Brandee McHale is the Chief Operating Officer at the Citi Foundation.
The
Citi Foundation is committed to the economic empowerment and financial
inclusion of individuals and families, particularly those in need, in
the communities where Citi works so that they can improve their standard
of living. The Foundation fulfills this mission by investing in
non-governmental organizations that align with our economic empowerment
focus, promote collaboration and effective use of philanthropic
resources, engage Citi employees, and demonstrate measurable impact and
positive outcomes. The Foundation targets it resources to program
innovations in the following areas:
Microfinance; Enterprise Development; Financial Capability and Asset Building; and
Youth Education and Livelihoods. In the U.S. the Citi Foundation also
supports Neighborhood Revitalization programs that create economically
vibrant communities and College Success efforts that aim to dramatically
increase the number of low-income and first generation college
graduates.
Ms. McHale is responsible for all of the Foundation’s grantmaking
programs and operations including Citi Volunteers and Citi’s Office of
Financial Capability whose mission is to leverage Citi’s people,
products and philanthropy to increase low-income consumer financial
capabilities. Ms. McHale joined Citi in 1991 and has a long history in
both business management and philanthropy. Before joining the
Foundation, she served as the Director of Operations for Citi Community
Capital the largest community development financing entity in the United
States. Earlier assignments included a series of increasingly
responsible positions in Citi’s Community Relations and Community
Reinvestment Act departments.
In 2005, Ms. McHale left Citi to spend two years with the Ford Foundation developing a portfolio of investments that support low-income households’ efforts to participate in the mainstream economy, attain economic self -sufficiency and fulfill asset development goals. Brandee holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Policy from the New School for Social Research and is currently on the board of directors of the Corporation for Enterprise Development and chairs the Living Cities Income and Assets Working Group.