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Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity

(TACRE) Meeting 

March 9, 2023
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Agenda 

Call to Order/Roll Call 2:00 – 2:05 Snider Page, DFO 

Opening Remarks 2:05 – 2:10 Felicia Wong, Vice Chair

Overview of Strategic Questions

Presented to Subcommittee for Consideration 2:10 – 2:15 Janis Bowdler, Counselor for Racial Equity

Subcommittee Presentations on Recommended 

Priorities for Committee Consideration 2:15 – 3:15 All

• Research and Data Equity 2:15 – 2:30 Dr. Dorothy Brown & Dr. John Friedman 

• IRA Implementation 2:30 – 2:45 Amanda Renteria 

• Financial Health & Capital Access 2:45 – 3:00 Bulbul Gupta & Valerie Red-Horse Mohl

• Internal Staffing and Culture 3:00 – 3:15 Gary Cunningham 

Discussion/Vote on Priority 

Recommendations for the Committee 3:15 – 4:15 All 

Treasury’s Response to TACRE Priority 4:15 – 4:20 Janis Bowdler, Counselor for Racial Equity

Recommendations

Review of Public Comments 4:20 – 4:35 Felicia Wong, Vice Chair

Submission of Records for Government Travel 4:35 – 4:40 Snider Page, DFO

New Business/Next Meeting (June 8th) 4:40 – 5:00 Felicia Wong, Vice Chair

Adjourn
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Call to Order/Roll Call 

Snider Page, Designated Federal Official/Acting Chief, 

Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility 
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Welcome and Opening Remarks 

Felicia Wong, TACRE Vice-Chair
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Opening Remarks - Vice Chair 

Felicia Wong (Vice-Chair)

President and Chief Executive Officer, The 

Roosevelt Institute

Felicia Wong, President and Chief Executive 

Officer, The Roosevelt Institute. Felicia leads 

this non-profit organization, which focuses 

on progressive economics, invests in young 

leaders, and advances policies that bring the 

legacy of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt into 

the 21st century. Felicia is a political scientist 

whose work has focused on identifying 

barriers to an inclusive economy, industrial 

strategy, decarbonization, economic 

transformation, and strategies for long-term 

political change. Felicia Wong represents the 

non-profit sector.
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Overview of Strategic Questions 

Janis Bowdler, Racial Equity Counselor 
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Racial Equity Counselor 

Janis Bowdler serves as Treasury's first Counselor for Racial Equity. Prior to Treasury, she

has spent the last two decades advancing economic equity solutions for 

communities of color and breaking down the barriers that underpin the disparities in 

wealth and financial security by race and gender.

Janis’ career has spanned local service, national advocacy, and international 

philanthropy. She launched her career in her native Northeast Ohio with Famicos 

Foundation, a community development corporation working in the Hough and Glenville 

neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio. As a Project Manager she developed and preserved 

affordable homeownership and rental opportunities for the residents of these historically 

African American neighborhoods.

She then spent 10 years at UnidosUS, then National Council of La Raza, advocating for 

economic mobility opportunities for Latino families. As the Director of Economic Policy, she 

led research, advocacy, and policy development in the areas of job creation and job quality, 

retirement security, housing, banking, community development and consumer protection.

Most recently, Janis served the President of the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Foundation. Under her leadership, the firm launched several 

critical initiatives that have expanded capital for entrepreneurs of color, improved access to banking products and services, expanded 

access to new job skills, and built more inclusive neighborhoods. Janis played a critical role in developing the firm’s incremental $30 

billion racial equity commitment.

Janis has authored a number of publications on financial opportunity and economic mobility. Most recently, she co-authored “Building 

Equitable Cities: How to Drive Economic Mobility and Regional Growth” with Henry Cisneros and Jeff Lubell.

Janis received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Malone College in Canton, Ohio and a Master of Science degree from Cleveland State

University. She is a proud Latina, a yoga instructor, mom to one daughter, two dogs, and a bunny. She lives with her husband and her 

family in Takoma Park, Maryland.
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Subcommittee Presentations on Recommended 

Priorities for Committee Consideration
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Subcommittees Chairs & Co-Chairs 

Research and Data Equity

Dr. Dorothy Brown Dr. John Friedman 

Martin D. Ginsburg Chair in Taxation PDBF Distinguished Professor of Economics 

& Professor of Law & International and Public Affairs 

Georgetown University Brown University

Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Implementation

Amanda Renteria

CEO

Code for America

Financial Health Inclusion & Capital Access

Bulbul Gupta Valerie Red-Horse Mohl

President and CEO Co-Founder

Pacific Community Ventures Known Holdings

Internal Staffing & Culture

Gary Cunningham (for Michael McAfee)

President and CEO

Prosperity Now
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Discussion/Vote on Priority 

Recommendations for the Committee
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Treasury’s Response to TACRE Priority 

Recommendations 

Janis Bowdler, Racial Equity Counselor 
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Review of Public Comments 

Felicia Wong, TACRE Vice-Chair
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Submission of Records for 

Government Travel 

Snider Page, Designated Federal Official/Acting Chief, 

Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility 
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New Business/Next Meeting 

Felicia Wong, TACRE Vice-Chair
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Adjourn