Our Team
1 team. 8 languages including: Albanian, Arabic, Cape Verdean Creole, French, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish (plus Dog Talk)
Gerardo Espinoza
Executive Director
Amy Brown
Loan Associate
Nathan Hixson, CFA, CAIA
Managing Director, Capital Markets & Institutional Partnerships
Fatiha Ainane
Senior Financial Analyst
Jordan Browne
Financial Analyst
Christopher Hunter
Director of Advisory Services
Amine Benali, CFA
Managing Director, Strategy & Development
Julie Cecere
Senior Accountant
Rebecca Lin
Systems & Operations Coordinator
Virginia Berman
Communications & Outreach Director
Josh Glickenhaus
Director, California/ Senior Loan Officer
Carol Ann McAuliffe
Chief Financial Officer
Matthew Pires
Financial Analyst
José Luis Rojas Villarreal, CFA
Chief Lending Officer
Alan Singer
Director, Healthy Food Financing / Senior Loan Officer
Mary Wong
Director, Affordable Housing / Senior Loan Officer
Juniper
Chief Enjoyment Officer/ Dog
LEAF Board of Directors
LEAF operates under the guidance of an eleven-member board of directors. Each member brings experience with cooperatives, community development, banking, and finance.
Fatiha Ainane
LEAF
Christopher Hunter
LEAF
Damilola Odetola
National Cooperative Bank
Dr. Christina Clamp
Cooperative Educator, SNHU
Terry Lewis, Esq.
LIA Advisors
Alexander Pyle, Esq.
Sheehan, Phinney, Bass & Green P.A.
Gerardo Espinoza
LEAF
Matthew Pires
LEAF
John Smith
Dudley Street Neighborhod Initiative, Executive Director
David Hammer
The ICA Group
Shelley Miller
The ICA Group
Careers
LEAF is not currently hiring. Check back again soon.