Under his leadership, he quickly built MAF into a national and award-winning nonprofit with innovative models for integrating financially excluded and marginalized communities into the financial mainstream. Since2008, MAF has delivered more than 95,000 direct cash assistance grants and zero interest loans to immigrants, people of color, and low-income families to improve their financial lives with higher credit scores, bigger savings, and smaller debts.For his work, he was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, the Ashoka Fellowship, and the Aspen Institute Fellowship. He also received an HonoraryDoctorate from San Francisco University, the James Irvine Leadership Award, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Distinguished Alumni Award, and the San Francisco Business Times Most Admired CEO Award, among others. José is a visionary leader, highly regarded in the consumer finance field. Currently, he serves on the FederalReserve Bank’s Community Advisory Council, the U.S. Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity, and on consumer advisory boards for U.S. Bank, Experian, andCapital One. In 2012, the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau appointed him as the inaugural Chair of the Consumer Advisory Board. In 2014, CA GovernorBrown enacted legislation recognizing MAF’s Lending Circles program, making California the first state to lift credit building as a force for good. And in 2019, CA Governor Newsom enacted legislation creating the CA Money Smart program, a MAF-led effort to support nonprofit organizations that deliver effective financial education to low-income communities. José graduated from the University of California at Davis and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.