Lisa Mensah, President and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) - Scaling Impact Through CDFIs

<p>Lisa Mensah is President and CEO of <a href="https://ofn.org/">Opportunity Finance Network (OFN)</a>, the nation’s</p> <p>the leading network of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). Under her</p> <p>leadership, OFN helps CDFIs leverage public funding and private investment to bring</p> <p>affordable, responsible capital to rural, urban, and Native communities underserved by</p> <p>mainstream finance.</p> <p><br></p> <p>Since joining OFN in 2017, Mensah has attracted new visibility and investment to the CDFI</p> <p>field through programs like the Grow with Google Small Business Fund and OFN’s Finance</p> <p>Justice Fund, a $1 billion socially responsible investment with Twitter as the Fund’s first</p> <p>investor. Widely considered an expert on access to capital in low-wealth communities,</p> <p>Mensah frequently testifies before Congress. And recently, Forbes and Morning Joe</p> <p>recognized her as one of five women safeguarding America’s small businesses.</p> <p><br></p>