Our Staff & Board

Our Staff

Ja’Net Defell

President & CEO

Bio

Patrick Brutus

Senior Director, Real Estate Programs

Ashley Lewis

Office Manager

Our Board of Directors

Daniel O. Ash

President, The Field Foundation of Illinois

Nicole Bell, Secretary

Deborah Bennett

Senior Program Officer (retired), Polk Bros. Foundation

Kirby Burkholder

President, Core Business Solutions, IFF

Lizzy Diaz-Ortiz

VP, Senior Manager, Hispanic/Latino Banking Segment, BMO Harris Bank

Lance Dorn

Partner, SB Friedman Development Advisors

Paula McCaleb

Revenue Agent, Internal Revenue Service

Torrence Moore, Treasurer

Head of Access to Capital and DEI, US Bank CDC