Dorothy J. Bridges is President & Chief Executive Officer of City First Bank of DC, joining the board of the bank and corporation in September 2008 after nine years as the President and CEO of Franklin National Bank, a community bank located in Minneapolis, MN. With over twenty-eight years in banking, Ms. Bridges started her career with First Bank Systems in 1979 where she held numerous positions, including President of a $150 million community branch. Ms. Bridges left First Banks in 1993 to become a senior consultant for Barefoot, Marrinan & Associates, a bank regulatory compliance-consulting firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. In 1995, she joined the Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF), a private not-for-profit corporation that securitizes economic development loans for secondary market investments. As Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, Ms. Bridges was responsible for analyzing the credit risk of the loan portfolio and purchasing loan pools from various government agencies and non-profit agencies across the country. Ms. Bridges is a leader in her community and in the banking industry. She is currently Chair of the Northwest Area Foundation and a board member of the Advantus Series Fund, Inc. She also serves on the American Bankers Association Government Relations Council and is the immediate past Chair of the ABA American Community Bankers Council.
John M. Hamilton is currently Secretary of the Corporation and Bank, and a director since 1998 and was the former Chairman of Community First Inc. Mr. Hamilton currently is employed as the President of City First Enterprises. He is the former Secretary of Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration, served as Commissioner of Indiana's Department of Environmental Management and as Chief of Staff to the Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. Prior to this, he practiced law in Indiana. Mr. Hamilton received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University and law degree from Indiana University.
Joseph F. Horning, Jr. a director since 1998. Mr. Horning is CEO and Chairman of Horning Brothers, a local real estate company that develops, owns and manages over 3,000 rental units, and 160,000 square feet of retail space in the D.C. Metropolitan area. One of his most innovative and transformational projects is the Tivoli Theatre, which combined housing, performing arts and retail space. The project is credited with spurring the redevelopment of the 14th Street corridor in Columbia Heights. Mr. Horning is a native Washingtonian who received his bachelor's degree from Mount Saint Mary's College and master's degree from American University.
Leonade D. Jones a director since 2008. Ms. Jones is a director of several mutual funds in the American Funds Group and a member of the Investment Advisory Committee of the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System. She is the co-founder and former CFO of VentureThink, LLC and Vesura Inc., companies revolutionizing higher education finance. For over 20 years, Ms. Jones worked in senior management with The Washington Post Company concluding with tenure as Treasurer. Actively involved in community and public affairs, Ms. Jones is currently a trustee emeritus of Simmons College and a director of the Access Group, a non profit student loan provider, and the Washington Area Women’s Foundation. She earned her JD/MBA from Stanford Law School and the Graduate School of Business after graduating from Simmons College with a BA with distinction. She is a member of the California Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. Ms. Jones was inducted into the Washington DC Women’s Hall of Fame and awarded the Candace Award for Business from the Coalition of 100 Black Women. She is a recipient of the Outstanding Young Women of America Award. She joined the City First Board in January 2008. Ms. Jones is a native of Washington, DC.
Thomas F. Kelley a director since 2008. Mr. Kelley has extensive experience in the real estate finance and commercial banking industry. He spent over 30 years with SunTrust Bank, and retired in 2005 from his position of Group Executive for Real Estate Finance in the Mid Atlantic Region. Since early 2008, he has been re-employed by SunTrust as a Special Assets Real Estate Manager in Raleigh, NC. Mr. Kelley is a member of the Fundraising Committee of the Arlington Diocese, Catholic Charities, and has served on the Board of Directors of Falls Church Housing Corporation, a non-profit affordable housing developer, since 2005. He earned his undergraduate degree in finance from the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce and his MBA from George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Nicole F. Mandeville has been a director since 1998 and currently chairs the Audit Committee. Ms. Mandeville currently serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Freedom Forum, Inc. Prior to joining the Freedom Forum, Ms. Mandeville served as the Vice President and Treasurer of Georgetown University from 1993 until 2001. Ms. Mandeville received her bachelor's degree from Boston College and master's in business administration from the University of Rhode Island.
