Matt Hull
NCRC Board
Executive Director, Texas Associations of CDCs, Austin, TX Matt Hull is the Executive Director for the Texas Association of Community Development Corporations (TACDC). As the Executive Director, Matt is responsible for creating policies at the state level that benefit the development climate for nonprofit groups working to improve the lives of lower income Texans. Matt […]
Kevin Stein
NCRC Board
Deputy Director of the California Reinvestment Coalition Kevin Stein is the Chief of Legal and Strategy at the California Reinvestment Coalition. At CRC, Kevin leads corporate and policy campaigns, advocates for regulatory and legislative change, works in partnership with local community organizations and conducts action research. Before coming to CRC, Kevin was Supervising Attorney at […]
Irvin Henderson
NCRC Vice Chairperson
Trustee, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Henderson, NC Irvin M. Henderson is the principal of Henderson & Company, a consulting firm and development company with particular expertise in the areas of community development and historic preservation, and commercial, residential and enterprise development. Irvin has an extensive track record in downtown revitalization, multifamily development and commercial […]
Elisabeth Risch
NCRC Secretary
Executive Director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) in Cincinnati, Ohio Elisabeth Risch is the Executive Director of Housing Opportunities Made Equal of Greater Cincinnati (HOME), a fair housing organization working to eliminate illegal housing discrimination and promote stable, integrated communities. She began this role in April 2022. She came to HOME with over 12 […]
Charles Harris
NCRC Board
Executive Director. Housing Education and Economic Development, Jackson, MS
Carol Johnson
NCRC Board
“I wake up every day motivated to make the world the absolute best place it can possibility be – and it all starts with me.” This is the philosophy by which Carol Johnson lives, and it is why her passion and commitment to civil rights, social justice, worker protections and economic development and empowerment for […]
Beverly Watts
NCRC Board
Beverly L. Watts served as the Executive Director of the Tennessee Human Rights Commission from July 2007until February 2022. Prior to that she served she served as Special Advisor to the Chair at the U S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission responsible for state and local relations. She has more than 35 years of experience in […]
Arden Shank
NCRC Board
South Bend Heritage Foundation Arden brings 30 years of diverse nonprofit housing and community development experience to his role as board chair of CRASF. Mr. Shank, as President/CEO of Neighborhood Housing Services of South Florida, has a deep knowledge of specialized community-based housing issues including corporation start-ups, restructuring, fundraising and capital project implementation. Mr. Shank […]
Aaron Miripol
NCRC Board
President and CEO- Urban Land Conservancy Aaron has 30 years of experience running community development and affordable housing companies. He has over seen more than $1.4 billion in direct economic development, including over 3,000 permanently affordable homes and 1.2M sq. ft. of nonprofit/educational facilities Aaron joined ULC in 2007 and leads this unique nonprofit real […]
Bethany Sanchez
NCRC Vice Chairperson
Senior Administrator Fair Lending, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, Milwaukee, WI Bethany Sanchez directs the Fair Lending Program at the Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, working to ensure that every credit-worthy borrower has equal access to fairly-priced credit. In this position at MMFHC for over 21 years, she works across sectors to develop and operate […]
Catherine “Katy” Crosby
Chief of Community Engagement and Institutional Accountability
Catherine “Katy” Crosby is NCRC’s Chief of Community Engagement and Institutional Accountability. Before joining the NCRC staff in 2023, Katy was Town Manager for the Town of Apex, North Carolina where she led a staff of approximately 600 employees and a budget that exceeded $200 million, and served as the NCRC board chairperson. Prior to […]
Jean Ishmon
NCRC Board
Consulting Executive Director, Northwest Indiana Reinvestment Alliance, Hammond, IN Jean Ishmon is consulting executive director for the Northwest Indiana Reinvestment Alliance and has 33 years of experience in the field of Housing, Fair Housing, Community and Economic Development. In her position with the alliance she has organized and managed the Lake County Housing Taskforce and […]
Ernest Hogan
NCRC Board
Executive Director Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group He utilizes 30 years of experience to advance a neighborhood-driven agenda of economic growth, incorporated in 1988 to provide a response to the financial institutions’ practice of redlining and to be a watchdog for the Community Reinvestment Act, PCRG works for community resources through Policy, Programs, and Capital initiatives. […]
Robert Dickerson, Jr.
NCRC Chairperson
Executive Director Birmingham Business Resource Center Bob Dickerson has spent his career finding ways to get money into the hands of people. For years, he did it as a commercial and consumer lending officer while working at several large financial institutions. Today, he does it as the Executive Director of the Birmingham Business Resource Center […]
Soraya Otero
Special Assistant to the COO and Community Liaison
Soraya brings outstanding organizational competencies, capacity building knowledge and practice, and great interpersonal skills backed by a robust career in operations and finance.