
STRONGER TOGETHER
Our effort to effect lasting change in communities is managed under a unified team of leaders from both Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance. Together they bring decades of experience supporting community and economic development across the country. Their experience spans capital deployment, small business, education, health care, and affordable housing.
Management Team
Capital Impact Partners’ current President and Chief Executive Officer Ellis Carr now serves as the President and CEO of both Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance, overseeing this new enterprise.
Kurt Chilcott has transitioned from President and CEO of CDC Small Business Finance and continues his support of this vision by serving as Board Chair of the combined organizations.

Ellis Carr
President and Chief Executive Officer
Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance

Raymond Guthrie
Head of Capital Deployment,
Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance

LaKisha Gant
Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Lending
CDC Small Business Finance

Natalie Gunn
Chief Financial Officer
Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance

Shelli Hayman
Senior Vice President, Small Business Lending
CDC Small Business Finance

Brian McEvoy
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Corporate Secretary
Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance

Robert Villarreal
Chief External Affairs Officer
Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance

Matt Wehland
Chief Operations Officer
Capital Impact Partners and CDC Small Business Finance
Board of Directors
Alaina C. Beverly
Assistant Vice President, Urban Affairs, Office of Federal Relations at the University of Chicago
Erik Caldwell
Director of Data Strategy, The Atlas for Cities
Sheryl Cameron
Executive Director, SBA Solutions Group, Chase
Kurt Chilcott
Chair
President + CEO Emeritus, CDC Small Business Finance
Oswaldo Acosta
President & CEO, CityFirst Enterprises
Rick Benito
Senior Vice President, National SBA Lending, Bank of America
Ellis Carr
President and CEO, Capital Impact Partners & CDC Small Business Finance
Grace Chionuma
Executive Director, Public Finance Banking Group, Morgan Stanley
Gary Cunningham
President & CEO, Prosperity Now
Jennifer Smith Dolin
Vice President of Operations, Mercy Housing California
Casey P. Fannon
President, The National Cooperative Bank, N.A.
Pedro I. Goitia
Partner (Retired), KPMG
Gail Markulin
Director (Retired), Capital Markets, Federal Home Loan Bank – Office of Finance
Ray Moncrief
President, Outdoor Venture Corporation
Tyler Orion
Co-Founder and Officer, Precision Healthcare Ecosystem
Frank Robinson
Diverse Markets Executive and Community-Based Programs Manager, MUFG Union Bank
Tom Topuzes
President & CEO, Thomas Topuzes & Associates, LLC
Dan Varner
Chief Executive Officer, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit


