as well as in the nonprofit sector for Structured Employment Economic Development Corporation, Community and Resource Development Unit and the Urban Poverty Unit of the Ford Foundation. Dr. Anglin received a B.A. in Political Science from Brooklyn College, an M.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago.

Partner, Oak Hill Capital
Nicole Arnaboldi formerly served as the Vice Chairman of Credit Suisse Asset Management, and has had a long career in the private investment field, including overseeing the firm's private equity and related activities. She served as a Senior Advisor to Credit Suisse until June 2020, and now serves as a board member for Manulife (parent of John Hancock), Commonfund, and Merit Hill Capital. In addition to her LISC board service, Arnaboldi serves on the board of Prep for Prep and the Dean's Advisory Board at Harvard Law School, and recently has served on the Harvard University Task Force on Skills and Employability.

Senior Managing Director, One Equity Partners
Greg Belinfanti is a Senior Managing Director and Investment Committee member at One Equity Partners, focusing on healthcare and business service industries. Prior to joining One Equity Partners in 2006, Belinfanti served as Vice President in the Investment Banking division of Lehman Brothers. He formerly served on boards for Celltrion and EGS and current PS Logistics, Ernest Health, Simplura, The Results Companies and One Link. Mr. Belinfanti received a BA in Politics from New York University and a JD from Harvard University.

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, US Bancorp Community Development Corporation
Zack Boyers is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of US Bancorp Community Development Corporation, providing leadership and strategic direction to a team of more than 400 people who manage tax credit and lending opportunities in the community development arena nationwide. Boyers serves on the boards of Urban Strategies, St. Louis Regional Chamber, Forward Through Ferguson, Invest STL, and serves on the National Advisory Council of the Brown School of Social Work at Washington University and on the Regional Advisory Council of IFF. Boyers received a BA from Harvard and an MBA from Washington University.

Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee
Michelle de la Uz has been the executive director of Fifth Avenue Committee since 2004. With more than 25 years of experience in public and community service, she oversees the organization’s mission, comprehensive programs serving more than 5,500 low/moderate-income people, several affiliate corporations and a housing development pipeline of over 1,500 units. de la Uz has served as program director for the Center for Urban Community Services and as Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez’ first director of constituent services and was active in advancing transportation, environmental justice, immigration reform and employment policy initiatives. A former trustee of Connecticut College and a recipient of the Ford Foundation’s Leadership for a Changing World Award, de la Uz serves on the board of the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, Inc., the New York Housing Conference and, since 2012, has been appointed to serve on the NYC Planning Commission.

Isidore Horween Research Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
Mr. Fairchild is the Isidore Horween Research Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business; the Associate Dean for Washington, DC, Area Initiatives; Academic Director of Public Policy and Entrepreneurship; and Academic Director for Darden’s Institute for Business in Society. Mr. Fairchild has also worked in the private sector for Kraft General Foods, Procter & Gamble, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Mr. Fairchild received a BS from Virginia Commonwealth University, an MBA from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, and a PhD from Columbia University.

President and CEO, Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Ellen Gilligan is the President and CEO of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the region’s largest community foundation, which has awarded more than $621 million in grants since establishment in 1915. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2010, Gilligan was Vice President of Community Investment at the Greater Cincinnati Foundation and President of HealthPath Foundation. Gilligan received a BA from University of Colorado at Boulder.

Regional Vice President, Western Region, NeighborWorks America
As a regional vice president with NeighborWorks America, Lisa Hasegawa represents and leads the organization's grantmaking and capacity building work serving nearly 70 nonprofits across 14 western states. Prior to joining NeighborWorks America, she served as the executive director of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, the first advocacy organization dedicated to meeting the housing and community development needs of low-income Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. She also has experience in government and academia, working for the White House Initiative on AAPIs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, local community health centers and the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to LISC, she currently serves on the board of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans in Historic Preservation, and has also served on the boards of the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans and the Little Tokyo Service Center CDC in Los Angeles.

