Katrina Malone Joins HOPE’s Executive Team as Chief Program Officer

JACKSON, MS – Hope Enterprise Corporation/Hope Credit Union (HOPE) has announced the hire of Katrina Malone as Chief Program Officer, a new position on the financial institution’s executive team. A leader with more than 20 years in the finance and technology sectors, Malone provides strategic direction for HOPE’s teams that finance affordable housing and community facilities, and advance other projects that increase economic mobility.

Prior to joining HOPE, Malone served as Senior Vice President for Lending at Inclusiv, where she oversaw secondary market mortgage programs, developed investment strategies, and spearheaded the $45 million Southern Equity Fund to help credit unions advance financial inclusion. As Founder and CEO of Community Finance Advisors, she structured project financing in distressed Chicago neighborhoods. Malone’s experience includes posts with Fifth Third Bank, Citibank and Lucent Technologies and volunteer board leadership with a supportive housing provider, and a housing development corporation.

Malone is an Executive Masters of Business Administration Candidate at the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts & Economics from Xavier University and completed a certificate in financial management from the University of Chicago.

Malone is a recipient of the Selected Professions Fellowship with the American Association of University Women, the Pension Real Estate Association Scholarship, and the Goldie B. Wolfe Women Leaders in Real Estate Scholarship.