President and Chief Executive Officer
Opportunity Finance Network
As President and Chief Executive Officer, Harold is responsible for the direction, strategic growth, and executive leadership of Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s leading investment intermediary and network of mission-driven financial institutions serving rural, urban, and Native communities across the United States. With over $1 billion in total assets under management, OFN represents a membership network of over 400 mission-driven financial institutions, including community development loan funds, credit unions, green banks, community development banks, minority depository institutions, and venture capital funds.
With over 20 years’ experience, Harold’s career spans executive leadership in community and economic development finance and has appeared as a featured expert with OFN, the Aspen Institute, New York Times DealBook, The Atlantic, SOCAP 365, and numerous podcasts, among other media and finance outlets. Prior to OFN, Harold led the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif), a community development financial institution (CDFI), for over seven years as CEO, leading the deployment of over $70 million in capital to communities throughout the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area. During his career in public service, Harold served as an appointed economic development official in Washington, D.C., negotiating over $400 million in economic development projects, leading market expansion with international trade missions (Singapore, South Africa, and China), and reformed the city’s business licensing operations as a regulator managing over $30 million with seven regulatory operating divisions responsible for issuing over 140,000 business, corporate, and professional licenses annually.
Investing Forward: Community Investment in a Time of Federal Retreat
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