President, Lloyd H. Dean Institute for Humankindness & Health Justice CommonSpirit Health
A musician, a physician, a mother, a volunteer, leader are just a few words to describe Dr. Jackson. Above all, she is highly passionate about health equity, advocating that everyone should have the ability to achieve great health, no matter what they look like, how much money they make, or where they come from. Since serving the underserved had always been a priority, she completed her residency in Family Medicine at Carolinas Medical Center, where she was part of the Urban Track program. During that time, she received the Bryant L. Galusha Intern of the Year Award and served as Co-Chief Resident her final year. Since completing medical school, Dr. Jackson has held multiple leadership roles including Medical Director of a rural health clinic in SC, Residency Program Director, and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine. She was named the first ever Chief Community Impact Officer at Atrium Health where she created the first Community Health Department, with responsibilities over creating Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health strategies. Most recently, Dr. Jackson joined CommonSpirit Health as its first System Vice President of Population Health Innovation and Policy, with responsibilities for strategy development regarding vulnerable populations, health equity, and innovative care delivery models.

President and CEO, Affordable Living for the Aging (ALA)
Antonio Manning is President and CEO of Affordable Living for the Aging (ALA). Before joining ALA as President and CEO, Mr. Manning served as ALA’s Board Chair. Mr. Manning has over 20 years of experience spanning corporate philanthropy, community development, and affordable housing and previously held management and program positions in the philanthropic and financial sectors, including Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager at JPMorgan Chase, positions at Washington Mutual, Fannie Mae Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation.  Mr. Manning attended the University of Southern California.

Principal, Kathy Merchant LLC
In May 2015, Kathryn E. Merchant stepped down after 18 years as President/CEO of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. During 2015-19 she returned to strategic philanthropy consulting and executive coaching. Merchant was previously director of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Neighborhood Preservation Initiative and a partner at consulting firm Holt, Wexler & Merchant. She is currently Managing Director/Editor of the book “Cincinnati’s Arts and the POWER OF HER” scheduled for publication June 2020. Merchant received a BA from Indiana University and an MSW from University of Connecticut.

CEO, Centri Capital
Rey Ramsey is the CEO of Centri Capital, an impact asset management firm focused on investments in sustainable, affordable housing. He was also founder and served as CEO of One Economy Corporation, a nonprofit organization providing internet service to the homes of low-income individuals and also served as President and COO of Enterprise Community Partners, a national nonprofit, and chairman of Habitat for Humanity International. He received a BA from Rutgers University and a JD from University of Virginia School of Law.

Managing Director and Region Manager – Chicago, Chase
Curtis Reed has 26 years of experience in the banking industry and 19 of those years have been with JPMorgan Chase and predecessor organizations. Curtis has spent his entire career in commercial banking, holding a variety of different positions during that time.  In March 2017 Curtis was named the Region Manager for Chase’s Middle Market banking operations for the Chicago Region.  Prior to this Curtis was the Region Manager for Chase’s Middle Market banking operations for the states of Arizona and Nevada.  In his current role Curtis is responsible for overseeing and leading the Bank’s efforts to serve and develop relationship with companies that have annual revenues between $20 million and $500 million in Chicago, IL.  Curtis also serves on the Illinois Market Leadership team, the Chicago Inclusion Action Committee, and is the Executive DEI lead for Chicago. Curtis currently serves on the board of the Civic Consulting Alliance, the advisory board for After School Matters, the board of The Wellness House, is a member of the Steering Committee for the Together We Rise Fund, is a member of the Chicago Community Trust’s Trustees Committee, and is on the board of LISC.  He is also a member and board member of the Windy City chapter of the Young President’s Organization.

President and CEO, Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation
Since 1989, Jerry Rickett has served as the President and CEO of Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation (“KHIC”), a nonprofit community development corporation and rural CDFI serving 22 counties in southeastern Kentucky. He also held the positions of Vice President and Marketing Manager for KHIC. Rickett is a graduate of Cumberland College and holds two master’s degrees from Eastern Kentucky University.

Chief Risk Officer, Morgan Stanley
Charles Smith, Chief Risk Officer, Morgan Stanley. Mr. Smith is the Chief Risk Officer at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Smith previously served in various other management roles, including Chief Financial Officer of the Institutional Securities Group, President of Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. and Morgan Stanley Private Bank, N.A., and Head of Firm Strategy and Execution. He formerly served as a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Division in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department. Mr. Smith received his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and his BBA from Southern Methodist University.