LISC and coalition partners will receive $2 billion from the National Clean Investment Fund; a spotlight on Community Connectors resident leaders; a new BDO partnership with the Asian American Chamber of Commerce; and the affordable housing Non-Profit Preservation Initiative concludes Year 1.

In naming Michael Pugh a leader in finance, Crain's NY noted his leadership of LISC, a CDFI that has invested $30 billion in underserved communities, as well as his accomplishments in establishing a loan fund leveraging alternative data and cultivating the next generation of financial leaders at HBCUs.