Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors brings unique insight and in-depth expertise. It includes senior-level affordable housing development and community development lending professionals who are leaders in both urban and rural communities.

Our Board of Directors

Caroline
Horton

Board Chair

Chief Financial Officer, Aeon

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Chief Financial Officer, Aeon

Caroline is responsible for Aeon’s real estate asset management, finance and accounting functions. She has expertise in developing management systems that ensure the long‐term viability of assets and monitor organizational risk factors. Since 2007, Caroline has been a member of the STRENGTH MATTERS CFOWorking Group which has developed a series of white papers on external reporting best practices for the nonprofit affordable housing industry. Caroline has a degree in accounting and a CPA. She has been with Aeon since 1998, an organization with over 2,200 units of affordable rental housing.

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Megan
Teare

Board Vice Chair & Secretary

Managing Director,
Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment

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Managing Director, Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Megan Teare has been working in the community development field for 25 years. She is currently a managing director with the Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment group where she manages the program that provides enterprise-level capital to community development financial institutions (CDFIs), minority depository institutions (MDIs), and nonprofit housing developers. Megan also serves as a board member of NeighborWorks Capital. Before joining Wells Fargo, she served as senior loan officer at the McAuley Institute and as a consultant to non-profit housing developers. She has an undergraduate degree in architectural history from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Virginia.

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Charlotte
Crow

Board Treasurer

Leader in Community Finance and Treasury Strategy

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Leader in Community Finance and Treasury Strategy

Charlotte Crow is a seasoned leader in community finance and treasury strategy, bringing nearly 30 years of experience across banking, capital markets, and financial management.

As senior vice president of the Enterprise Community Loan Fund, she has overseen critical functions including capital sourcing to support lending activities, investor relations, cash management, and broader treasury operations. During her tenure, Charlotte played a key role in advancing the organization's financial strength and market presence, including guiding its membership with the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, securing its first rating from S&P Global Ratings, and supporting the successful issuance of a $50 million general obligation bond in 2018.

Prior to joining Enterprise in 2006, Charlotte spent 14 years at Signet Bank in Richmond, VA, where she was in charge of the asset and liability management group and served as a member of the Asset and Liability Committee.

Charlotte holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and psychology from Kenyon College and an MBA with a concentration in finance from the College of William and Mary.

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Olivia
Barrow Strauss

Vice President of Community Development, JPMorganChase

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Vice President of Community Development, JPMorganChase

Olivia Barrow Strauss is the Vice President of Community Development at JPMorganChase. In this role, she leads national philanthropic and policy strategies to advance the firm’s Housing Market Affordability priorities, collaborating closely with Corporate Responsibility teams to drive meaningful impact for people and communities.

Before joining JPMorganChase, Olivia served as the Deputy Director for National Policy and Advocacy at the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF), where she played a pivotal role in shaping a strategic influence agenda for affordable housing and impact lending. Her leadership at LIIF was instrumental in advancing national policy initiatives. Earlier in her career, Olivia was a Senior Policy Analyst at Enterprise Community Partners, where she led advocacy efforts for affordable housing and community development tax credits. Her work has consistently focused on creating sustainable and inclusive communities.

Olivia has written several housing publications and actively engages in key housing policy discussions, contributing her expertise to shape the future of housing and community development. She holds a bachelor's degree in public policy and a master's degree in public administration from The George Washington University.

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Tatiana
Blank

Chief Financial Officer, Eden Housing

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Chief Financial Officer, Eden Housing

Tatiana Blank is responsible for corporate and real estate development accounting, finance, and asset management for Eden Housing, its affiliates, and ownership entities. Tatiana works closely with the Finance and Audit Committees of the Board of Directors, and she directs and manages Eden’s relationships with lending institutions, shareholders, and the financial community. Tatiana leads Eden’s finance team, which oversees Eden’s total assets of $2 billion with a combined annual operating revenue of more than $175 million.

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Grace
Chionuma

Leader in Community Development Capital Markets

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Leader in Community Development Capital Markets

Grace is a leader in community development capital markets with deep experience structuring and executing innovative financing solutions for mission-driven organizations. She has played a central role in advancing access to the public capital markets for the community development sector, including work on landmark CDFI debt offerings for organizations such as LISC, Enterprise Community Loan Fund, LIIF, and BlueHub Loan Fund, as well as Freddie Mac's first Social Bond with Impact Community Capital.

Her experience spans a broad range of nonprofit and mission-oriented institutions, including CDFIs, affordable housing developers, charter school networks, private K-12s , universities, and foundations. She also participated in the groundbreaking $1 billion Ford Foundation bond issuance and MacArthur Foundation bond issuance.

Grace holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, where she majored in Government and Philosophy, and an MBA from Yale University School of Management.

