Mr. Daly has 30+ years of community development experience and is responsible for operations of a community development corporation in Cambridge, MA. His organization is an affiliate of Neighborworks America with a focus on the development of homeownership and rental housing, two lending and rehab programs - one for owner-occupied 1-4 family and the other for privately owned multi-family properties, and an asset management program. Under his leadership their rental portfolio from 17 units to over 1,000 units. He also serves as the Chair of the Board of Community Economic Development and Assistance Corporation, a Massachusetts based CDFI.

In 2011 Ms. Fitzgerald became CEO of NeighborWorks America (NW) after serving in the position of chief operating officer since 2005. NW is a leading national community development intermediary with a national network of more than 235 affordable housing and community development organizations serving 4,500 communities. Previously at the Fannie Mae Foundation, she was responsible for alliance and relationship management with key foundation partners as senior director of National Initiatives. She also served as the acting executive director at the McAuley Institute, a national nonprofit intermediary committed to improving the housing conditions of women and families. She also served as the chief investment officer at the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust and from 1994-2000, she served in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service with management oversight of single- and multi-family housing and community facilities programs. She served in both Virginia and Maryland state governments.

Asian Americans for Equality (AAFE) is a premier civil rights and community development agency based in New York City. During Mr. Kui’s tenure, AAFE has raised over $85 million to build more than 600 housing units for low-income and homeless individuals and families and over $250 million in mortgage financing on behalf of immigrant and low-income families to purchase homes. Mr. Kui initiated and oversees programs to improve the lives of the immigrant community including: social service access for families and seniors, technical assistance to emerging Asian American organizations, assistance to small business owners, and homeownership and foreclosure prevention counseling. He is the founder and Chair of the Board of Renaissance Economic Development Corporation (REDC), a non-profit organization providing financing and technical assistance to immigrant, minority, and women-owned small businesses.

As the leader of three community organizations serving Austin area or Texas statewide, Ms. Rios Valdez has 30+ years experience in business development, commercial real estate lending and real estate management and development. BCL of Texas is a NeighborWorks America affiliate. She has grown the organization’s net worth eight fold, faciliated over $200 million in small business loans  and manages a $25 million commercial real estate loan portfolio and is Asset Manager for a $2.5 million real estate portfolio. She has a strong commitment to rural communities and served as a board member of the Rural Alliance.

Since 2010 Mr. FitzGibbon is the Managing Director and Chief Operations Officer for Talmer Bank and Trust (formerly First Michigan Bank), a $2.8 billion privately held community bank with 60 offices in Southern Wisconsin and Eastern Michigan. His role includes the acquisition and integration of failed banks into a well-capitalized holding company. Previously he was Executive Vice President of the $10 billion Chicago-based MB Financial Bank. His community activities include serving as President of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago (2004-2008), Director of the Woodstock Institute and Chairman of ACCION-Chicago. He is also a member of the Regional Lender Advisory Board for the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and a board director of the New York based Wall Street Without Walls.

Mr. Goodemann has over 25 years of experience in community development in rural communities and small cities in Minnesota. Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership is a NeighborWorks affiliate. His organization is an an innovative non-profit organization that provides planning, housing and community development services within 38 rural counties in southern Minnesota. The organization operates in formal collaboration with a network of rural non-profit corporations, community development organizations and local units of government.  The organization has over 20 employees with an annual operating budget of $2,100,000. Accomplishments include the development, financing or rehabilitation of over 6,100 housing units with an excess of $286 million. He serves on their National Real Estate Advisory Committee of NeighborWorks America.

In 2011 Ms. Fitzgerald became CEO of NeighborWorks America (NW) after serving in the position of chief operating officer since 2005. NW is a leading national community development intermediary with a national network of more than 235 affordable housing and community development organizations serving 4,500 communities. Previously at the Fannie Mae Foundation, she was responsible for alliance and relationship management with key foundation partners as senior director of National Initiatives. She also served as the acting executive director at the McAuley Institute, a national nonprofit intermediary committed to improving the housing conditions of women and families. She also served as the chief investment officer at the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust and from 1994-2000, she served in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service with management oversight of single- and multi-family housing and community facilities programs. She served in both Virginia and Maryland state governments.