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meet Ascendus

Our goal is to help business owners ascend to a better life. And while you’ll find us listed individually below, you can be sure that we work together as a team to ensure your success.

Leadership Team

Board Members

Daniel Delehanty, Chair

CRA and Fair Banking Director, Metropolitan Commercial Bank

Amy Hellen, Vice Chair

Financial Services Executive

Ramona Cedeno, Treasurer

Founder and CEO, FiBrick

Jessie Chiang, Secretary

Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Armando Acosta

Managing Director, Fundraising and Investor Relations, The Riverside Company

Stephen Cassell

Chief Marketing and Growth Officer, Chief Outsiders

Pablo Cortina

Chief Risk Officer, Jeeves

Sandy Fernandez

Global Head of Philanthropy and Community Impact, BNY

Joseph Hernandez

Vice President, CRA and Fair Lending Officer, TBK Bank

Zara Ingilizian

Head of Consumer Industries, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Deanna Maestas

Commercial Strategy Advisor and Impact Investor

Alvin “Ace” Moore II

Advisor and Investment Committee Member, DS Capital Group, LLC

Perri Richman

Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer, Albireo Energy

Augusto Sanabria

President/CEO, Prospera

Shelley R. Sylva

Head of U.S. Corporate Citizenship, TD

Jerry Weiss

Head of Credit Risk, MoneyLion

New England Advisory Board

Anne Cerami, Chair

Special Assets Analyst, Enterprise Bank

Alvaro Lima

Director of Research, Boston Planning Department

Kris Puskar

Business Banking Sales and Innovation Director, Eastern Bank

Henrik Totterman

Professor of Entrepreneurial Management, Hult International Business School

Florida Advisory Board

Cristina Ice, Chair

Executive Director, Business Banking RM Channel, Chase

Miguel Baez, Vice Chair

Senior Vice President, Business Banking Performance Manager, Bank of America

Talia Urena

Senior Vice President, Regional Market Manager, First Horizon Bank

Arthur Costa

Senior Vice President, Workplace Banking and Financial Empowerment Leader, Truist

Clara Diaz-Leal

Executive Vice President, Retail Executive and Market President, South Florida and Texas, BankUnited

Karla Gottlieb

Independent Grants and Development Consultant

Joseph Scondotto

Community Impact Manager, Fifth Third Bank

Peter Salas

Senior Vice President and Head of Florida SBA Sales and Franchise Lending, Regions Bank

Myrna Sonora

Vice President, South Florida, Prospera

Leo Toca

Vice President, Senior Community Development Officer, Wells Fargo Foundation

Mihai Vrasmasu

Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon

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