Jean Nelson-Houpert is the Interim-CEO and Chief Financial Officer for DC Green Bank, where she is responsible for leading the entire team in support of the bank’s mission as well as delivering strong financial and accounting practices. Jean serves as DC Green Bank’s high-level strategic leader and financial steward in implementing strong financial discipline in its financial reporting, budgeting, accounting, and risk management processes and ensure its safety and soundness as well as long-term sustainability and growth.
Jean joined DC Green Bank with extensive expertise in banking, internal control, risk management, and financial reporting knowledge. She also has significant experience in public accounting for mid-to-large size community banks. Among her leadership roles in financial institutions, Jean has served as controller at Millennium Bank, Director of Accounting, and Chief Financial Officer for Alliance Bankshares Corporation and SEC reporting manager at Capital Bank, N.A.
Jean received her a M.J. (Master of Jurisprudence) from Tulane University and B.A. in Accounting from Temple University. She is also a certified Human Resources Professional (PHR).
Dinora McRae is DC Green Bank’s Executive Assistant. She provides executive support as a liaison, aiding in the successful cultivation of partnerships, communications, and outreach for DC Green Bank. Dinora has a decade of experience working in hospitality management, HR, and employee training.
Gary Decker serves as the Director of Strategic Engagement at DC Green Bank. Gary has spent fifteen years working on public policy at the national and international levels to improve lives in the United States and around the world. He has worked on a range of issues including renewable energy, sustainable development and climate change, the protection and expansion of voting rights, health care, and building a more equitable and inclusive economy.
Gary holds a M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. in Political Science and International Relations from Goucher College.
Michael Chase serves as the Director of Technology & Special Projects at DC Green Bank, where he oversees technology support and manages strategic operational projects. Michael has over twelve years of experience in national and international project management and software solution implementation. Before joining DC Green Bank, Michael worked for a local consulting company supporting project management and IT solutioning for various DC-based projects. He also served in the US Army for seven years with the 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, KY, and 1-509th Parachute Infantry Regiment at Fort Polk, LA.
Michael holds a B.S. and M.S. from Appalachian State University and an MBA with a focus on Analytics from Kogod School of Business at American University.
Mary Edwards, a native of Raleigh, NC, has lived in the DC Metro area since 2007. She has 15 years of commercial lending experience, focusing on Credit Risk Management at Large Regional Banks, International Banks and local Community Banks. She has extensive experience in crafting commercial lending processes and procedures, including processes relating to Commercial Real Estate, ABL financing and Non-for-Profit financing. Mary is a graduate of Salem College, located in Winston-Salem, NC.
Marc Ericson is the Director of Financing Programs for DC Green Bank, where he is responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing new programs to deploy capital with a focus on decarbonization and climate resilience, affordable housing, and green building. His previous experience with affordable multifamily housing includes his role as a Director of Underwriting with a focus on affordable housing for a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lender. He has worked on multiple affordable housing types, including Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, tax-exempt bond deals, limited equity cooperatives, and HUD Section 8 HAP contracts. As a Senior Vice President at National Cooperative Bank, he has structured the financing for various multifamily housing types, including Multifamily Housing Cooperatives, Condominium Associations, and Community Associations. He also worked on the structuring and sale of subordinate debt.
Marc received his M.B.A. from the University of Washington, M.A. in Secondary Education from Loyola Marymount University, and B.A. in Mathematics from the University of Virginia.
Michelle Boltik serves as the Financial Controller where she supports the Chief Financial Officer to ensure that DC Green Bank’s financial systems create a strong foundation for community impact. She has over 30 years of banking and accounting experience, including 10 years of auditing experience. Michelle also has expertise in banking, internal controls, reconciliation, and with general ledger, as well as with departmental management. Her career has seen her responsibilities include the teller line all of the way to financial institution Assistant Controller. Among her leadership roles at financial institutions, she served as Assistant Controller of Revere Bank and Finance Program Manager at Spectra Credit Union. She also served as Controller for a Montgomery County law firm.
Michelle received an MS in Accounting and Finance from University of Maryland Global Campus and a BA in Economics from University of Maryland Baltimore County.
Ronald Hobson serves as the DC PACE Program Manager at DC Green Bank. Ronald is a highly skilled, veteran financial services provider and leader in the Washington DC market who has earned the solid reputation of providing access to capital and financial advisory assistance to some of the most successful and highly regarded government contractors, professional services firms and nonprofit organizations. Ronald has worked at a number of regional banks in the DC markets, most recently with Customers Bank where he worked as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Hobson also served as the Associate Deputy Administrator for Government Contracting and Minority Enterprise Development at the Small Business Administration where he oversaw the nation’s $27 billion 8(a) program.
Ronald graduated with cum laude honors from Howard University with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and is a Betta Gamma Sigma inductee (an academic honor society for top business students). He is also a distinguished veteran, having served in the US Army, Office of Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence at the Pentagon. He is the proud father of three whose children have also excelled in material science engineering/physics, medical school, and mathematics.
