Kristen Scheyder leads the Citi Foundation’s U.S. community finance and financial inclusion grantmaking strategy, where she helps non-profits implement systems-change strategies to spur inclusive economic opportunity while also focusing on organizational capacity building to help grant partners drive better outcomes for their clients. Kristen has been a community development practitioner for 25+ years, with experience in the banking, government and non-profit sectors. Prior to joining Citi in 2012, she was Deputy Director for the Northeast Region of NeighborWorks America, where she oversaw the provision of financial and technical resources to housing organizations in 11 states. Prior to that she held a variety of community development finance positions at HSBC Bank, Seedco (now TruFund Financial Services), the City of Philadelphia; and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. She earned a Master’s in Government Administration from the Fels Center of Government at the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College.