Frank Altman
Senior consultant at Self-employed
Expertise: Public policy, community development
Education: University of Minnesota; Brown University

Frank Altman is the author of A New Capitalism: Creating A Just Economy That Works For All and the founder of Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, a community development financial institution. As chief executive officer, he was on the vanguard of impact investing, a capitalist solution to community issues. Today, CRF is responsible for over $3.6 billion of loans that have revitalized more than 1,000 communities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Altman first became acquainted with impact investing during the anti-Apartheid movement. Through asset securitization and drawing in Wall Street investors, Altman has changed what is possible for low-income communities and the entrepreneurs within them, and he remains committed to advancing his work.

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By embracing entrepreneurship that puts society ahead of the individual, we can rebuild communities and create meaningful change.