Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative via Facebook

Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative is a project of The Insight Center. The Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative is "a national effort to address the wealth gap that leaves the average American family of color with only 16 cents for every dollar owned by the average white family."

Contacts listed are Anne Price, Managing Program Director and Chief Asset Building Officer and Gabriela Sandoval, Director of Research and Chief Economic Security Officer.

Color of Wealth Policy Summit

The Color of Wealth Policy Summit occurs annually. The goal of the summit is to "close the gap in wealth between whites and people of color."

The Color of Wealth Policy Summit - 2009 was described on Facebook as bringing "about 75 experts of color from around the country, 75 allies, and 10 members of the Obama Administration and the Congress to discuss policies to help us close America's racial wealth gap and reinvigorate the US economy."

Experts

• Rebecca Adamson, President & Founder, First Peoples Worldwide
• Seema Agnani, Director of Policy and Civic Engagement, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
• Bob Agres, Jr.., Executive Director, Hawai'i Alliance for Community Based Economic Development
• Orson Aguilar, Executive Director, The Greenlining Institute
• Ivye Allen, Ph.D., President, Foundation for the Mid South
• M. Starita Boyce Ansari, Ph.D, President, MSBphilanthropy Advisors, LLC
• LeRoy Aragon, Consultant, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare
• Ana Marie Argilagos, Founder and Principal, Argilagos Strategic Consulting, LLC
• Rudy Arredondo, President & CEO, Latino Farmers and Ranchers National Trade Association
• Shannon Augare, Representative and Majority Whip, Montana House of Representatives
• Algernon Austin, Ph.D., former director of the Economic Policy Institute's Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE)
• Ntam Baharanyi, Ph.D., Program Administrator, Tuskegee University
• Nikitra Bailey, Executive Vice President, Center for Responsible Lending
• Dave Baldridge, Executive Director, International Association for Indigenous Aging
• Roberto Barragan, President, Valley Economic Development Center
• Colette Pichon Battle, Director/Attorney, Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy
• Don Baylor, Jr., Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Public Policy Priorities
• Patricia Bergie, Loan Officer, Wind River Development Fund
• John Betancur, Ph.D., Interim Director, University of Illinois
• Charles Betsey, Ph.D., Interim Dean, Howard University Graduate School
• Sherry Salway Black, Director, Partnership for Tribal Governance, National Congress of American Indians
• Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder & CEO, PolicyLink
• Cornelius Blanding, Director of Field Operations & Special Projects, Federation of Southern Cooperatives
• Stephanie Boddie, Senior Researcher, The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
• Janis Bowdler, Deputy Director Wealth Building Policy Project, National Council of La Raza
• Melissa Bradley, Professor of Practice, George Washington University
• Joseph Brooks, Vice President, PolicyLink
• Dorothy Brown, Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law
• Rene Bryce-Laporte, Principal, Bryce-Laporte Information & Consulting
• Claudie Kiti Bustamante, Senior Program Associate, New America Foundation
• Olivia Calderon, California Legislative Director, Asset Building, New America Foundation
• Francis Calpotura, Executive Director, Transnational Institute for Grassroots Research and Action (TIGRA)
• Dennis Campa, Senior Leadership Fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Debra Carr, Director of Economic Development, Iowans for Social & Economic Development
• James Carr, Consultant
• Maggie Cervantes, Executive Director, NEW Economics for Women
• J. Mijin Cha, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, Demos
• Mariko Chang, Ph.D., Author and Independent Consultant
• Ngina Chiteji, Ph.D., Associate Professor, New York University - Gallatin School and Wagner School of Public Service
• Hyunsun Choi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of North Florida
• Gail Christopher, Ph.D., Vice President, Program Strategy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Aixa Cintron-Velez, Ph.D., Senior Program Officer, Russell Sage Foundation
• Roger Clay Jr., Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
• Keith Corbett, Executive Vice President, Self-Help, Inc.
• Teresa Cordova, Ph.D., Professor, University of New Mexico
• Ron Cornish, Research Specialist, Center for American Indian Economic Development
• Robin Danner, President & CEO, Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement
• William Darity, Ph.D., Arts and Sciences Professor of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University
• Nikki Daruwala, Founder and President, NDpoint Strategies
• Michael De Los Santos, Director of Programs, Reinvestment Partners
• Deyanira Del Rio, Associate Director, Neighborhood Economic Development Advocate
• Melany Dela Cruz-Viesca, Assistant Director, University of California, Los Angeles
• Dante Desiderio, Economic Development Policy Specialist, National Congress of American Indians
• Zhu Xiao Di, Deputy Director, Ameson Foundation
• Jimmy Dichirico, Consultant
• Rebecca Dixon, Policy Analyst, National Employment Law Project
• Jane Duong, Director of Programs & Advocacy, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
• Zarina Durrani, Consultant, Meeting Common Goals, LLC
• Karen Edwards, Consultant, KME Consulting
• William Elliott III, Ph.D., Director, Assets and Education Initiative, University of Kansas
