Team Group: Staff 1

Why do you do what you do? My journey line of service originates with being the only daughter of an Ecuadorian immigrant who believes in and is living, the American dream. In my experiences as a child visiting my family in Ecuador, I was saddened by the poverty and lack of opportunity. I committed to … Read more

Why do you do what you do? I am a first generation San Franciscan, and a descendant of immigrant parents who fled their war-torn native land, El Salvador. A passion for community service and organizing was a gift passed on to me by a remarkable, warrior woman, my mother, who lost everything due to tyranny … Read more

Why do you do what you do? I’m the proud daughter of immigrants: my mom is from the Philippines and my dad is from Turkey. Growing up in the Bay Area with my family, I saw firsthand how where we live and who we are affects our access to opportunity. And because I call this … Read more

Asha Rao has recently joined BALISC as Director of Investments. She has several years of working in the CDFI industry as an investment manager with Wells Fargo previously, lending to and investing in CDFIs nationwide. Prior to WF Asha worked at Standard and Poor’s in New York and at the Nasscom Foundation in New Delhi, … Read more

Elizabeth is so excited to join the Bay Area LISC team and brings over 15 years of experience in community development and city and transportation planning, plus a deep love of collaboration and tackling inequity in the systems that shape the built environment. Most recently, Elizabeth served as Director for the Great Communities Collaborative at … Read more

Ella Zimbalist is excited to join the Partnership for the Bay’s Future and San Francisco Foundation as an Associate Initiative Officer, where she will leverage her previous experience managing economic mobility programs at United South End Settlements in Boston to advance the Foundation’s mission of promoting equitable access to opportunity. Growing up in Northampton, MA, … Read more