FINANTA - Key Persons


Alba Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President, Director of Lending

Cindy Stewart - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team

Claudy Geraldino

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Community Lending

Daniel Beck

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Senior Commercial Real Estate Lender

Daniel Betancourt - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • President
  • President & Chief Executive Officer Community First Fund and FINANTA
Daniel Betancourt has been President and CEO of Community First Fund since 1999 and FINANTA since the two CDFI's merged in July 2020. He has over 25 years of experience in community economic development lending. Under Dan's leadership, Community First Fund has grown into a regional Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), attracting multi-million dollar investments and with nearly $200 million under management. Dan is a member of the Federal Reserve Bank's Consumer Council. He is also a member of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's President's Council, and previously served on its Economic and Community Advisory Council. Dan serves as the Chair of the Pennsylvania Community Development Financial Institution Network and was instrumental in the development of the COVID-19 Relief Pennsylvania Statewide Small Business Assistance program, a $225 million grant program designed to help small businesses that have been economically impacted by COVID-19. Additionally, Dan currently chairs Partners for the Common Good, a Washington DC based CDFI. He serves on the board of directors for the Expanding Black Business Credit Initiative, Greater Philadelphia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Impact Services of Philadelphia, AAA Central Penn, and Elizabethtown College. He also serves on the following financial institutions advisory boards: Santander, Wells Fargo and Reinvestment Fund.

Dragan Dodik

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President, Chief Lending Officer

Edward Gallagher - SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Credit Officer
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President

Elizabeth Bennett - CFO, SVP

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President

Erin Davis

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Marketing and Communications

Frederick Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Director, Residential Mortgage Lending

George Pabon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Vice President, Information Technology

Hurley Desper

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Lending

James E. Buerger

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Housing & Real Estate Lending

Joan M. Brodhead

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Strategic Initiatives Officer

Jonathan Encarnacion

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President, Chief Retail Officer

Lydia Walker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Senior Leadership Team
  • Senior Vice President, Development and Impact

Marilyn Morel

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Community Lending

Pam Woodell

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, New Markets Tax Credits

Rose Tirado

Job Titles:
  • Affinity Group Microlending Manager

Shannon Leonhard

Job Titles:
  • Vice President, Community Lender