MainStreet Community Capital has assembled a stellar team of banking and community development professionals to drive our initiatives.
Senior Vice President
Director of Community Development
Gabe brings more than 25 years of banking experience to his role as MainStreet Bank's Senior Vice President and Director of Community Development. He is passionate about MainStreet Bank's ability to help build and sustain vibrant communities, and he approaches his role with the knowledge and creativity to devise financing solutions to meet clients' unique needs.
Since the creation of MainStreet Community Capital, Gabe has been a driving force in its expansion. Throughout his banking career, Gabe has supported clients by providing access to essential goods and services in housing, healthcare, education, childcare, hospitality, and green energy. He takes pride in being a diligent, responsive, and solutions-focused professional who helps ensure MainStreet Bank meets its commitment to positively impact underserved communities.
Chairman and CEO
MainStreet Bank
Jeff Dick co-founded MainStreet Bank in 2003, and serves as CEO and Chairman of both the bank and its parent company, MainStreet Bancshares Inc. He began his career as an examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and went on to be an advisor on risk-based banking supervision for the Bank of England (UK Central Bank) and the Financial Services Authority. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1999, he was executive vice president and a director of a D.C.-area community bank.
Senior EVP and Secretary
MainStreet Bank
Tom Chmelik co-founded MainStreet Bank and MainStreet Bancshares. He currently serves as a board member and previously served as the CFO. With respect to MainStreet Community Capital, he is highly engaged in identifying and vetting prospective New Markets Tax Credit transactions. His background includes CFO roles in community banks as well as serving as CFO of Tanzania's National Bank of Commerce during its restructuring as part of a World Bank initiative.
CEO
Usource, Washington, D.C.
As USource's CEO, Shirley oversees an organization that specializes in construction, project management, and development consulting services. She previously managed affordable housing, mixed-use, and commercial development projects for the City of Boston and the District of Columbia. Shirley has substantial experience in securing New Markets Tax Credit financing.
Chief Financial Officer
Grow America, New York, NY
Daniel leads financial strategy and operations for Grow America across a $2 billion portfolio of community development investments and affiliated entities. Since 2012, he has played a central role in supporting New Markets Tax Credit capital raising, transaction execution, compliance, and reporting. He brings deep expertise in community development finance and has helped support investments that expand access to capital in underserved communities.
Managing Director
Redbrick LMD, Washington, D.C.
Jason leads Redbrick's Investor Relations group and supports capital formation, fund administration and stakeholder engagement. Redbrick, one of the largest private landowners in Washington, D.C., connects investor capital to compelling real estate development projects with sustainability, economic opportunities, and health and wellness features.
Senior Pastor
Mount Ephraim Baptist Church, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Since 2007, Dr. Gilmore has led an active congregation that strives to improve the community around them. He brings substantial business acumen to the board, having worked in the public and private sectors as a budget analyst, project director, and comptroller before he entered the ministry full-time.
President & CEO, Partner
Community Capital, Charles Town, West Virginia
Marten leads a community development financial institution that finances and advises small to mid-size organizations primarily based in rural and underserved communities across West Virginia and North Carolina as well as the Appalachian regions of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, South Carolina.
CEO
Arlington Food Assistance Corp., Arlington, Virginia
Charles leads AFAC, which distributes groceries to more than 3,000 local families in need each week. His arrival at AFAC in 2008 capped a long career in nonprofit management, including senior administrative roles at Georgetown University, the Kennedy Center, American University, and the District of Columbia Government.
Senior Advisor
Community Development Bankers Assoc., Washington, D.C.
Tom has been a consultant for the CDBA and several community banks since retiring in 2023. With a career spanning 56 years, his last role was an Executive Vice President at City First Bank, a Community Development Financial Institution and Minority Deposit Institution based in Washington, D.C. He serves on the board of the Charter Schools Development Corporation and the D.C. Students Construction Trades Foundation.
Managing Director
National Trust Community Investment Corp.
Kandi oversees the acquisitions and project management Team of NTCIC with a focus on Historic Tax Credit and New Markets Tax Credit investments, which encompasses finding, underwriting, closing, and initiating the first equity and loan disbursements to a project. She also originates and manages NTCIC's upper-tier investor relationships.
Our service area encompasses Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and West Virginia, where we have been serving low-income communities for 20 years.