The Mel King Institute 12th Annual Virtual Breakfast

LEARNING AREA:
MKI Training
Online

Duration:

1 hour 30 minutes

Location

Online

Description

 

The Mel King Institute 12th Annual Virtual Breakfast

~ While we do suggest a donation, the event is FREE to attend.  Register TODAY! ~

Please join the Mel King Institute for Community Building to celebrate our 12th year of learning, innovating, and networking across the Massachusetts community development field. This year, we will be centering the event around the theme of "Celebrating Community Resilience".

During the breakfast, learn about our programs, partnerships, and accomplishments over the past year. As we continue to grow, your support is critical to help us provide the programming community development professionals need to build thriving and equitable communities.

Join us on June 23rd for a conversation with: 

Marietta Rodriguez, President & CEO of NeighborWorks America;. 

Jason Boyd, Community Organizing Director of Codman Square NDC; 

And Chavella Lee-Pacheco, Community Planning Manager, Madison Park DC.

We also have the enormous pleasure to welcome two distinguished poets to participate in the Breakfast: María Luisa Arroyo and Mah Camara.

Read more about our work in the 2021 MKI Breakfast Yearbook.

Support the Mel King Institute:

FOUNDING PARTNERS

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lisc logo
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masshousing

PRESENTING SPONSOR

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eastern bank

 

Platinum Sponsors
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Kuehn Charitable Foundation 
MHIC

Massachusetts Housing Partnership
NeighborWorks America

 

Gold Sponsors
Boston Private
WinnCompanies

Silver Sponsors
CHAPA
Coalition for a Better Acre
Harborlight Community Partners

Kevin P. Martin & Associates
Klein Hornig LLP

M&T Bank

Needham Bank
NEI General Contracting

NeighborWorks Housing Solutions 

TD Charitable Foundation
The Boston Foundation

The Life Initiative 
Tufts Health Plan Foundation

Bronze Sponsors
Ann L. Silverman Consulting

CEDAC

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

Dorchester Bay EDC 

Diane Gordon Consulting 
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Franklin County CDC

Homeowners Rehab Inc.
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción

Latino Support Network 

LDS Consulting Group

Licata Risk Advisors
Mathew Thall Consulting

Metro Housing Boston
Metro West CD
Munkenbeck Consulting
Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
POAH

Keynote Speaker Bio:

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Marietta Rodriguez
President & CEO
NeighborWorks America

In August 2018, following a 25-year career in affordable housing and community development at the local, regional and national levels, Marietta Rodriguez was named president and CEO of NeighborWorks America, a national, congressionally chartered nonprofit dedicated to creating opportunities for people to live in affordable homes, improve their lives and strengthen their communities. In more than two decades with NeighborWorks America, Rodriguez has played a key role in shaping and expanding its homeownership programs, building increased capacity, improving technical assistance and grant management, and strengthening relationship management across the network and with strategic partners. As CEO, she leverages her depth of industry and institutional knowledge, working closely with the board of directors, to ensure that the corporation is positioned as a strong, results-driven resource partner, thought leader and educator for its network and the broader community development field.

 
Rodriguez manages an annual budget of more than $150 million, comprising congressionally appropriated and private funds. She ensures that NeighborWorks continues to be a good steward of those resources, strategically growing the organization’s work in scope and application. Rodriguez leads a talented national team of experts, making sure they remain innovative, skilled and resourced to provide the network – which includes more than 240 groups in every state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico – with a variety of robust tools, training and strategies to help them reach their community development goals. She has a proven track record of creating and executing initiatives that address some of the toughest challenges facing low- and moderate-income families, such as homeownership, financial capability, and community building and engagement. As a national expert on affordable housing, Rodriguez also serves as NeighborWorks America’s primary spokesperson, with media credentials including CNN Money, Fox Business, CBS Evening News, ABC Nightly News, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Mortgage News, Market Watch on National Public Radio, American Banker and Stanford Social Innovation Review. 


Rodriguez earned her bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, Illinois, in international relations and Spanish, and is a graduate of the Kennedy School of Government/NeighborWorks America Achieving Excellence Program. 
 

Registration fee

Free, Suggested $100 Donation