D2D Fund

• Jeff Zinsmeyer, Executive Director
• Timothy Flacke, Director of Business Development
• Preeti Mehta, Director of Special Projects
• Nick Maynard, Director of Innovation and New Product Development

Biographies

Jeff Zinsmeyer, Executive Director

Jeff Zinsmeyer is the Executive Director of D2D Fund and serves on the organization's Board of Directors. Jeff has over twenty-seven years experience in community development and the financial services industry. Prior to helping launch D2D Fund, he served as the Director of Community Development and Low / Moderate Income Marketing for FleetBoston Financial's Community Investment Group. Prior to Fleet's purchase of BankBoston, Jeff helped to develop and launch BankBoston's First Community Bank, where he supervised small business and real estate lending. First Community Bank is a nationally recognized urban bank which serves numerous low and moderate income communities throughout New England. Prior to his work with First Community Bank, Jeff was a Vice President of Acquisition Finance. Mr. Zinsmeyer has an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University Graduate School of Business, an M.A. in Economics from American University, and a B.A. in Sociology from University of Southern California.

Timothy Flacke, Director of Business Development

Timothy Flacke is Director of Business Development for D2D Fund and serves on the organization's Board of Directors. Prior to helping launch D2D, Tim worked as an independent consultant, author and grant writer in the field of asset development. In this capacity he co-authored The Individual Development Account Program Design Handbook, successful grant applications under the federal Assets for Independence Act (AFIA) program, and Dollar $ense, a financial education curriculum for IDA programs. Tim was a VISTA volunteer at Central Vermont Community Action Council during the start-up phase of that organization's American Dream Demonstration IDA Program, Tangible Assets. Before entering the asset development field, Tim managed employee benefits, risk management and stock option plans for Filene's Basement, Inc., a chain of off-price apparel retail stores with 5,000 employees in 13 states. He holds a Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Boston College.

Preeti Mehta, Director of Special Projects

Preeti Mehta is Director of Special Projects for D2D Fund. Prior to joining D2D, Preeti was a management consultant in the private and nonprofit sectors, first with PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting Services and then as a self-employed consultant, specializing in business process re-engineering, operations improvement and strategic planning. Her private sector clients included a range of Fortune 500 companies in several industries. In her capacity as consultant to the nonprofit sector, Preeti served as the Director of Economic Development for a local community-based organization helping launch and run asset-building programs. She also served on the Board of a Low Income, Community Development Credit Union in the South End neighborhood of Boston. During her time as a self- employed consultant, Preeti worked with the Boston EITC Coalition, serving on its Steering Committee and running VITA sites in the South End, Chelsea and South Boston. Prior to her consulting career, Preeti worked at GTE Laboratories in Waltham, MA. She holds a Master of Science in Mathematics from Virginia Tech, in Blacksburg, VA, and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from St. Xavier’s college, Mumbai, India.

Nick Maynard, Director of Innovation and New Product Development

Nick Maynard is the Director of Innovation and New Product Development for D2D Fund. Since joining D2D, Nick has led initiatives improving marketing to LMI families, piloting prize-based savings in the credit union industry, and offering US Savings Bonds at tax time. In addition, he directs the financial literacy video game initiative. Prior to joining D2D, Nick spent almost a decade providing customer, market, and operational strategy consulting to Fortune 1000 executives while at Deloitte Consulting and Braxton Associates. Nick holds both a Masters in Business Administration and a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University. He also holds a Bachelors of Engineering and Operations Research from Princeton University.