President Biden appoints new members to CDFI Fund Board

9/06/2024

President Joe Biden announced the newly appointed Community Development Advisory Board members. The members will serve as a federal advisory committee to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund).


The new members are:

  • Manuel Chinea, chief operating officer, Popular Bank, New York City
  • Janie Simms Hipp, founding CEO, Native Agriculture Financial Service, Fayetteville, Arkansas
  • Mark Kaufman, president and CEO, Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund, Baltimore
  • Susan Chapman Plumb, board chair and CEO, Local Bank, Hulbert, Oklahoma

The Advisory Board’s next meeting is on Sept. 19. See more on the appointments here.