BROOKLYN - Key Persons
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- Partnerships Coordinator Ext 3400
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- Member Services Representative
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Doug Jones - Doug Jones is a life-long resident of Bedford-Stuyvesant. He has been involved in initiatives relating to economic and small business development in Brooklyn for the past decade including work for the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, New York City's EDC, and the Bed-Stuy Restoration Corp. Mr Jones has an MFA in Writing from Columbia University and a BA from Morehouse College.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the Supervisory Committee
- Greg Louis Is a Practicing Attorney Based in Central
Gregory Louis - Greg Louis is a practicing attorney based in Central Brooklyn.
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- Small Business Tax Counselor
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- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Assistant Director for Community Preservation at St Nicks Alliance
Jose Rolando Guzmán - Chair Jose Rolando Guzmán is the Assistant Director for Community Preservation at St Nicks Alliance, a community development organization in north Brooklyn. He organizes Northern Brooklyn community residents against displacement and around environmental justice issues. He has been a member of the credit union's Supervisory Committee since Dec 2011 and a Board member since 2012.
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- Consultant
- Member of the Board of Directors
Luis Booth is self-employed as a consultant and expeditor specializing in corrections of Building and other NYC Agency violations. An immigrant from Guatemala, Luis joined Brooklyn Coop 10 years ago when he was unable to open a bank account elsewhere and he remains a strong supporter of the credit union's mission to widen access to banking services. He has a BA in Economics and Engineering and a MA in Industrial Administration.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
- Program Officer at the Ford Foundation
Margot Brandenburg - Margot Brandenburg is a program officer at the Ford Foundation, has co-authored a book called The Power of Impact Investing, and is an adjunct faculty member at NYU's Stern School of Business.
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- Member of the Board of Directors
Rita Sahu - Rita Sahu, a CFA has over 18 years of professional experience in banking. For the last 11 years, she has been with the rating agency Moody's Investors Service. She is a Vice President - Senior Analyst performing credit analysis on US regional banks. She began her career as a bank examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. She also held positions with Republic National Bank of New York and J.P. Morgan.
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Secretary of the Board of Directors
Samira Rajan - Secretary Samira Rajan was named CEO of Brooklyn Cooperative Federal Credit Union in October 2008. She is also the Executive Director of the credit union's 501c3 affiliate, Grow Brooklyn. Samira has been with the credit union from its first year when she served as an Americorp*VISTA volunteer. After the year of service was complete, she joined as full-time staff in 2002 as Loan Officer and has taken on increasing levels of responsibility ever since. Her educational background includes a BA from Bryn Mawr College and an MPP from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.