Patti has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services industry, working in real estate mortgage and commercial banking. She has built her career through relationships and her love of community. She has helped small business owners as a lender, advisor and advocate and brings this passion to Main Street Launch. Her motto has always…
Rohan has over 20 years experience in financial services. He was formerly an executive vice president at Wells Fargo leading various functions within the institution’s Commercial Banking division. He built and led relationship management and lending businesses in Northern California, the Midwest, and the Asia-Pacific region. He also worked in areas of risk management, change…
Melissa joined Main Street Launch as an AVP Accounting Manager in 2022. Her work includes supporting the Accounting and Finance Department and providing accounting assistance to all other Main Street Launch departments as needed. Melissa has a background in State, County and Municipal Government, Non-Profit, Financial Institution and Public Accounting. Originally from Illinois, Melissa moved…
As the Loan Servicing Specialist, Jose is responsible for performing all of the organization’s servicing functions and completing requests submitted by clients. Jose holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from San Francisco State University. Before coming to Main Street Launch, he worked for several years at Wells Fargo Bank in the Wholesale Loan…
Matt Ching MEMBER Matt Ching is a second generation banker. He chose his career after seeing how much his banker father was able to help the community where he worked, enabling people to raise families and create jobs in their neighborhoods. Matt currently serves as Vice President & Manager at City National Bank. Before that…
As Accounting and Administrative Specialist, Shay is responsible for managing various forms of accounting data and documentation. Shay holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing, and has held roles from Accounting to Marketing in a variety of industries. When she is not working, she is either enjoying a day at the spa, relaxing at the…
Robert Blundell is the Vice President of Compliance & Risk Management. Robert is responsible for ensuring organizational compliance with SBA policy, evaluating and managing risk across Main Street Launch’s SBA loan portfolio, and executing servicing actions in compliance with SBA policy. Robert’s education includes an MBA with a focus in Entrepreneurship with undergraduate work in…
Kelly manages marketing and impact projects for Main Street Launch. She initially joined the organization to support the development and expansion of the Shop Oakland Now and Shop Chinatown small business directories. She became passionate about sharing the unique stories of small businesses through her experiences working with women entrepreneurs as an AmeriCorps VISTA and…
Brooke originally joined Main Street Launch as Data and Online Content Manager and has transitioned to Loan Closing Manager. As Loan Closing Manager, Brooke supports our lending work, supporting our clients by getting their loans funded and ensuring compliance. She recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in May with a degree in Economics.…
Galuh Gayatri joins our impact evaluation team, working with Katie & Guillermo, to support our work to develop, implement, and document strategies and objectives for data collection and analysis. Galuh is from Indonesia and she is a budget officer in Ministry of Finance, Republic of Indonesia where she involved in national budget administration. She is…