Gabriela Kluzinski is DC Green Bank’s Investment Manager, where she is responsible for business origination, deal structuring and execution, and portfolio management. Her expertise is in evaluating stormwater retention, green building, solar, and clean transportation investments as well as product development in sustainable affordable housing.
Gabriela’s background is in impact investing, asset management, cleantech evaluation, and endowment fundraising. Prior to her current role, she was on Cambridge Associate’s Sustainable and Impact Investing team where she assessed the assets of non-profit institutions and university endowments ranging from $200 Million to $5 Billion Assets Under Management for their sustainability and diversity metrics and proposed more mission-aligned investments.
Gabriela received her B.B.A from the University of Notre Dame in Finance. She has been awarded Galileo Master Certifications in Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Market Trends & Finance.
Shyrah Kum serves as the Community Outreach & Development Manager at DC Green Bank, where she is responsible for aligning processes, developing training, and designing outreach to ensure that DC Green Bank is a leader in implementing best practices for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Shyrah’s background includes roles in program coordination, diversity recruitment, and human capital. Previously, Shyrah served as a Development Manager in Human Resources and Deployment at Pricewaterhouse Coopers, an Assistant Director for Undergraduate Admissions and Recruitment at Virginia Tech, and Program Coordinator at George Mason University and George Washington University.
Shyrah holds a M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration from Old Dominion University and a B.A. in History from Virginia Tech.
Derrick Holloway is a Senior Investment Associate for Green Buildings at DC Green Bank, where he works on origination, structuring, and executing financial products. Derrick has a corporate finance and commercial real estate background that spans from marketing, leasing, asset management, underwriting, and development. He joins DC Green Bank after spending 5 years in private and non-profit commercial lending, where he underwrote over $100 million in construction loans related to charter school development. His experience in corporate finance includes forecasting commercial projects, $15 million and up bridge loans, and $25 million and up construction loans. He has also helped manage a $100 million “School of Hope” charter school development fund with the purpose of opening 10 charter schools in 3 years.
Derrick attended Temple University’s Fox School of Business and double majored in Finance and Real Estate. He is also a licensed real estate agent in California and is in the process of obtaining his General Contractors license in the state of Maryland.
Shiva Patel has nearly a decade of experience with community-based organizations, start-ups and impact investment firms, particularly in the areas of energy and climate justice, transformative finance, and worker-owned cooperatives. This includes developing and implementing local/state/national projects and programs, policy analysis and advocacy, as well as conducting financial due diligence and investment deal structuring. He recently served as a Senior Fellow with The Solutions Project, an advisor to the Justice40 Accelerator, and played an integral role in the development of the Healthy, Equitable, Resilient Communities (HERC) accelerator and investment fund, a joint effort on behalf of Justice Capital and Full Spectrum Capital Partners. Prior to this, he co-launched the energy justice program at the Center for Biological Diversity.
He holds an M.B.A from UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, and a B.S. in Environmental Economics and Policy and a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, also from UC Berkeley.
Mojdeh ‘MJ’ Efatian is DC Green Bank’s Human Resources Manager. Mojdeh has 4 years of experience with a financial services institution through her previous roles with Northwestern Mutual. Mojdeh has served as a human resources consultant and additionally has experience in training and development.
Mojdeh received her master’s in jurisprudence in Labor & Employment Law from Tulane University and obtained her bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Louisiana State University. Mojdeh is a member of The Junior League of Washington.
Natrebo Douglas is the PACE Program Coordinator for DC Green Bank. Natrebo has a commercial real estate, corporate finance, and commercial card background. His professional career has consisted of creating and implementing process improvements and contributions to organizational growth. He has been trained in Lean Six Sigma, Six Sigma and Agile principles to help optimize and scale for future growth. He is process driven with a long-standing record of innovation and creativity.
He values partnerships within the community. He has partnered with Virginia Commonwealth University as a mentor in the School of Business. He has worked with Junior Achievement as a mentor socializing financial education to students and family members. He has been an active contributor to the Boys and Girls club and Ameri-Corps. His favorite pass-time is soccer where he has coached different levels and ages through his local soccer community.
He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. My educational career and life experiences developed my ability to be empathic to others and is a key driver to my continued Creative Confidence.
Laura Maretich serves as DC Green Bank’s Communications and Marketing Coordinator and is responsible for ensuring that the bank is able to communicate and engage with core audiences and District communities in an effective and impactful way. Previously, Laura worked as the Communications Director at MobilizeGreen, an environmental equity nonprofit, before starting her own consulting business that managed a portfolio of public and private sector clients. Laura clerked for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and interned for Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay. While attending Howard Law School, Laura was a summer associate for the Office of the Attorney General for D.C. Laura also spent time as a law clerk in the public policy group of Squire Sanders Patton Boggs before establishing her own real estate investment business.
Laura received a B.S. in Public Policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she was a top recruit for the Women’s Volleyball Team. In 2011, she received her J.D. from Howard University School of Law. Laura is also active in the Crestwood Neighborhood Association.