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Tag: Wacif

Shannan Herbert (Courtesy of Business Wire)
Posted inBusiness

Wacif Appoints Shannan Herbert as CEO, Promoting Equity and Economic Opportunity

by James Wright Jr.March 23, 2024March 25, 2024

Shannan Herbert has been named the new CEO of the Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif), a nonprofit organization focused on providing capital and support to historically under-resourced communities in the D.C. region.

Kia Weatherspoon, founder and CEO of Determined By Design in northeast D.C., was one of the original beneficiaries of a Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) project that helped minority-owned businesses scale up. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)
Posted inBusiness, Local Business

Cultivate Summit 2023

by James Wright Jr.June 14, 2023June 14, 2023
Anacostia Arts Center (Courtesy of anacostiaartscenter.com)
Posted inCommunity

Wacif Announces $3M to Redevelop Anacostia Arts Center in Ward 8

by James Wright Jr.June 8, 2023June 8, 2023
From left: Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Harold Pettigrew Jr., CEO Washington Area Community Investment Fund, Peter Scher, vice chair of JPMorgan Chase, Pinkey Reddick, co-owner of Flavorture, and Jennifer Piepszak, co-CEO Chase Consumer and Community Banking, pose during a press conference announcing $5.5 million to Support Underserved Small Businesses in Washington, D.C’s Anacostia and Congress Heights communities. (Courtesy of JPMorgan Chase)
Posted inPress Room

JPMorgan Chase Invests $2M in Anacostia Arts Center Redevelopment

by James Wright Jr.April 13, 2023April 20, 2023
Harold Pettigrew Jr. (Courtesy of Wacif)
Posted inNational

Biden Appoints Harold Pettigrew Jr. to Community Development Advisory Board

by WI Guest AuthorSeptember 17, 2021December 21, 2021
Posted inLocal Business

WACIF Launches Greater Washington Center for Employee Ownership

by WI Guest AuthorJuly 15, 2021December 21, 2021
Courtesy of MWAA
Posted inLocal Business

Wacif Supports ‘Made in D.C.’ Entrepreneurs at Reagan Airport

by WI Guest AuthorNovember 29, 2019December 21, 2021
**FILE** Courtesy of wacif.org
Posted inLocal Business

Wacif Wins National Award

by WI Guest AuthorAugust 27, 2019December 21, 2021
Kia Weatherspoon, founder and CEO of Determined By Design in northeast D.C., was one of the original beneficiaries of a Washington Area Community Investment Fund (Wacif) project that helped minority-owned businesses scale up. (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLocal Business

Wacif Named Nonprofit of the Year

by WI Guest AuthorMay 13, 2019December 21, 2021
Kia Weatherspoon hard at work (Brigette White/The Washington Informer)
Posted inD Kevin McNeir, Local Business

Kia Weatherspoon: Wacif Resources Vital to Entrepreneur’s Success

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior EditorMarch 13, 2019October 31, 2020

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