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Fred
Dodson

Chief Operating Officer and EVP, DreamKey Partners

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Chief Operating Officer and EVP, DreamKey Partners

Fred Dodson, Jr. is the Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice president of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership, Inc., where he manages the organization’s multifamily real estate development financing activities and corporate operations. Before joining the Housing Partnership in 1997, Dodson gained experience directing the Hospitality House of Boone, North Carolina homeless shelter as well as the New River Valley Habitat for Humanity Affiliate and the Montgomery County Community Shelter, both located in Virginia. Mr. Dodson earned a Bachelor of Science in psychology from Appalachian State University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Tennessee College of Law.

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Leah
Evans

President & CEO, Homeport

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President & CEO, Homeport

Leah Evans joins the NeighborWorks Capital Board of Directors as the President and CEO of Homeport, a NeighborWorks America affiliate serving central Ohio. Leah has been with the organization for nine years and most recently served as Senior Vice President of Real Estate Development. Before joining Homeport, Evans worked for the City of Gahanna as the Deputy Director of Planning & Development and Economic Development Manager. Prior to Gahanna, she worked for the State of Ohio and its Department of Development.

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Dr. Bill
McKinney

Executive Director,
New Kensington Community Development Corporation

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Executive Director, New Kensington Community Development Corporation

Dr. Bill McKinney joined NKCDC as the Executive Director in 2020 after more than 25 years leading in nonprofits and public and academic institutions, A longtime resident of Kensington, Dr. McKinney has researched, written and presented extensively on Philadelphia and Kensington on a variety of issues related to race, equity and economic justice. His expertise spans food access, educational opportunities, community institutions such as libraries and settlement houses, incarceration and re-entry, addiction and recovery, emergent non-profit support, gender pay equity, and the effect of race and ethnicity on the economic status of women.

From 2014 to 2019, Dr. McKinney served as executive vice president and director of research and evaluation at The Food Trust, a nationally recognized nonprofit based in Philadelphia, dedicated to ensuring that everyone has access to affordable, nutritious food. From 2003 to 2013, he was deputy director and then director of the Howard Samuels Center at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, focusing on research and public policy to increase civic engagement and community participation.

With decades of experience working and leading on a variety of issues impacting Philadelphia and Kensington, Dr. McKinney also serves on several boards, including for r the Pennsylvania Association of Community Development Corporations (PACDC), Fab Youth Philly, the Gay and Lesbian AIDS Education Initiative (GALAEI), the Health Federation of Philadelphia, and NeighborWorks Capital.

Dr. McKinney received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Temple University, a Master’s in Applied Anthropology from the University of Maryland, and a B.A. in Anthropology from Cleveland State University. In keeping with NKCDC’s vision for trauma-informed community development, he has certifications in Trauma Informed Care and Enhanced Trauma Awareness.

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Laura
Meadows

Executive Vice President of Lending,
Fahe

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Executive Vice President of Lending, Fahe

Laura Meadows is a nationally recognized expert in delivering finance into underserved rural places. She’s been a leader in informing Duty To Serve plans for GSE’s, and is unparalleled in her knowledge of the USDA 502 Direct loan program, which has been the backbone of affordable housing finance in rural America for decades. She advises nonprofits across the nation on how to administer the USDA 502 Direct program, resulting in earned income opportunities and access to mortgage dollars for the low-income households they serve. As Executive Vice President of Lending, Laura oversees all functions of the single-family lending department, as well as Community Lending. During her 15 years at Fahe, single-family home purchase lending has grown from $3M in FY2007 to $140M in FY2023.

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Eileen
Neely

Leader in Finance and Impact Investment

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Eileen Neely joins the NeighborWorks Capital Board of Directors with over 30 years of experience in finance and impact investment. She is retired and most recently was the Director of Lending at Housing Assistance Council where she led lending and community investment functions to provide low-cost capital to local nonprofits, for-profits, and local governments developing affordable housing in rural communities throughout the United States. Eileen has consulted for housing and impact investment organizations across the country and previously worked as Director of Capital Innovation at Living Cities, the Director of Strategy for the District of Columbia Housing Authority, the COO of the Fresno Housing Authority, and Director of Public Entity Lending at Fannie Mae.

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Jeff
Reed

President,
Community Housing Partners

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President, Community Housing Partners

Mr. Reed is President and previously Chief Financial Officer of Community Housing Partners (CHP), one of the largest NeighborWorks affiliates due to its large portfolio of affordable multifamily housing across the Mid-Atlantic and Southern region of the U.S. He has over 25 years of experience in financial and corporate management and is responsible for corporate finance, real estate development, property and asset management, and resident services. CHP owns more than 6,500 apartments at a cost of over $440 million. He provides leadership to the Senior management and works with the CEO and the Board of Directors. He also participates in the CFO workgroup of STRENGTH MATTERS™ and Board of Directors of Stewards of Affordable Housing For The Future.

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