Board
2023-24 Officers
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Linda MacFarlane, Chair
Executive Director
Community Loan Fund of Capital Region, Inc.
Albany Center for Economic Success
255 Orange Street
Albany, NY 12210
Phone: 518-436-8586 ext 808
Fax: 518-689-0086
www.mycommunityloanfund.org
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Aisha Benson, Vice Chair
CEO
Nonprofit Finance Fund
5 Hanover Square, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10004
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John Felton, Treasurer
CEO
Southern Chautauqua FCU
168 E. Fairmount Ave.
Lakewood NY 14750
Office: 716-665-7000×1109
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Nancy Carin, Secretary
Executive Director
Business Outreach Center Network
85 South Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Office: 718-624-9115
Fax 718-246-1881
ncarin@bocnet.org
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Board Members
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​Ian Benjamin
Interim President and CEO
Community Capital New York
44 Executive Blvd., Suite 203 Elmsford NY 10523
Office: 914 747 8020
ibenjamin@communitycapitalny.org
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Giovana Bracchi
Executive Director
La Fuerza CDC
A Community Development Financial Institution
34 Muttontown Lane
East Norwich, NY 11732
P: 516-922-8100
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Brian Gurski
Vice President – Strategy and Innovation
Market Manager – New York
TruFund Financial Services, Inc.
39 West 37 Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10018
(212) 204-1303
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Charles D. Hammerman
President & CEO
The Disability Opportunity Fund
265 Sunrise Highway
Suite 45
Rockville Centre, NY 11570
Office: (516) 399-3020
Cell: (516) 361 3600
chammerman@thedof.org
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Karen Haycox
Chief Executive Officer
Habitat NYC Community Fund
111 John Street, 23rd Floor
New York, NY 10038
Phone: (646) 779-8986
Fax: (212) 991-3990
khaycox@habitatnycwc.org
https://habitatnycwc.org/
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Michael Haynes
Vice President of Lending and Servicing
Sustainable Neighborhoods / Center for NYC Neighborhoods
55 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
Office: 646-849-4415
michael.haynes@cnycn.org
cnycn.org
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Jules Hebert
Membership Engagement Manager
Inclusiv
39 Broadway, Suite 2140
New York, NY 10006-3063
T: 212.809.1850 x211
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Tyra Johnson Hux
WNY Director of Operations
LISC New York | Local Initiatives Support Corporation
T: 716.322.2311
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Jessie Lee
Managing Director
Renaissance Economic Development Corp (REDC)
2 Allen Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY 10002
Office: 212-964-6022
Jessie@renaissance-ny.org
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Greg Maher
Executive Director
Leviticus 25:23 Alternative Fund, Inc.
220 White Plains Road, Suite 125
Tarrytown NY 10591
Office: 914 909-4498
Fax: 914 606-9006
gmaher@leviticusfund.org
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Melanie Stern
Director, Consumer Lending
Spring Bank
69 East 167th Street
Bronx, New York 10452
Office: 718-879-5198
Cell: 914-819-8251
melanie@spring.bank
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Yanki Tshering
Executive Director
Accompany Capital
11 Broadway, Suite 1515
New York, NY 10004
212-898-4112 phone
646-365-3194 fax.
ytshering@accompanycapital.org
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Javier E. Zapata
President / Executive Director
PathStone Enterprise Center, Inc.
400 East Ave,
Rochester NY 14607
787-458-2549
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