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Staff

President + CEO

Chief Finance + Operations Officer

Christie Kimbell

Acting Chief Product Officer

Taylor C. Nelms

Senior Director, Research

Senior Director, Advisory Services

Senior Director, Membership

Senior Director, Marketing + Communications

Senior Director, Incubation

Senior Director, Philanthropic Partnerships

Stewardship + Development Director

Cortney Angeley

Community Development Director

Finance Director

Research Director

Jeremy Tollefson

Executive Relations Director

Senior Manager, Events & Experience

Senior Manager, Incubator

Senior Graphic Designer

Marketing Manager

Finance Manager

Annie Showalter

Incubation/i3 Associate

Graphic Designer

Maureen McCrone

Engagement Manager

Membership Manager

Research Manager

Subriena Persaud

Research Associate

Contributors

Fellows

Dean, School of Social Sciences; Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Law; Director, Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion

University of California, Irvine

Director, The Design Lab; Professor, Urban Studies and Planning

University of California San Diego

Quinetta Roberson

Ph.D., John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor of Management and Psychology

Michigan State University

Jeffrey A. Robinson

Associate Professor and Academic Director, The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development

Rutgers Business School

Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning

University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design

Cheri Speier-Pero

Associate Dean, Broad College of Business, E&Y Professor of Accounting and Information Systems

Michigan State University

Administrative Board

Keith Sultemeier - Chair

Kinecta Federal Credit Union

April Clobes - Vice Chair

Michigan State University FCU

Ty Muse - Treasurer

Visions Federal Credit Union

Patty Campbell - Director

Christian Financial Credit Union

Bill Cheney - Director

SchoolsFirst FCU

Tracie Kenyon - Director

Montana's Credit Unions

Rob Purtell - Director

Senior Vice President, B2B Sales

CUNA Mutual Group

Mike Schenk - Director

Deputy Chief Advocacy Officer for Policy Analysis & Chief Economist

Maurice Smith - Director

Local Government Federal Credit Union