Staff
Our team consists of a passionate, dedicated group of people with a shared vision of creating sustainable communities and social and economic justice throughout northern California.
Mary A. Rogier is the President of NCCLF. Mary joined NCCLF in October 1998 with extensive management experience in a variety of governmental and nonprofit settings. As a senior manager at the Low Income Housing Fund, a national community development [...]
Jonathan Austin is a Real Estate Consultant for NCCLF and has over twenty years experience in the development of affordable housing and community facilities, including ten years consulting to nonprofit organizations, for-profit developers, and local government through his own firm, [...]
Guy Baldwin is the Business Systems Analyst, charged with helping NCCLF define and reach its goals in technology, communications, and performance evaluation. He worked in management and financial consulting in New York before coming to the Bay Area to pursue [...]
Leiasa Beckham, LEED AP, joined NCCLF as Orgspaces Coordinator in July 2010. As of October 1, Leiasa was promoted to Real Estate Consultant. Leiasa comes to NCCLF with over 10 years experience in real estate development and construction management. Prior [...]
Lori Campbell joined NCCLF as Financial Management Consultant in October 2011. A resident of the Bay Area since 1970, Lori has over 30 years of nonprofit financial and management experience. Working closely with trustees and senior staff, Lori has provided [...]
Ross Culverwell is NCCLF’s Director of Lending. Ross comes to NCCLF following nine years with Moody’s Investors Service in New York City, where he served as Analyst with the International Subsovereign Group and as an Assistant Vice President with the [...]
Teresa Davis is a Consulting Program Analyst. Before joining NCCLF, she worked for the City of Houston’s Housing & Community Development Department. At the City of Houston, Teresa managed and tracked construction projects funded by HUD’s Community Development Block Grants [...]
Maureen DeCoste is a Development and Marketing Associate and brings with her over fifteen years of Marketing, Design and Development experience. Before joining NCCLF, she was the Marketing Director at PBC International, Inc. Prior to that, she was a Marketing [...]
Shobna Dhewant is a Senior Loan Officer. Prior to joining NCCLF in 2011, Shobna served as the Director of Financial Empowerment Programs at Peninsula Family Service, where she managed a consumer loan portfolio and oversaw financial services, including individual savings [...]
Kelly Ehrenfeld is a Loan Associate. Prior to joining NCCLF, Kelly worked for Citibank as a Loan Closing Associate. Kelly has significant commercial real estate loan transaction coordination and loan servicing experience. She also has extensive volunteer experience with various [...]
Eric Foley joined NCCLF’s staff in October 2011, serving as a Loan and Compliance Associate. Prior to his arrival at NCCLF, Eric worked as an Affordable Housing Program Compliance Coordinator with Forest City Residential, where he was responsible for compliance [...]
Kavita Gobburi joined NCCLF as a Loan Officer. Prior to joining in 2011, she worked as a Sr. Financial Analyst at Bank of America in New York. During her 5 years at BAC, she worked in Capital Markets and Wealth [...]
Grayton Huang is a Senior Accountant for NCCLF, where he is responsible for providing all accounting support to the office. Before joining NCCLF in March 2007, Grayton was Accountant for nearly three years at CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, a Bay Area [...]
Stephaney joined NCCLF in April of 2013 and serves as a Real Estate Consulting Analyst. She assists in contract management, identifying site opportunities, analyzing partnership opportunities, and producing proforma analyses. She also provides funding analyses for feasibility, including the structuring [...]
Joanne Lee joined NCCLF as the Director of Financial Consulting and Program Development in September 2010. She has over twenty years of experience working in non-profit organizations. At the Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC), Joanne served as the Deputy Director [...]
Eddy Lopez, Jr. is an Executive Assistant. Prior to Joining NCCLF in July 2010, Eddy was an Administrative Assistant at Charles Schwab, Inc. with the Sales and Relationship Management team. In addition to working at Schwab for four years, Eddy [...]
Janna Mancini is a Development Associate at NCCLF. Before joining NCCLF, Janna worked as the Development Assistant and Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive at the Kurdish Human Rights Project in London. While at KHRP she was responsible for writing [...]
Cristian Martinez is the Office Manager at NCCLF. Cristian joined NCCLF in September of 2006 after four years at Ecology Action in Santa Cruz, where he served as Executive Assistant, Office Manager, and Program Manager. In addition to his nonprofit [...]
Dan McDonald joined NCCLF as the Deputy Director of Lending in March 2012. Dan came to NCCLF after eight years with Bank of the West as an underwriter and relationship manager, providing letters of credit and construction and mini-perm loans [...]
Alice Rocha is NCCLF’s Business Development Loan Officer. Alice, who joined the staff in June of 2006, is based in her native city of Fresno and represents NCCLF throughout the Central Valley. Alice comes to NCCLF with extensive knowledge of [...]
C. Lea Salem is Director of Finance and Administration. Before joining NCCLF in November 2006, Lea served as Finance Director for SF’s Independent Living Resource Center, where she increased the transparency of reporting and implemented new internal controls, policies and [...]
Sherry Simmons is Director of Resource Development at the Northern California Community Loan Fund. She joined NCCLF in July of 2007 with over 35 years of experience in all aspects of nonprofit management and leadership. Prior to forming her consulting [...]
Karen Sullivan joined NCCLF in 2008 as a Consulting Analyst and is now a Loan Officer. Before joining NCCLF, Karen worked at the Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF) as a Compliance Monitoring Analyst. At LIIF Karen tracked the compliance of [...]
Mark Sutton is a Policy and Program Analyst for NCCLF. Prior to joining NCCLF, Mark worked as a Research Analyst at Impact Assets, a San Francisco-based impact investment firm. Mark has experience in the environmental markets, having worked with the [...]
David is a Real Estate Consultant for NCCLF. He has worked in housing and community development for over 27 years, including many years at Mercy Housing California. He has assisted numerous units of local government and non-profits in the greater [...]