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Executive Director, Upstate South Carolina
For one of the three largest national Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), we recruited an oustanding “Executive Director“, to spearhead community development in a long under-served rural area of the Upstate. A previous Executive Director had not been successful and the local community was understandably skeptical regarding the organization’s long term commitment to the economically distressed region. Successful candidate was born and raised in the community, and had previous successful CDFI experience.
The successful candidate was not only from Upstate South Carolina, but reflected the demographics and was reporting remotely to a statewide CDFI in another part of the state. While the successful candidate did not have the ideal lending or affordable housing finance background, her experience in nonprofit fundraising combined with strong relationships in the banking community proved to be even more valuable. Undervalued in her previous role, she hit the ground running bringing in over one million in funding to the organization in the first 90 days.
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