Community Development Council

The Community Development Council is an advisory body to the Community Opportunity Alliance’s Board of Directors. The Council’s purpose is to share perspectives based on members’ areas of expertise, offer high-level guidance and infuse new thinking for our work, raise our visibility, and expand our reach and impact.

Members

  • Daniel Davis, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond 

  • Ann Finnegan, Grow America

  • Colleen Flynn, Build Healthy Places Network

  • Andy Fraizer, Community Foundation of South Jersey

  • Rita Gibson, Georgia Advancing Communities Together

  • Kari Johnson, Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers

  • Michelle D. Johnson, Kresge Foundation

  • Sharon Legenza, Housing Action Illinois

  • Jeremy Liu, Creative Development Partners

  • Joe McNeely

  • David Noble, Paramount Bank

  • Don Phoenix

  • Jolan Rivera, University of New Hampshire

  • Rick Sauer, Philadelphia Association of Community Economic Development Corporations

  • Heidi Schoonover, Truist

  • Jamie Schriner, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

  • Sarida Scott, Skillman Foundation