• Connie Evans, President & CEO, Association for Enterprise Opportunity
• Jessica LeVeen Farr, Regional Community Development Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Anika Fassia, Program Associate, Publick Works
• James Fenelon, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, California State University, San Bernardino
• Devin Fergus, Ph.D., Associate Professor, The Ohio State University
• Tanya Fiddler, Executive Director, Four Bands Community Fund
• Sokoya Finch, Executive Director, Florida Family Network, Inc.
• Christina Finsel, Consultant, Christina Finsel Consulting LLC
• Charise Fong, Director, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
• John Foster-Bey, President and Chief Executive Officer, CSR, Incorporated
• Lance Freeman, Associate Professor, Columbia University
• Carolyn Gaines-Varner, Regional Director, Legal Services Alabama
• Victor Galloway, Director, Client Services, North Carolina Institute of Minority Economic Development, NCIMED
• Jose Garcia, Policy Fellow, National Council of La Raza
• Katherine Giscombe, Ph.D., Researcher/Consultant, Preserving Our Gains
• Angela Gobar, Ph.D., Administrator / Professor, Jackson State University
• Mark Gomez, Found and Director, Haas Institute - Leap Forward Project
• Moises Gonzales, Owner, Landscape Urbanist, Urban Planner, Chimal Designs
• Luis Granados, Executive Director, Mission Economic Development Agency
• David Gray, Policy Analyst, Louisiana Budget Project
• Alana Hackshaw, Ph.D., Senior Research and Policy Analyst, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
• Lisa Hall, President and CEO, The Calvert Foundation
• Darrick Hamilton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Milano - The New School for Management and Urban Policy
• Tom Hampson, Executive Director, ONABEN-A Native American Business Network
• Lingxin Hao, Ph.D., Professor, Johns Hopkins University
• Chanelle Hardy, Senior Vice President for Policy, National Urban Institute
• Lisa Hasegawa, Executive Director, National CAPACD (National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development)
• Armando Heredia, Executive Director, National Federation of Filipino American Associations
• Lea Hong, Director, The Trust for Public Land
• Savi Horne, Executive Director, Land Loss Prevention Project
• Paul Hudson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Broadway Federal Bank
• Jeanette Huezo, Executive Director, United for a Fair Economy
• Tarry Hum, Ph.D., Professor, Queens College CUNY
• Hyepin Im, Founder & President, Korean Churches for Community Development (KCCD)
• Sikander Iqbal, Program Director, Youth UpRising
• Necole Irvin, Program Officer, Foundation for the Mid South
• Hassan Jaber, Executive Director, ACCESS
• Terry Janis, Program Officer, Indian Land Tenure Foundation
• Saru Jayaraman, Co-Director, Restaurant Opportunities Center United (ROC-U)
• Alan Jenkins, Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda
• James Jennings, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Pl, Tufts University / UEP
• Anita Johnson, Financial Psychologist, Money Wisdom for Women
• Kimberly Jones, Policy Advocate
• Susan Jones, Professor of Clinical Law, George Washington University Law School
• Avis Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D., President and CEO, Incite Unlimited
• Ricky Joseph, Ph.D, Research Fellow, Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management (CHASM), University of Birmingham
• Sarah Lynn Kastelic, Ph.D., Chief of Staff, National Indian Child Welfare Association
• Omar Khan, Ph.D., Head of Policy Research, Runnymede Trust
• Edmund Khashadourian, Ph.D., Program Officer, United Way of Greater Los Angeles
• Kilolo Kijakazi, Ph.D., Institute Fellow, The Urban Institute
• Darryl Kilbert, Organization Coordinator, LA's BEST
• Nandinee Kutty, Ph.D., Policy Consultant
• Karen Landry, Executive Director, War on Poverty Florida
• Sheryl Lane, Director of Public Policy, EARN
• Alisa Larson, Consultant
• Irene Lee, Senior Program Associate, Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Romana Lee-Akiyama, Deputy Director, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development
• Wilhelmina Leigh, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
• Ramon Leon, Executive Director, Latino Economic Development Center
• R. Hokulei Lindsey, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University
• Amy Locklear, Research Manager, Washington University
• Simon Lopez, Director, National Council of La Raza
• Jeffrey Lowe, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Texas Southern University
• Charles Lowery, Jr., Director of Fair Lending and Inclusion, Author, NAACP
• Meizhu Lui, Author, Independent Consultant
• Shelley Marquez, Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
• C. Nicole Mason, Executive Director, Women of Color Policy Network at New York University Wagner
• Sharmain Matlock-Turner, President, Executive Director, Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition (GPUAC)
• Gena McClendon, Project Director, Center for Social Development, Washington University in St. Louis
• Steven McCullough, President & CEO, Bethel New Life, Inc.
• Heather McGhee, Vice President, Policy and Outreach, Demos
• Karla McLucas, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Bennett College for Women
• Christine McPherson, Managing Director, Indian Child Welfare Program, Casey Family Programs
• Elsie Meeks, State Director, USDA South Dakota Rural Development State Office
• Benita Melton, Program Officer, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
• Lisa Mensah, Executive Director, Initiative on Financial Security, The Aspen Institute
