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