David J. McGrady, is currently Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the corporation and bank, and Chairs the directors loan committee has been a director since 1998. Mr. McGrady is a consultant to community development financial institutions (CDFIs) and a nationally recognized expert on the NMTC program. He advises banks, municipalities and CDFIs on a range of issues, including corporate structure and governance, capitalization, market assessment, product development, and risk and portfolio management. For many years, Mr. McGrady was Director of Commercial Programs for the Center for Community Self-Help in Durham, North Carolina. Under his leadership, Self-Help originated over 1,300 higher risk business loans totaling more than $80 million. He is chairman of the Board of the National Community Investment Fund. Mr. McGrady received his bachelor's degree at King's College and law degree from Harvard Law School.
Kathy J. McKinless a director since 2010 and is a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee. Ms. McKinless retired from KPMG LLP, an international certified public accounting firm in 2003. As a Certified Public Accountant, Ms. McKinless has over 28 years experience in public accounting auditing various types of corporations including banks, real estate companies, colleges/universities and not-for-profit organizations. Ms. McKinless is active in community outreach organizations and currently a part-time advisor for the Archdiocese of Washington. Ms. McKinless received her bachelor's and master's of business administration degrees from the University of South Carolina.
Dr. Hassan Minor, Jr., Ph.D. a director since 2008. Dr. Minor is the Senior Vice President of Howard University; his responsibilities include strategic planning, university research and external affairs. He is the University officer charged with the development of the award winning LeDroit Park Initiative and the National Capital Medical Center. He is also the University Chief Technology Officer, and has responsibility for WHUR-FM, the Howard commercial radio station and WHUT-TV, the public television station. Dr. Minor earned his doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and later joined the faculty as a professor of organizations and public policy. He served as Assistant for Urban Affairs to the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University and was the Managing Director of The Corporation for Boston, a business think tank established by the MIT faculty. Dr. Minor was a director of GSI, a private company chartered to provide services to government facilities, and was member of the Advisory Council for Fannie Mae’s Washington DC Partnership Office.
C.F. Muckenfuss, III is currently Chairman of the board of directors of the Corporation and the Bank and has been a director since 1998, formerly serving as the Vice Chairman of the Corporation and the Bank. Mr. Muckenfuss has been a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP since 1981. Previously, he served as Senior Deputy Comptroller for Policy with the OCC, Counsel to the Chairman and Special Assistant to the Director of the FDIC and as an attorney and project developer for the Bedford Stuyvesant D and S Corporation, then the largest Office of Economic Opportunity- funded community development project in the country. Mr. Muckenfuss speaks frequently before industry, legal and academic groups on various banking issues. He received his bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and law degree from Yale University.
Ellen Seidman has been a director since 2009. Ms. Seidman is Executive Vice President, National Policy & Partnership Development, at Shore Bank Corporation and a Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation. Her wide ranging financial industry and regulatory expertise includes serving as the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS), a Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and a member of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC). She has also been a senior official at Fannie Mae, the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Transportation. Ms. Seidman received her bachelor’s degree from Radcliffe College, an MBA degree in Finance and Investments from George Washington University and her law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.
W. Christopher Smith a director since 1998. Mr. Smith is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of William C. Smith & Co., Inc., a D.C.-based multidisciplinary real estate firm. In 1997, he was instrumental in forming a nonprofit organization, Building Bridges Across the River, to fundraise and develop a $26 million cultural arts, recreation and education facility, the Town Hall Education Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) in Southeast Washington. He sits on the board of directors for Building Bridges Across the River, the D.C. Building Industry Association, the Historic Charles Street Renaissance Corporation, the Fannie Mae D.C. Partnership Advisory Council and the Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC); and he is a member of the Mayor's Comprehensive Housing Strategy Task Force. He was the 2003 recipient of Washington Urban League's Whitney M. Young Service Award and in 2005 was honored with the Apartment and Office Building Association's prestigious Sidney Glassman award. Mr. Smith, a native Washingtonian, was recently named a 2006 “Washingtonian of the Year” by the Washingtonian Magazine.