Jeffrey Bailey

With over two decades of community development and banking experience, Tara is a Vice President – Director of Community Development Strategies at Fifth Third Bank. In this role, her primary responsibilities include management and oversight of regional and national lending/investment programs that focus on utilizing innovative product solutions to reach underestimated communities and entrepreneurs. Tara has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Economics from Denison University, completed the McKinsey & Company Black Management Accelerator Program, received her Certification as an Economic Development Finance Professional from the National Development Council and completed the Citi Leadership Program through the Opportunity Finance Network. Tara is honored to provide ongoing support of the organization's mission of investing in people to create measurable and enduring social and economic change as an ECDI board member.

With three decades of management and legal services experience, Steve provides programmatic and legal oversight for ECDI, oversees all legal and regulatory matters, and steers the lawful development and implementation of ECDI’s business strategies. He leads the organization’s efforts to continually increase levels of support to entrepreneurs. Steve also devotes time to providing one-on-one support to ECDI clients.

Pamela Foster

Todd has worked more than 35 years banking world, and currently is Senior Vice President and Commercial Banking Market Leader at CF Bank. Todd has decades of experience attracting and retaining profitable relationships and managing a team of commercial bankers. He brings that knowledge and passion to the ECDI board, and is committed to the organization's mission to assist new and small business owners.

Matthew Glover is Founder & President of Capacity Catalyst Consulting, a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) that partners with nonprofits and businesses to strengthen fiscal health, fund development, and scale impact. A seasoned banking professional and former funder, he brings 14+ years of expertise in CRA strategy, mortgage, business development, investments, and capacity building. Matthew holds an MBA from Ohio Dominican University and is dedicated to advancing economic equity. Through his service on the ECDI Board, he is committed to supporting entrepreneurs and empowering underserved communities.

John was President of JJH Consulting until he sold his business in September 2024. He now is Managing Director of Synexis Consulting and has more than three decades of proven business, nonprofit and higher education experience in providing leadership, developing relationships, and organizing and implementing organizational, business process and information technology change. John has helped organizations become best in class through increased service delivery, application of business and industry best practices, improved customer satisfaction, and effective utilization of resources.

As a leader in the CDFI industry, Inna maintains a local and national network of partners, enabling ECDI to continually better its products and services to meet target market needs and fulfill its strategic goal of increasing loan volume to meet the needs of its underserved clients. With three decades of experience in economic and community development, Inna’s organizational responsibilities center on supporting ECDI’s strategic direction and planning, fundraising, fiscal oversight, and education of policy makers.

Roddell is Senior Vice President, Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer for First Financial Bank (FFB). In his role, Roddell has responsibility for the bank’s Corporate Responsibility functions including Community Development, Office of Inclusion, Supplier Inclusion, and Environmental Social Governance (ESG) framework. He also serves as Secretary for the First Financial Foundation and produces FFB’s annual Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) report. Roddell is a staunch supporter of ECDI’s mission to assist every entrepreneur – regardless of where they came from, where they live, their gender or their lineage.

Jeff is an experienced business attorney focusing primarily on business transactions, business services, mergers and acquisitions, and business litigation. Throughout his career, he has represented businesses of all sizes and negotiated numerous multimillion dollar sales and acquisitions of corporate entities. Jeff is also an experienced employment and labor law attorney representing businesses in all aspects of employment law and employment law litigation. In addition to his legal services work, Jeff has been a volunteer with the Resurrecting Lives Foundation, a Board Member of Opera Columbus, and a Board Member and Chair of the Board of the Columbus Speech & Hearing Center.

Huntington National Bank