Calvin L. Holmes

Calvin Holmes joined Chicago Community Loan Fund in April 1995, and was promoted to executive director from lending program manager by the board in June 1998. During his tenure as CCLF's key underwriter, he increased the intermediary's portfolio from 7 to 32 loans, thus expanding notes receivables from approximately $400,000 to over $2 million in three years.

Prior to joining CCLF, Calvin managed 100-200 units of scattered-site, low-income housing for the St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center in Baltimore, Maryland for nearly two years. His career development also includes three years as a transportation planner for the City of Chicago. He also managed the national and international accounts for one of the nation's top four greeting card companies, Recycled Paper Products.

Holmes holds a bachelor's degree in African-American studies from Northwestern University and a master's degree in urban and regional planning, with a concentration in real estate development, from Cornell University.

He currently serves on the board and policy committee of the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), the board of the Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF), Secretary of the Interfaith Housing Development Corporation of Chicago, and on the Advisory Board of Directors of the Mercy Loan Fund CDE, a CDFI subsidiary of Mercy Housing. He also serves as a member of the Bank of America National Community Advisory Council, President of the Parkland Condominium Association, and Treasurer of the Supportive Services Development Corporation. In 2002/03, Calvin was a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow. Read his profile in Crain's Chicago Business "40 Under 40" feature, recognizing him as one of Chicago's up and coming community leaders.