• Leticia Miranda, Assoc. Director, Economic & Employment Policy Proj, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
• Thomas Mitchell, Professor, University of Wisconsin Law School
• Nancy Montoya, Senior Community Affairs Manager, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
• Alfonso Morales, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Kirsten Moy, Director, Economic Opportunities Program, The Aspen Institute
• Dedrick Muhammad, Senior Director, Economic Program, NAACP
• Bruce Murphy, President, KeyBank
• Yvette Murphy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Arkansas
• Karen Murrell, President, Higher Heights Consulting and Training, Inc.
• Wanjiku Mwangi, Executive Director, Growth Through Learning, Inc.
• Yunju Nam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo, SUNY School of Social Work
• Almaz Negash, Director, Step Up Silicon Valley
• Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Ph.D., Associate Professor, John Jay College City University of New York
• Melvin Oliver, Ph.D., Dean, University of California Santa Barbara
• Jamie Omori, Director, Kulia Like Department, ALU LIKE, Inc.
• Paul Ong, Ph.D., Professor of Urban Planning, University of California at Los Angeles
• Ramona Ortega, CEO, My Money My Future Inc.
• Aracely Panameno, Director of Latino Affairs, Center for Responsible Lending
• Alice Paris, Project Director, Tuskegee University
• Luis Pastor, CEO, Cooperative Comunitaria Latina de Credito
• Manuel Pastor, Ph.D., Professor: Geography, American Studies/Ethnicity, University of Southern California
• Jacqueline Johnson Pata, Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians
• Kim Pate, Chief External Relations Officer, Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
• David Pate, Ph.D, Co-Director, Center for Family Policy and Practice
• Danny Patterson, Board of Directors, Alabama Asset Building Coalition
• Benjamin Payton, President, Tuskegee University
• Scott Allen Peck, Director of Policy, National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
• Edward Pennick "Jerry", Director, Land Assistance Fund, Federation of Southern Cooperatives
• John Powell, Director, Haas Diversity Research Center
• Anne Price, Director, Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Initiative
• Roberto Quercia, Ph.D., Professor and Director, Center for Community Capital, Director of Master's Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Jose Quinonez, Executive Director, Mission Asset Fund
• Chris Rabb, Consultant, Writer, Public Speaker, Temple University Fox School of Business
• Henry A.J. Ramos, CEO, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
• Lynette Rawlings, Ph.D., Research Associate, The Urban Institute
• Thais Rezende, Executive Director, East Bay Women's Initiative for Self Employment
• Michael Roberts, President, First Nations Development Institute
• Christine Robinson, President, Stillwaters Consulting
• Barbara Robles, Ph.D., Senior Community Affairs Research Liaison, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Maya Rockeymoore, Ph.D., President & CEO, Global Policy Solutions
• William Rodgers, Ph.D., Professor and Chief Economist, Rutgers University, Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
• Eric Rodriguez, Deputy VP of Research, Advocacy, and Legislation, National Council of La Raza
• Gabriela Sandoval, Director, Policy and Research, Insight Center for Community Economic Development
• Monica SanMiguel, Strategy & Operations Associate, Enova International
• Jonathan Likeke Scheuer, Ph.D., Director, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
• Patsy Schramm, Consultant, GaDuGi Consulting
• Shizuka Sekita, Ph.D., Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University
• Trina Shanks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Michigan
• Don Shircel, Director, Client Development, Tanana Chiefs Conference
• Javier Silva, Community Affairs Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Margaret Simms, Ph.D., Institute Fellow, Urban Institute
• Ed Simonetty, President & CEO, E & G Financial Services, Inc.
• Miguel Soto-Class, Executive Director, Center for the New Economy
• William Spriggs, Ph.D., Assistant Secretary for Policy, US Department of Labor
• Vishnu Sridharan, Consultant
• Fred Ssewamala, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Columbia University
• Cris Stainbrook, President, Indian Land Tenure Foundation
• Rachel Rose Starks, Research Analyst, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy
• Beatriz Olvera Stotzer, CEO, NEWCapital, LLC
• Anand Subramanian, Senior Communications Associate, PolicyLink
• Tse Ming Tam, Vice President, United Way of the Bay Area
• Tsehaye Teferra, Ph.D., President, Ethiopian Community Development Council
• Makani Themba-Nixon, Executive Director, The Praxis Project
• Sean Thomas-Breitfeld, Co-Director, Building Movement Project
• Doua Thor, Executive Director, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
• Dr. Fernando Torres-Gil, Associate Dean, Professor, and Director, UCLA School of Public Affairs
• Abel Valenzuela, Jr., Ph.D., Professor and Director, UCLA
• Preeti Vissa, Director of Community Reinvestment, The Greenlining Institute
• Rev. Joseph Washington, Chairman/CEO, SharedCare, Inc.
• Mahealani Wendt, Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation
• Sasha Werblin, Economic Equity Director, The Greenlining Institute
• Maya Wiley, President, Center for Social Inclusion
• Rick Williams, President, Realize Consulting Group
• Lillian Woo, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Annie E. Casey Foundation
• Robert Wynn, Director, Asset Builders of America, Inc.
• Jing Jian Xiao, Ph.D., Professor, University of Rhode Island