Clara Miller: President & CEO
Clara Miller is President and CEO of Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF), a national leader in nonprofit, philanthropic and social enterprise finance. NFF, which Ms. Miller created and has run for over 25 years, serves as a "philanthropic bank" serving both social sector organizations and their funders. A 2007 Fast Company Social Capitalist award-winner, NFF has helped thousands of nonprofit organizations strengthen their financial health and improve their capacity to serve their communities. NFF is a federally certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Directly and with others, NFF has leveraged $1 billion of capital investment into nonprofits, and also has provided over $ 200 million in direct loans. Other products available to both nonprofits and funders include workshops, business analyses, loan guarantees and multi-year contracts to build balance sheet strength.

Ms. Miller was named among The NonProfit Times "Power and Influence Top 50" in 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. She is a board member of GuideStar, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Enterprise Community Loan Fund and is Treasurer of the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Board. She serves on the Independent Sector's Nonprofit Programs and Practice Committee as well as the Bank of America National Community Advisory Council.

Ms. Miller was a Clinton appointee to the U.S. Treasury's Community Development Advisory Board, initially as a member and later as its Chair. She chaired the Opportunity Finance Network board for six years.

Ms. Miller speaks and writes extensively about nonprofit capitalization and finance and has been published recently in The Financial Times, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Community Wealth Vanguard, Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Nonprofit Quarterly, and Worth Magazine.

Karla V. Salazar is the Director, Los Angeles Program. Her responsibilities include overseeing the expansion of NFF in the Los Angeles and Southern California region, managing NFF’s advisory and lending services and new business development. Karla brings with her tremendous financial, operations management and consulting experience in the public and private sector. She was most recently the Assistant Manager for the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Prior to that she also served as the Field Director in Los Angeles for the California State Controller and was a financial analyst with the City of Santa Monica. She has also worked for the YWCA of Greater Los Angeles in their Racial Justice Program. An active board member of US Selective Service Committee, among other philanthropic groups, Ms. Salazar displays a sincere passion for public service.

As Vice President of Consulting Services, Rebecca Thomas has overall strategic responsibility for NFF’s product portfolio and directs national initiatives and partnerships. She oversees areas including product development, initiative design, and quality assurance. Ms. Thomas also advises nonprofits and their funders in areas of financial planning and management. Before entering the nonprofit sector, Ms. Thomas served as Senior Economics Correspondent for Smartmoney.com, a personal finance magazine jointly published by Dow Jones and Hearst. At Smartmoney, she covered economic developments and financial markets, and appeared as a commentator on CNNfn, MSNBC, and Fox. She serves on the boards of the Rock School for Dance Education and Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre, and participates on the Finance Committee of the Lark Play Development Center. Ms. Thomas received an MBA from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business and graduated from Yale University with a B.A in French and International Studies.

Leon E. Wilson: Executive Vice President
Leon E. Wilson has extensive experience in Financial Management, most recently as Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Philanthropic Investment Services at Bank of America. Mr. Wilson has been focused on meeting the financial needs of under-served consumers, and small businesses through the establishment of First Financial Access Group, and Capital City Ventures.

Prior to Bank of America, Mr. Wilson held the position of Executive Vice President of Fleet Financial Group's Charitable Asset Division.Earlier he served as Corporate Senior Vice President of GMAC Residential, the holding company for GMAC Mortgage, GMAC Global Relocation Services, GMAC Home Service, GMAC Real Estate, GM Bank, Family First by GMAC and Ditech.com.

Mr. Wilson has served on numerous professional and community boards including The Bell Foundation, Boston University, Dimock Health Care and Fannie Mae's Regional Advisory Board, and is a Trustee of Cambridge College and The Boston Conservatory. Mr. Wilson completed advanced studies at Harvard Business School and the University of Virginia's Graduate School of Retail Bank Management. He holds an undergraduate degree from Boston University.