Board of Directors

First Children’s Finance Group Board of Directors

Kelly Elkin, Chair

Commercial Banking Executive, Alerus Financial, St. Louis Park, MN

Patrick Skiles, Treasurer

Retired, Livonia, MI

Elizabeth Davis, Secretary

Professor, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

David Arens

Founding Partner, Private Wealth, West Des Moines, IA

Melanie Brizzi

Chief Child Care Strategy and Operations Officer, The Consultants Consortium, Indianapolis, IN

Dr. Walter Gilliam

Executive Director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, Omaha, NE

Suzanne Humbert

Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, Minneapolis, MN

Roger Neugebauer

Executive Director and Founder, World Forum on Early Care and Education; Former Publisher, Exchange Magazine, Child Care Information Exchange; Redmond, WA

Dafina Williams

Executive Vice President of External Affairs, Opportunity Finance Network, Silver Spring, MD

FCF Loan Fund Board of Directors

Dafina Williams, Chair

Executive Vice President of External Affairs, Opportunity Finance Network, Silver Spring, MD

Dr. Shana Ford

Chief Executive Officer, KIPP North Star – MN, Minneapolis, MN

Carolina Castaneda del Rio

Director of Community Impact, Social Venture Partners, Portland, OR