​Since joining the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Develop-
ment Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund as its Director in February of 2007, the CDFI Fund has been focused on a variety of efforts to further our mission of expanding the capacity of financial institutions to provide credit, capital, and financial services to underserved populations and economically distressed communities in the United States.

On February 1, 2007, I began my tenure as Director of the CDFI Fund. I am honored that the President and U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson have given me their trust to lead this important institution.

I look forward to working with the dedicated, hard-working Fund staff, and deeply appreciate the very warm welcome that they have given me. They, like me, are passionate about the mission of this organization, and I intend to support them in our drive to promote economic revitalization and community development.