The Mel King Institute 12th Annual Virtual Breakfast
8:00am
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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.
Support the Mel King Institute:
- MKI Sponsorship Form
- Sponsor BOTH the MACDC Annual Meeting and Conference & the Mel King Institute Annual Breakfast
- MACDC Member Sponsorship Form
FOUNDING PARTNERS
PRESENTING SPONSOR
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:
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.