Terry Simonette has worked in the field of community development and community development financial services for the past 35 years. His experience is wide ranging and includes operating as a nonprofit developer, providing technical assistance and training services in several national organizations, serving in the Carter Administration in the Office of Neighborhood Development at HUD, and finally coming to NCB Capital Impact at its inception in 1984.
Simonette joined NCB Capital Impact as its first business development officer, was named President and Chief Operating Officer in 1992, and in 1994 was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer.
While at NCB Capital Impact, Simonette has promoted an aggressive strategy that has steadily increased the size and scope of the organization each year, and broadened its activities to include a broad spectrum of community investment activities, capacity building and policy development programs. Throughout this expansion, Simonette has focused NCB Capital Impact's sights on escalating its tangible impact on the problems and issues of emerging markets and low-income communities across the country. |