Anne Li, Program Director, Innovation
Areas of Expertise: Affordable Housing, Finance, Innovation, innovation@cfed
Ms. Li directs innovation@cfed, an initiative launched in 2009 designed to identify and bring to scale the next generation of ideas that expand economic opportunity for all Americans. In her role as Program Director, she oversees the execution of all three elements of the initiative – Innovators-in-Residence, Innovative Ideas and Innovation Summits. innovation@cfed has continued to evolve under Ms. Li’s direction and currently operates as the research & development arm of the organization.
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Most Recent Blog Posts
Mar 12, 2012
Credit Unions and Financing Manufactured Homes: Opportunities & Innovations, Thursday, April 5, 3:30 - 5:00 pm EDT
Sep 12, 2011
Sherri Rice's work with Access to Healthcare Network continues to grow. AHN has already provided affordable health care
Jul 21, 2011
Here is a timely and hard-hitting post from CFED’s Innovative Idea Champion Jack Towarnicky, prompted by a recent front-page
Jul 13, 2011
Yesterday, Rural Dynamics, Inc., headquartered in Great Falls, Montana, featured former CFED
Jun 20, 2011
The recording from last Wednesday’s webinar, Financial Empowerment through Employer Engagement
Jun 14, 2011
Hilary Abell, executive director of WAGES – Women's Action to Gain Economic Security
May 2, 2011
We want to congratulate Margaret Libby, executive director of Mission San Francisco Community Financial Center
Apr 13, 2011
It is exciting to learn that Ed Ablard's advocacy with Pentagon Federal Credit Union, which
Mar 30, 2011
Over the years, CFED has found sympathetic resonance with partners
Mar 9, 2011
We noticed a highly innovative development called social impact bonds in the U.K. last year, and we weren’t the only ones. President Obama’s FY 2012 budget includes a similar innovation. Up to $100 million would be invested in a “pay for success” approach in seven pilot areas including, among others, job training, education,
Mar 1, 2011
‘Green’ development and ‘green’ jobs present exciting opportunities for innovation that will benefit lower-income people. Several ideas in CFED’s Innovation Portfolio explore the green economy. For example, check out Leonard McCollum’s and Chuck Shannon’s work with Green Business and Prisoner Re-entry and Ted Howard’s efforts with the Evergreen Cooperative Initiative in Cleveland, OH.
Feb 18, 2011
Some of the excitement at the Innovation Marketplace of the 2010 Assets Learning Conference came from the fact that visitors could exercise their market skills by buying unique products and services. Mercado Global was one of the Marketplace’s featured International Innovations. Founded by Ruth DeGolia when she was a student at Yale, Mercado Global is a cutting-edge nonprofit, Fair Trade organization with an innovative approach to fighting poverty and empowering indigenous women in Guatemala’s highlands by connecting their artisan cooperatives to sales opportunities in the U.S. on an unprecedented scale.
Feb 2, 2011
Hello! My name is Anne Li and I am CFED’s program director for innovation. I will be blogging pretty regularly from now on, and also inviting you and others to be Guest Bloggers.
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