Meet The Team

  • MEET THE TEAM

Capital Impact’s staff represents a diverse and committed group of individuals located in key geographic regions across the country to enable us to better represent the communities we serve.

Community Development Lending

Pamela Amos

Pamela Amos
Affordable Housing, Education, Health Care
DMV
pamos@capitalimpact.org
(571) 385-3094

Teri Bell
Housing, Education, Health Care
NY Metro
tbell@capitalimpact.org
(646) 989-1106

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Kelly Bougere
Housing, Education, Health Care
DMV, Michigan/Great Lakes, NY Metro
kbougere@capitalimpact.org
(646) 414-9499

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Mindy Christensen
Senior Vice President, Community Development Lending
National
mchristensen@capitalimpact.org
(703) 405-2567

Shobna Dhewant
Underwriting
National
sdhewant@capitalimpact.org
(510) 871-7907

Dominique Da Cruz
Underwriting
National
ddacruz@capitalimpact.org
(313) 230-1255

Catherine Frazier
Cooperative Development, Small-Med Business (Nonprofits, For-profits), Healthy Food
National
cfrazier@capitalimpact.org

Sydnee Freeman
Housing, Education, Health Care
Texas, Southeast
sfreeman@capitalimpact.org
(512) 957-9023

Ryan Guyton

Ryan Guyton
Cooperative Development, Small-Med Business (Nonprofits,
For-profits), Healthy Food, Education
National
swhetzel@capitalimpact.org
(510) 597-2057

Damon Hodge
Housing, Education, Health Care
Michigan/Great Lakes
dhodge@capitalimpact.org
(313) 230-1198

Ashley McLeod
Cooperative Development, Small-Med Business (Nonprofits, For-profits), Healthy Food
National
amcleod@capitalimpact.org

Melissa Nahm
Housing, Education, Health Care
Western
mnahm@capitalimpact.org
(201) 739-2236

Theresa Nantor
Housing, Education, Health Care
Western
tnantor@capitalimpact.org
(510) 496-2221

Faith Ohai
Housing, Education, Health Care
DMV
fohai@capitalimpact.org

Thomas Proctor

Thomas Proctor
NMTC Housing, Education, Health Care
Western
tproctor@capitalimpact.org
(510) 671-5889

Sarah Ransome
NMTC, Housing, Education, Health Care
Texas; Southeast
sransome@capitalimpact.org
(512) 957-9013

Eric Relos
Housing, Education, Health Care
Western
erelos@capitalimpact.org
(510) 496-2219

Will Robison

Will Robison
NMTC, Housing, Education, Health Care
Texas; Southeast
wrobison@capitalimpact.org
(512) 957-9007

Sydney Saygbe

Sydney Saygbe
Cooperative Development, Small-Med Business (Nonprofits, For-profits), Healthy Food
National
ssaybge@capitalimpact.org

Sarina Trethewey
Housing, Education, Health Care
Texas; Southeast
strethewey@capitalimpact.org
(512) 957-9014

Seth Whetzel

Seth Whetzel
Affordable Housing, Education, Health Care
DMV; NYC Metro
swhetzel@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2323

External Affairs

Jason Anderson

Jason Anderson
Senior Vice President of Communications
janderson@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2308

Michelle Betton
Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications
mbetton@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2362

David Greisman
Media Relations Manager
dgreisman@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2319

Fundraising

Elizabeth Day
Senior Specialist of Development eday@capitalimpact.org
(510) 496-2227

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Yi Wei
Vice President, Capital
Initiatives and Partnerships
ywei@capitalimpact.org

Impact Investments

Noah Asghedom

Noah Asghedom, CFA
Investment Analyst
nasghedom@capitalimpact.org

Elisabeth Chasia

Elisabeth Chasia
Investments Director
echasia@capitalimpact.org

Bill Coyle

Bill Coyle
Capital Deployment Analyst
wcoyle@capitalimpact.org

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Swetha Krishnakumar
Investments Director
skrishnakumar@capitalimpact.org

Yrenilsa Lopez

Yrenilsa Lopez, CFA
Managing Director
ylopez@capitalimpact.org

Sahil Patel

Sahil Patel
Investment Analyst
spatel@capitalimpact.org

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Yi Wei
Vice President, Capital
Initiatives and Partnerships
ywei@capitalimpact.org

Wendy Xiong

Wendy Xiong, CFA
Investment Analyst
wxiong@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2340

Lending Operations

Dan Hanna
Director, CDRE Credit & Loan Workout
dhanna@capitalimpact.org
(313) 230-1204

Alexander McDonald

Alexander McDonald
Senior Director of Lending Operations
amcdonald@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2353

Masouda Omar
Head of Small Business & Community Development Credit
momar@capitalimpact.org
(703) 859-3035

National Programs

Lauren Counts

Lauren Counts
Head of National Programs
Lcounts@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2386

Khufu Edwards

Khufu Edwards
Senior Programs Specialist
DMV
kedwards@capitalimpact.org

Dr. Justin Gerald
Senior Programs Specialist
jgerald@capitalimpact.org

Aaron Gougis

Aaron Gougis
Manager Dallas Initiatives
Texas
agougis@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2326

Tony Jones
Sr. Specialist, Real Estate and Construction
tjones@capitalimpact.org

Caitlin Keane
Equitable Development Manager
California
ckeane@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2389

Tommy Lester

Tommy Lester
Manager, Atlanta Initiative
Atlanta
tlester@capitalimpact.org

Michelle Matthews
Sr. Technical Assistance Manager
Michigan/Great Lakes
mmatthews@capitalimpact.org
(313) 509-3612

Jeff Mosley

Jeff Mosley
Director, National Diverse Developer
National
jmosley@capitalimpact.org
703-215-7996

Cokie Nanka

Cokie Nanka
Sr. Economic Opportunities Specialist
DMV
cnanka@capitalimpact.org

Lindi Nguyen
Contracts and Operations Senior Specialist
National
lnguyen@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2378

Elvin Padilla
Director Bay Area Initiatives
California
epadilla@capitalimpact.org
(415) 652-6337

Michael Penner

Michael Penner
Manager, CA Healthy Communities
California
mpenner@capitalimpact.org

Alison Powers

Alison Powers
Director, Economic Opportunities
National; DMV
apowers@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2369

Candace (Baldwin) Robinson

Candace Robinson
Director, Healthy Communities
National; California
cbrobinson@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2352

Melissa Stallings

Melissa Stallings
Director, DMV Initiatives
DMV
mstallings@capitalimpact.org
(703) 967-3615

Rieanna Stewart

Rieanna Stewart
Detroit Training Manager
Detroit
rstewart@capitalimpact.org

Kate Voshell
Equitable Development Manager
National
kvoshell@capitalimpact.org

Portfolio and Asset Management

Michael Griffin
Director, Portfolio & Asset Management mgriffin@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2328

Felena Guye
Manager, Portfolio and Asset Management
fguye@capitalimpact.org
(510) 496-2218

Mousa Kawwa
Portfolio Loan Officer
mkawwa@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2347

Mia Pecjo
Senior Loan Officer
mpecjo@capitalimpact.org
(510) 496-2226

Connie Shaub
Portfolio Loan Officer
cshaub@capitalimpact.org
(313) 230-1117

Kerinne Tollefsen
Senior Portfolio Loan Officer
ktollefsen@capitalimpact.org
(646) 989-1104

Matt Tontodonato
Portfolio Loan Officer
mtontodonato@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2363

President's Office

Chris Lash

Chris Lash
Chief of Staff
clash@capitalimpact.org
(703) 647-2303

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