Laura Bentley
Director, Grant Administration, Community Impact
Laura Bentley joined NCRC in 2024 as the Director of Grant Administration for the Community Impact team. Prior to NCRC, Laura served as Director of the Direct Community Investments department (DCI) with the Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC), a CDFI based in DC. In this role, she oversaw the launch of the department in 2020 […]
Carolina Rodrigues
Operations Manager, CDF
Carolina Rodrigues is NCRC’s CDF Operations Manager . She was born in Washington, DC, and has lived in the DMV area forever. Her family is originally from Brazil, and speak Portuguese. She went to high school in Forestville, Maryland, and completed her bachelor’s degree online while working full time. She started her career as a […]
Diane Crockett
Chief Financial Officer
Diane Crockett is the Chief Financial Officer of NCRC. Prior to joining NCRC, Diane served as Chief Financial Officer at The Summit Charitable Foundation where she provided strategic leadership for all financial, grantmaking and administrative operations of the foundation. Summit is a private foundation which focuses on equality for women and girls, a resilient Mesoamerican […]
Nzinga Kelliebrew
CRA Specialist
Nzinga Kelliebrew joined NCRC in 2023 as a CRA Specialist. Before joining NCRC, she was a research analyst and deputy team lead at Leadership Connect. She specialized in state and local research, where she tracked and developed prominent political profiles of state and municipal leaders. Nzinga graduated from Marymount University with a Bachelor’s of Science from the College of […]
Haley Schneider
Conference & Events Specialist
Haley Schneider serves as the Conference & Events Specialist for NCRC. Haley received her Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, with a focus on Management and Communications. Her involvement with nonprofits and community development projects inspired her to further her education at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, where she earned […]
Joseph Dean
Racial Economic Junior Research Specialist
Joseph Dean is NCRC’s Racial Economic Junior Research Specialist. He started off as a research intern here at NCRC in the spring 2023 before being brought on full time. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Howard University. His research interests include environmental economics, international trade, and racial and class inequality. In his free […]
Devin Thompson
Director of Health Equity and Impact
Devin Thompson is the Director of Health Equity and Impact for NCRC. He brings over two decades of leadership experience at the intersection of comprehensive community development, health equity and economic justice. As the Director of Health Equity and Impact at NCRC, Devin develops and implements intersectional programming that supports our members to increase the […]
Patrick Dixon
Credit Underwriting Specialist, CDF
Patrick Dixon has experience serving low-income African American communities through volunteering, interning, and work experience. His passion, mission, and purpose lie in helping those who are overlooked and underserved. His ultimate goal in his career is to expand awareness and access to economic development for groups who are underserved. He believes that closing access and […]
Lara Benson
Attorney, Fair Housing & Fair Lending
Lara Benson is an attorney in the National Community Reinvestment Coalition’s Fair & Equitable Opportunity Department. In this role, she focuses on investigation and enforcement efforts, ensuring compliance with civil rights laws and advocating for equal access to housing and financial opportunities. During her time with NCRC, Lara has conducted and analyzed over 300 matched-pair […]
Lexine Varughis
Grant and Compliance Specialist, CDF
Lexine Varughis is the Grant and Compliance Specialist at NCRC. She was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, IL, and comes from a background in the legal and mortgage industry, and in affordable housing, while working with many housing agencies across the country. Lexine holds a master’s degree in public policy, human rights […]
Vernice Miller-Travis
NCRC Board
WE ACT for Environmental Justice Vernice is one of the nation’s pioneering and most respected thought leaders on environmental justice and the interplay of civil rights and environmental policy. Vernice has vast experience as a civil rights and environmental policy analyst and advocate; consultant for federal and state agencies, foundations and nonprofits; environmental program manager […]
Roberto Barrágan
NCRC Board
Executive Director of the California Community Economic Development Association Roberto Barragan is the Executive Director of the California Community Economic Development Association, a 200 member association committed to community revitalization in diverse urban and rural neighborhoods across the state of California. Roberto assists Community Development Corporations (CDCs), Community Action Agencies and Community Development Financial Institutions […]
Alejandra Pringle
Marketing Specialist
Esthefany Alejandra Pringle is NCRC’s Communications & Marketing Associate. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a bachelor’s in Marketing. During her undergraduate journey, Alejandra offered to be a volunteer as a Digital Marketing Manager for Lindaben foundation, where she learned and was passionate about helping her community. Alejandra helps the foundation […]
Nichole Nelson, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Advisor
Nichole Nelson, Ph.D. is a Senior Policy Advisor at the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. Prior to working at NCRC, Nichole was a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow and Policy Analyst in the Economic Justice Program of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. At the Institute, she worked on initiatives to help increase the homeownership rate for […]
Doug Mollett
Workforce Development Program Manager
Doug Mollett is NCRC’s Workforce Development Program Manager. He will be based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Before coming to NCRC, Doug was Manager of Economic Empowerment Programs at Easterseals serving Greater Cincinnati. There, he oversaw four workforce development programs designed to help low-income job seekers remove the barriers that were standing in the way of long-term, […]