Marva Williams is Senior Vice President of the Woodstock Institute and is also the coordinator of the Community Reinvestment Act Coalition. Her program areas include community development finance institutions (CDFI), financial services, and community reinvestment coalition-building. Marva recently completed a guide to enable community organizations to develop partnerships with credit unions, an analysis of the asset-building programs of large mainstream financial institutions, and an evaluation of affordable alternatives to payday loans. Marva has presented expert testimony on community development finance issues to the U.S. Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee and the Illinois General Assembly, as well as numerous conferences.
