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2020 Bank On Washington Forum Speakers

Erwin Reeves, FDIC

Erwin Reeves, Community Affairs Specialist with the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation San Francisco Regional Office since 2015,
helps community stakeholders bolster the economic inclusion of low-
income communities in the Bay Area (CA), Oregon, and Washington.
He has over 30 years’ experience supporting community
development that creates & implements programming for small
businesses, nonprofits, and residents in low income communities.

Through his blended experiences as a banker, volunteer and board
member, Erwin has focused on fostering collaboration between

bankers, CDFIs, and community-based organizations as well as
municipal and academic service providers to support financial
education, affordable housing, and access to capital.

Mr. Reeves has a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing from Jackson
State University. He has also completed the National Community
Development Lending School held at UC Berkeley, Strategy for Non-
Profit Organizations held at Stanford Graduate School of Business,
and the masters’ level extension program through Pacific Coast
Banking School at the University of Washington.

Jennie Romich, West Coast Poverty Center and University
of Washington

Jennie Romich is Professor of Social Welfare at the UW School of
Social Work and faculty director of the West Coast Poverty Center.
She studies resources and economic well-being in families with an
emphasis on low-income workers, household budgets, and families’
interactions with public policy. Her recent projects include research
into effective marginal tax rates created by means-tested benefit
schedules and the tax system; an investigation of income of families
involved with the child welfare system; and mixed-method
evaluations of the Seattle Paid Safe and Sick Time Ordinance and
$15 minimum wage. She co-leads the national effort on “Reducing
Extreme Economic Inequality” for the American Academy of Social
Work & Social Welfare’s Grand Challenges Initiative and co-chairs a
national research network on “Poverty, Employment, and Self-
Sufficiency” through the Collaborative of U.S. Poverty Centers.