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Melissa Koide

Deputy Assistant Secretary

Office of Consumer Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Melissa Koide serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consumer Policy. In this role, she is 

responsible for matters concerning financial access, financial education, and consumer policy in 

the United States. She also serves as the Executive Director for the President’s Advisory Council on 

Financial Capability for Young Americans and supports the Secretary in his leadership of the Financial 

Literacy and Education Commission. Prior to joining Treasury, Ms. Koide was the Vice President of 

Policy at the Center for Financial Services Innovation.

Amias Gerety

Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions

U.S. Department of the Treasury 

Amias Gerety is the Acting Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions where he has developed and 

coordinated Treasury’s policies on issues affecting financial institutions and overseen the Community 

Development Financial Institutions Fund, the State Small Business Credit Initiative, and the Small 

Business Lending Fund. Previously, Mr. Gerety served as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Assistant 

Secretary for the Financial Stability Oversight Council. Prior to joining Treasury, Mr. Gerety was 

a management consultant at Oliver Wyman. He was also part of the domestic policy staff of John 

Kerry’s Presidential campaign and the Center for American Progress.
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Richard Cordray

Director

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Richard Cordray serves as the first Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He 

previously led the Bureau’s Enforcement Division. Prior to joining the Bureau, Mr. Cordray served on 

the front lines of consumer protection as Ohio’s Attorney General. Mr. Cordray also served as Ohio 

Treasurer and Franklin County Treasurer, two elected positions in which he led state and county 

banking, investment, debt, and financing activities. As Ohio Treasurer, he resurrected a defunct 

economic development program and created a Bankers Advisory Council to share ideas about the 

program with community bankers across Ohio.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Cordray was an adjunct professor at the Ohio State University College of 

Law, a State Representative for the 33rd Ohio House District, the first Solicitor General in Ohio’s 

history, and a sole practitioner and Of Counsel to Kirkland & Ellis. Mr. Cordray has also argued 

several cases before the United States Supreme Court.

Portia Wu

Assistant Secretary

Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor

Portia Wu serves as the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training. She leads the 

Employment and Training Administration (ETA) in its mission to address our nation’s workforce 

needs through high-quality training and employment programs. ETA also addresses the needs of 

workers and businesses through the Unemployment Insurance program and Office of Foreign Labor 

Certification programs.

Ms. Wu previously served at the White House Domestic Policy Council as Special Assistant to the 

President for labor and workforce policy. She has also held several positions including Labor Policy 

Director, General Counsel, and Advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy on the Senate Health, 

Education, Labor & Pensions Committee. 
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Johan Uvin

Acting Assistant Secretary

Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, U.S. Department of Education

Johan Uvin serves as Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education 

(OCTAE) which is responsible for the Department of Education’s adult education portfolio, including 

corrections and reentry education, secondary, postsecondary and adult career and technical education, 

and community colleges. Mr. Uvin also leads the Department’s Pay for Success work and coordinates 

the Department’s responsibilities related to the implementation of the Presidential Memorandum on 

Job-Driven Training. 

Prior to this position, Mr. Uvin served as Acting Director of the Policy Research and Evaluation 

Services Division of OCTAE and the co-chair of the Interagency Forum on Disconnected Youth, a 

multi-agency federal collaboration to improve the outcomes of disconnected youth. He also served 

as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Strategic Initiatives where he coordinated all policy and 

strategy development for OCTAE. Previously, Mr. Uvin led the Rhode Island state office that oversees 

adult education, career and technical education, and GED testing. 

Daniel Dodd-Ramirez

Assistant Director

Office of Financial Empowerment, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Daniel Dodd-Ramirez serves as the Assistant Director of Financial Empowerment in the Consumer 

Financial Protection Bureau’s Consumer Education and Engagement Division. Mr. Dodd-Ramirez 

previously served as the Executive Director of Step Up Savannah Inc. in Savannah, Georgia. Mr. DoddRamirez also served as Education Project Director and Community Organizer for People Acting for 

Community Together in Miami, Florida.
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Stephanie Gambone

Executive Vice President

Philadelphia Youth Network

As Executive Vice President of the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN), Ms. Gambone advances the 

organization’s local, regional, and national efforts aimed at increasing the city’s capacity to improve 

the educational and economic outcomes of young Philadelphians. Through strategic leadership, 

she supports the functions within the External Relations division, which includes organizational 

development, governance, brand management, policy and advocacy and the expansion of business 

partnerships.

In addition to her leadership at the organizational level, Ms. Gambone appoints and manages strategic 

partnerships with cross-sector, citywide cohorts throughout Philadelphia. This work provides 

support and direction to the PYN Board Nominating & Governance Committee, and supervision to 

offsite employers, including the Mayor’s Office of Education and the School District of Philadelphia. 

Previously, Ms. Gambone was a fellow at Bryn Mawr College’s Non-Profit Executive Leadership 

Institute.

Angela Johnson

Executive Director

Enrollment, Financial Aid, and Scholarship, Cuyahoga Community College

Angela Johnson serves as the Executive Director of Enrollment, Financial Aid, and Scholarship at 

Cuyahoga Community College. She also serves as President of Ohio Association of Student Financial 

Aid Administrators, a non-profit organization serving Ohio schools, students, and administrators 

with financial aid training and access to state and federal policy updates supporting Ohio students 

financing higher education. Prior to these roles, Ms. Johnson acted as Director of Student Financial Aid 

and then Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at Cuyahoga Community College. Previously, Ms. Johnson 

held positions as Manager of Financial Aid Services of Bryant & Stratton College, and Financial Aid 

Counselor at the Ohio State University.
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Chris Walker

Director

Research and Assessment, Local Initiatives Support Corporation 

Chris Walker is the Director of Research and Assessment for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation 

(LISC). He is responsible for assembling, conducting, sponsoring, and disseminating research on 

community development’s contributions to the well-being of individuals, families, and communities. 

He also supports the research activities of the 30 LISC local programs throughout the United States. 

Prior to joining LISC, Mr. Walker directed a community and economic development research 

program at the Urban Institute in Washington, DC, where he led national studies of federal- and 

foundation-funded affordable housing, community lending, arts and culture, and other community 

development issues.