Meet Our Ignite Capital Team

Jay Nwachu
President and CEO


Lindsey Henley
Director of Portfolio Operations


Tobi Olaniyi
Impact Investing Associate

Investment Committee

Patti Chandler, Finance and IT Consultant

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

Chris Warman, Baltimore Market Director, Reinvestment Fund

Maggie Villegas, Investment Committee Chair, Founder, CEO: La Sonora, Conjure the Future

Board of Directors


Patti Chandler, Board Chair, Finance and IT Consultant

Al Gourrier, Director of Nonprofit Management and Social Entrepreneurship, Associate Professor, University of Baltimore

Bree Jones, Founder, Parity

Carrie McKellogg, CEO REDF Impact Investing

Jay Nwachu, President, Ignite Capital
President & CEO, Innovation Works

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