Clifford N RosenthalClifford N. Rosenthal, one of the pioneers of the community development finance movement, has worked in the cooperative movement for more than forty years, beginning with organizing food co-ops for Native American and migrant farmworker organizationsand culminating in leadership of National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (now Inclusiv). In 2012, he established the Office of Financial Empowerment at the newly created federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He was inducted into the African-American Credit Union Coalition Hall of Fame in 2019 and the national Cooperative Hall of Fame in 2024.

Dana Archer-Rosenthal is a consultant for the nonprofit and public sectors in program design, funding, and impact evaluation. As a consultant and grant maker, she has worked with dozens of environmental, workforce development, and community development organizations, including the leading CDFIs, Nonprofit Finance Fund and Inclusiv. She carries on the Archer and Rosenthal family traditions of service in the progressive nonprofit sector.

Both authors are long-time residents of Brooklyn, New York. Read More Read Less