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.

LISC Puget Sound's Housing Equity Accelerator (HEA) fellowship is helping to equip the next generation of Seattle-area developers of color. After a year of learning, investments, and relationship building, the program's first 13 fellows will graduate on April 27, 2023, at the Northwest African American Museum. With 25 projects in the pipeline representing $580 million …