Experience

Beneficial State Foundation

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director, Equitable Bank Standards Program

  • Apr 2023 - Present

• Associate Director, Equitable Bank Standards Program

  • Mar 2021 - May 2023

• Program Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

  Beneficial State Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Oakland that aspires to build a beneficial banking model that transforms the banking industry. Our vision is of a banking industry that is fair to the person with the least bargaining power; provides access to financial services for all our communities, particularly the traditionally under-served; results in the long-term prosperity of responsible consumers; promotes financial system stability; and contributes to the sustainability of the environmental commons. We call this vision Beneficial Banking.The Foundation owns the economic interests of Beneficial State Bank, a FDIC-insured Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) founded in 2007 with a triple bottom-line focus of social justice, environmental resilience and economic sustainability. The Bank is a state chartered, federally regulated, for profit banking organization that offers fair and transparent banking services, and areas of focus for lending and deposit relationships include: Renewable Energy, Operating Businesses, Nonprofits, and Multifamily Housing. Beneficial State Bank has been a certified B Corporation since 2013, and has been honored as “Best for the World”, a designation reserved for the top 10% of all B Corps based on environmental, community and worker impact. Show less



Climate Safe Lending Network

• United States
• Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Climate Safe Lending Fellow

  • Oct 2021 - May 2022

  Climate Safe Lending Fellows are climate intrapreneurs - banking professionals who are embedding climate action within the core strategy, operations, and culture of their institutions. From October 2021 to March 2022, Fellows will participate in a program of workshops and peer learning, aimed at supporting them to grow their knowledge, networks, skills, and motivation to enable their banks to finance a just transition to a low carbon economy. Climate Safe Lending Fellows are climate intrapreneurs - banking professionals who are embedding climate action within the core strategy, operations, and culture of their institutions. From October 2021 to March 2022, Fellows will participate in a program of workshops and peer learning, aimed at supporting them to grow their knowledge, networks, skills, and motivation to enable their banks to finance a just transition to a low carbon economy.


Action Center on Race and the Economy
• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Research Analyst

  • Oct 2018 - Jun 2019

United for a New Economy
• United States
• Individual and Family Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior Policy Analyst

  • Jul 2015 - Oct 2018


Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development

• United States
• Government Administration
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Policy Specialist

  • Feb 2015 - Jun 2015

  • Aiding Division Director in the systemwide Implementation of the National Workforce Act, WIOA • Creating workforce development brochures detailing programs for customers and providers • Organizing Community Partners and network with Directors to stimulate more collaboration • Aiding Division Director in the systemwide Implementation of the National Workforce Act, WIOA • Creating workforce development brochures detailing programs for customers and providers • Organizing Community Partners and network with Directors to stimulate more collaboration



Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - May 2015

  Assist Project Manager: • Manage a team of three graduate and undergraduate research assistants to produce data and survey lists • Produce Literary Review and Presentation on Federal Ruling Changes for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (DBE) • Create Memorandum and Presentation outlining contract task list in order to advise the project team on how to proceed Research and Management Duties: • Draft Survey Questions and participate in survey design for two surveys: a survey of financial institutions in TwinCities Area and a survey of DBE's in New Jersey • Join meetings with clients, outside consultants, and subcontractors to outline tasks and projects • Complete Institutional Review Board Forms to approve surveys • Maintaining constant contact with research team, subcontractors, and consultants • Lead Survey Research: Draft survey questions and participate in survey design of multiple surveys • Use quantitative analyses to calculate the availability and utilization of Minority Businesses Show less



The Humphrey School of Public Affairs

• Teacher's Assistant for Financial Analysis and Management

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2014

  • Office Hours each week to help students understand assignments, prepare for tests, and edit/revise group papers • Set up appointments with (international) students that need extra help to give them guidance in adjusting to different teacher and study styles • Run study groups to prepare for tests • Email correspondence with students to obtain assignments and set up meetings • Grade assignments, tests, and presentations then upload to moodle site • Advise professor in structuring the course and making timeline decisions Show less



Good Jobs First

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Intern

  • May 2014 - Aug 2014

  • Researched State Level Economic Subsidies by using LexisNexis to find articles and briefs and by combing through governmental and private economic development websites. • Created and Managed Database of all known state and local Economic Development Programs: a database of about 560 award programs averaging about 3-5 year totals for each program • Blog Writing: http://clawback.org/author/quinnwilliams2014/ • Analyzed Data in Excel to create a final report to be attached with my data that was sent to the Federal Reserve Bank Show less



Goodwill/Easter Seals

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Advocacy Intern

  • Jan 2014 - May 2014

  • Research and Develop memos and briefs regarding a living wage in Minnesota and possible wage rates • Research funding and metrics streams for the Workforce Development Consortium • Policy and Program Evaluation • Research and Develop memos and briefs regarding a living wage in Minnesota and possible wage rates • Research funding and metrics streams for the Workforce Development Consortium • Policy and Program Evaluation



United Auto Workers

• United States

• Global Organizing Intern

  • May 2013 - Aug 2013

  • Created and maintained a Google Drive database of members and member organizations to build a coalition • Maintained constant contact with members to gain support for auto workers in Mississippi • Taught other team members how to access and use Google Drive database • Mediated and resolved conflict • Created and maintained a Google Drive database of members and member organizations to build a coalition • Maintained constant contact with members to gain support for auto workers in Mississippi • Taught other team members how to access and use Google Drive database • Mediated and resolved conflict



Georgia STAND-UP

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2012

  • Researched developments in Atlanta that affect Morehouse College • Managed production for the Monthly Calendar • Organized new office space and computer database • Researched developments in Atlanta that affect Morehouse College • Managed production for the Monthly Calendar • Organized new office space and computer database



Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO

• United States
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Intern

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  • Worked with communications and logistical staff for a protest of Walmart • Researched political campaigns and ballot measures • Joined Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) interns once a week for professional workshops • Worked with communications and logistical staff for a protest of Walmart • Researched political campaigns and ballot measures • Joined Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE) interns once a week for professional workshops



Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Chapel

• Intern

  • Jan 2012 - May 2012

  • Administered Salesforce database • Planned interfaith events • Assisted with projects honoring Howard Thurman • Administered Salesforce database • Planned interfaith events • Assisted with projects honoring Howard Thurman