Meet the Leadership

SHARON BOLLERS
President

Sharon Bollers serves as Director of Lending at Enterprise Community Loan Fund the CDFI arm under Enterprise Community Partners where she covers the DC Metro, Chicago, Detroit and Cleveland markets. She is responsible components of Enterprise Community Loan Fund’s loan origination and capital deployment including lending goals for BIPOC-led developers through Enterprise’s Equity Path Forward initiative…
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KAY PIERSON
Vice President

Ms. Pierson current works as CEO of the Sustainable Communities Development Company, LLC.  Her eclectic career …
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DONNA J. GAMBRELL
SECRETARY

Donna J. Gambrell is the longest serving and first African American woman to
be appointed as Director of the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund). During her tenure from 2007…
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SHELYNDA BURNEY BROWN
Treasurer

Shelynda Burney Brown, M.B.A. is the Vice President Real Estate Development at Enterprise Community Development (formerly CPDC),and she is responsible for business development as well as all aspects of acquisitions and redevelopment projects undertaken by ECD….
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COURTNEY BATTLE
Director

Courtney Battle is the Membership Director for the Housing Association of Nonprofit Developers (HAND). She brings a wealth of experience in journalism and communications to this role. Prior to HAND, she was an Account Manager for a local public affairs firm…
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JESSICA BABRIDGE
DIRECTOR

Jessica Babridge is from the Detroit, Michigan metropolitan area.  She began her work in community development and affordable housing in 2016 as an attorney for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (“MSHDA”), the Michigan state housing finance agency…
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L. TIA BLOUNT
Director

L. Tia Blount has more than 20 years of experience in integrated marketing and communications, branding, social and traditional media, resource and project management as well as fundraising. 

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CATHERINE BUELL
Director

Job role is Head of Community Development, Amazon in the Community at Amazon …
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