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Ms. Treisman has spent fifteen years collaborating with diverse stakeholders to research and develop mission-driven efforts that address complex public issues. Her work spans the theory and practice of politics; public policy and administration; participatory governance and civic engagement; community development and housing; as well as behavioral economics, informatics, decision-making, and well-being.

Ms. Treisman has worked for Arizona State University, School of Public Affairs and Center for Policy Informatics; Local Initiatives Support Corporation — National and Phoenix; Fern Tiger and Associates, a community-based creative conflict resolution firm; and New York-based political candidates Hakeem Jeffries, Yvette Clarke, and Leecia Eve. She has co-authored peer-reviewed publications traversing these topics.

Ms. Treisman holds a Bachelors from New York University’s Stern School of Business and Masters of Public Administration from Arizona State University’s School of Public Affairs, where she completed her Doctoral coursework and exams. She is an actively licensed real estate broker in Arizona and Washington.

With deep ties in Arizona and New York, Ms. Treisman is now establishing roots in Seattle, Washington, with her husband, two children, and husky. There, she serves on the board of their local public school PTOs and club sports teams while leading the Social Impact Research Consortium.

Mr. Gordon is Executive Advisor at Clearinghouse CDFI and serves on its Executive Team. He collaborates on special projects including activities specific to Arizona and Native American communities. Prior to joining Clearinghouse CDFI in 2015, Mr. Gordon was the founding President of Arizona MultiBank Community Development Corporation, the heritage nonprofit CDFI that served Arizona for over 24 years and preceded the new Arizona MultiBank, a Division of Clearinghouse CDFI.

Before returning to his home state of Arizona in 1991, Mr. Gordon was Senior Vice President of the legacy economic development bank to the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

Mr. Gordon currently serves on the Investment Committee of the Arizona Community Foundation’s Community Impact Loan Fund. He’s the founding primary committee representative for ACF’s Arizona MultiBank Legacy Fund. He previously served as Chair of the Phoenix Local Advisory Committee of Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) and Chair of its Credit Committee. Mr. Gordon was a founding Advisory Board member of a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)-licensed Small Business Investment Company (SBIC), and was recognized by SBA as a “Small Business Financial Services Champion of the Year.” Mr. Gordon previously taught the small business lending course at the National Community Development Lending School. Mr. Gordon went to public elementary and high schools in Arizona and is a former VISTA Volunteer. He received his bachelor’s degree from Yale College and master’s degree from Harvard University. As a youth, he worked with his father and grandfather in their family grocery store in downtown Phoenix.

Douglas J. Bystry has been providing financial services to low-income communities for over 30 years, including extensive work in Indian Country. Mr. Bystry, in his professional career, has successfully raised and deployed over $2 billion for low-income and distressed communities. Much of this capital has been deployed through the Clearinghouse Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing CDFIs, which he founded in 1996 and continues to lead as its President and CEO.

Mr. Bystry is regarded as an innovator and leader in community and economic development, as well as low-income wealth strategies. He is one of the co-founders of FVLCRUM Funds, a $300 million fund to reduce the minority wealth gap in this country. Mr. Bystry frequently speaks at industry conferences and seminars as an expert in CRA, NMTCs, and Native American community revitalization efforts.

Mr. Bystry previously served as a City Council member and Housing Commissioner in the County of Orange, CA. He currently serves on the California Organized Investment Network (COIN) Advisory Board, (California Department of Insurance) working to increase insurance industry community investments. Mr. Bystry serves on several other local nonprofit boards promoting affordable housing and economic development. He is a UCLA graduate, married with two sons.

As the Chief Operations Officer for Clearinghouse CDFI, Mr. Mombeleur provides company-wide operational leadership while leading its Impact, Opportunity Zones, Government Relations, and Sustainability & Innovation departments. As a long-time expert in secured real estate lending for community development, Mr. Mombeleur brings to Clearinghouse CDFI a long career in impact reporting and compliance.

He also serves as the lead in Clearinghouse CDFI’s unique partnership with FVLCRUM Funds. He is well versed in strategic partner relationship management and private equity acquisitions designed to spur growth and opportunity.

Mr. Mombeleur has directed all aspects of lending, capital investment, and loan portfolio management. He is experienced in growing businesses from inception to maturity and developing opportunities to yield sustainable, unrestricted funding sources. His strong analytical background includes risk assessment, budgets, financial management, and negotiation. He is also an expert facilitator and coach, possessing an acute community awareness critical to the advancement of ongoing CRA initiatives and CSR strategies.

Mr. Mombeleur brings his banking background, compliance expertise, and community development leadership to the Pacific Coast Banking School each year as an instructor. He is also committed to the many communities he serves, actively engaging on nonprofit boards across the United States.

Mr. Mombeleur holds a BA from the University of Texas at Arlington, an MBA from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management—Chicago, IL, and a Jurisprudence from Loyola University Chicago School of Law.