Lisa Mensah is President and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the nation’s

the leading network of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs). Under her

leadership, OFN helps CDFIs leverage public funding and private investment to bring

affordable, responsible capital to rural, urban, and Native communities underserved by

mainstream finance.

Since joining OFN in 2017, Mensah has attracted new visibility and investment to the CDFI

field through programs like the Grow with Google Small Business Fund and OFN’s Finance

Justice Fund, a $1 billion socially responsible investment with Twitter as the Fund’s first

investor. Widely considered an expert on access to capital in low-wealth communities,

Mensah frequently testifies before Congress. And recently, Forbes and Morning Joe

recognized her as one of five women safeguarding America’s small businesses.