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OFN Member Expression of Interest: Innovation Council Members

Instructions: Please answer the questions below to submit your expression of interest for OFN’s Innovation Council. We are looking for OFN members who are innovation thought leaders to guide the Innovation Initiative.

Please note that a maximum of one person per organization can submit an application.

OFN will review expressions of interest and invite individuals, based on their experience, to have a conversation to confirm alignment before making any appointments to the Innovation Council.

Your total response should not exceed two pages.

For more information, please refer to our website. If you have any questions, please refer to our FAQ's or contact us at innovation@ofn.org

Part 1: Basic Information

Organization Name

First Name

Last Name

Email Address

Your Role

Part 2: Availability

The Innovation Council is expected to meet on a quarterly basis and may require approximately 1 additional hour per month of other support.

Are you able to commit (with reasonable certainty) to the time requirements listed above for this role for a period of at least 1 year?

YesNo

If you answered "no" - please do not proceed with the remainder of the form.

Part 3: Innovation Experience

Interest & Vision

Tell us about why you are interested in joining the Innovation Council.

What is your vision for the future of the CDFI industry? What are some of the biggest opportunities that this initiative could seek to pursue?

Bio

Please provide a high-level summary (1-2 paragraphs) of your experience advancing innovations that have or may support CDFIs.

How many years of experience do you have working at or with CDFIs?

*Please note that you will be required to provide more detailed information on the innovations and your role in them later in this form.

Innovation Category

Please select the category (or categories) of innovation with which you have substantial experience. Experience across all categories is not expected or required.

Capital solutions that change how CDFIs structure and capitalizeFinancing products that expand access to capitalTechnology and operational efficiency to transform how CDFI’s do business, andData research, systems, and analytics that support scale, investment and impact.

Innovation Implementation Experience

Tell us more about your experience with an innovation or innovations in the category/categories chosen above. Please describe the problem(s) the innovation solved for the organization, the strategies you utilized to identify and advance the innovation, and any outcome metrics you have of the innovation’s success.

If desired, you may attach a file (PDF, Word, Excel) with more information on the innovation.

Advisory Experience

How do you think you could best contribute to this initiative as a member of the Innovation Council?

Please also indicate if you have participated in other advisory groups or roles before. If so, please describe a few accomplishments and lessons learned that may be applicable for the Innovation Council.

If you have not participated in an advisory group or role, what do you think makes a group like this successful?

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