ECDI Leadership

Meet our Board of Directors

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ECDI Board of Directors

As a commercial banker in Central Ohio, Jeff partners with businesses to support their financial goals. He values building strong relationships and helping his clients navigate complex financial decisions with precision and confidence. Jeff is passionate about serving the community and supporting nonprofit organizations that are essential for the community. As a board member, Jeff brings financial expertise, strategic insight, and a collaborative spirit to advancing the mission of ECDI to educate, invest, and innovate.

With over two decades of community development and banking experience, Tara is a Vice President and Director of Place Based Small Business Lending & Investment 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.

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.

Carrie Rosenfelt serves as Director of Community Lending, Consumer and Regional Banking at Huntington Bank. In this role, Carrie works to drive economic inclusion through access to capital, primarily for small business owners. Carrie and her team help develop and deliver innovative products and services to support small businesses growth with a focus on those owned by minorities, women, and veterans.

Prior to joining Huntington, Carrie served as Executive Director for Northern Ohio at the Economic and Community Development Institute (ECDI), a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) and the SBA’s largest microlender in the country.

Carrie was recognized as a member of one of American Banker’s Most Powerful Women in Banking ‘Top Teams’ in 2021. She is a graduate of the 2021 class of Leadership Cleveland and has completed the Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio’s LeadDIVERSITY program and the Cleveland Leadership Center’s Bridge Builders program (2013). Carrie has been recognized as a Cleveland Jewish News Difference Maker (2021), German Marshall Memorial Fellow (2015) and a YWCA Woman of Achievement (2013).

Carrie serves on the boards of Towards Employment, Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio, Milestones Autism Resources and is a member of the Community Relations Committee at the Jewish Community Federation.