Meet Our Ignite Capital Team
Jay Nwachu
President and CEO
Lindsey Henley
Director of Portfolio Operations
Tobi Olaniyi
Impact Investing Associate
Investment Committee
Candace Chance, Founder & CEO, The VPI Firm
Patti Chandler, Finance and IT Consultant
Bonnie Crockett, Director, Small Business Lending
Baltimore Community Lending
Bree Jones, Investment Committee Chair, Founder, Parity
Eric Lin, Director of Lending, Latino Economic Development Center (LEDC)
Jay Nwachu, President, Ignite Capital
President & CEO, Innovation Works
Chris Grant, Founder, Yoke Management Partners
Ken Malone, Co-Founder, Early Charm Ventures
Chris Warman, Program Officer, Baltimore Community Foundation
Maggie Villegas, Investment Committee Chair, Founder, CEO: La Sonora, Conjure the Future
Board of Directors
Pattie Chandler, Board Chair, Finance and IT Consultant
Murray Dalziel, Dean, Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore, Retired
Al Gourrier, Director of Nonprofit Management and Social Entrepreneurship, Associate Professor, University of Baltimore
Bree Jones, Founder, Parity
Carrie McKellogg, CEO REDF Impact Investing
Father Richard McGowan, Treasurer, USA Northeast Province of Jesuits
Dan Rizzo, Innovation Fellow, Inovalon
Jay Nwachu, President, Ignite Capital
President & CEO, Innovation Works
Dan Rizzo, Innovation Fellow, Inovalon
Mary Ann Scully, Dean, Loyola School
of Business and Management
Danielle Torain-Victor, Founder & Principal Consultant, Torain Advisory, LLC
Maggie Villegas, Investment Committee Chair, Founder, CEO: La Sonora, Conjure the Future
Finance Committee
Patti Chandler, Finance Committee Chair, Finance and IT Consultant
Jerlyn Korkoya, Assurance Senior Manager, Ernst & Young
Smitha Gopal, COO, EcoMap Technologies
Nam Le – Private Equity Analyst, Brown Advisory
John Muchai - Director of Finance, Baltimore Community Foundation