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Capital Impact Partners' CFO Named to 2020 Washington Business JournalARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Capital Impact Partners is pleased to announce that Natalie Nickens Gunn, the company's Chief Financial Officer, has been named to the Washington Business Journal's "Women Who Mean Business" program. Now in its 17th year, this award honors the region's most influential business women who have made a difference in their communities and are leaving a mark on the Washington, D.C. area community. Ms. Gunn was selected for this prestigious award in a very competitive process. According to the Washington Business Journal, this year "we saw a record number of nominations, making the competition one of the toughest our judges have encountered. Hundreds of nominations poured in from exceptional women all over our region." The final awardees, leading their organizations through uncertain times, represent a range of sectors, including government, education, hospitality, banking, construction, and nonprofits. The 2020 group includes Mayor Muriel Bowser; Monica Goldson, CEO, Prince George's County Schools; Lisa Marsh Ryerson, President, AARP Foundation; and Cristina Anteloa, CEO, Ferox Strategies, among others. "I am honored by this selection and humbled to be included among such a prestigious group of trailblazing women across the region," said Natalie Nickens Gunn, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Capital Impact Partners. "I hope this award brings attention to the critical work that Community Development Financial Institutions like Capital Impact do to champion issues of social and economic justice in communities across the country." As a leader within the CDFI sector, Ms. Gunn continually demonstrates how to be creative and nimble in how Capital Impact raises, manages, and deploys capital for maximum social impact. Highlights of those efforts include:
Ms. Gunn has published her experiences launching the Capital Impact Investment Note in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and has been featured in Next City for her ability to connect capital from various sources to support communities nationwide. In addition to her professional achievements, Ms. Gunn is active in her community. This includes:
"I grew up in a military family, frequently relocating to various parts of the United States and overseas. Through those experiences, I gained insight on certain advantages that some communities had over others. That instilled in me a passion to serve my community as a child and has continued into my adulthood. The power to now serve communities nationwide as the CFO of Capital Impact provides an opportunity for something I never could have imagined," noted Ms. Gunn. Prior to serving as CFO, she served as the organization's Controller, and has held senior positions at the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), National Cooperative Bank, N.A. (NCB), Capital Automotive REIT, Host Hotels and Resorts, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. A Certified Public Accountant, Ms. Gunn graduated magna cum laude from Hampton University with a degree in Accounting. Ms. Gunn is a wife and mother of two sons in the Virginia Association of Independent Schools System.
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