Raza Development Fund Launches J. Tommy Espinoza Fellowship, a Component of Wells Fargo Foundation Growing Diverse Housing Developers Program
PHOENIX, AZ. – Raza Development Fund (RDF) is proud to launch the J. Tommy Espinoza Fellowship, a signature component of Wells Fargo Foundation’s Growing Diverse Housing Developers program. The fellowship, named in honor of RDF’s founding President & CEO, will support the growth and development of housing developers of color while ultimately strengthening the affordable housing development ecosystem. “We not only wanted to honor Tommy’s life-long commitment and impact to community development and affordable housing in poor and Latino communities, as importantly we wanted to honor Tommy’s legacy as a selfless mentor, visionary trailblazer, and fearless torchbearer of hope,” said …
Raza Development Fund (RDF) Names Annie Donovan as its new President and CEO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ruby Marinez • rmarinez@razafund.org | Octavio Espinal • oespinal@unidosus.org Raza Development Fund (RDF) Names Annie Donovan as its new President and CEO MAY 31, 2022 PHOENIX, AZ. – Raza Development Fund’s Chairman of the Board, Danny Ortega, Jr., and Janet Murguía, President and CEO of UnidosUS, announced today that Annie Donovan will become the new President and Chief Executive Officer of RDF. RDF is the largest national Latino serving Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) in the country and a support corporation to UnidosUS. Danny said, “Ms. Donovan is exceptionally qualified to lead RDF to greater levels …