LISC is one of five organizations leading Power Forward Communities, a new coalition investing in green housing and jobs to support economic opportunity and climate resilience. Today, the EPA awarded the coalition $2 billion to implement a decarbonization strategy that also lifts up under-resourced communities—making housing more affordable, mitigating climate impacts and improving local health.

In naming Michael Pugh a leader in finance, Crain's NY noted his leadership of LISC, a CDFI that has invested $30 billion in underserved communities, as well as his accomplishments in establishing a loan fund leveraging alternative data and cultivating the next generation of financial leaders at HBCUs.

In an in-depth profile in the The Virginia Pilot, Jay Grant, LISC Hampton Roads executive director, describes the work of building the capacity of local organizations and investing in affordable housing and small business development to strengthen local communities. And if that weren't enough, Grant also grows native Muscadine grapes and bottles his own wine, …