JEDI Board of Directors

Founding Executive Director / Secretary

As a founder of JEDI, Nancy is profoundly committed to developing prosperity for all. She currently manages the JEDI team, develops programs and funding streams, and ensures regulatory compliance. She has built the organization to be responsive to community needs, meet its promises, and perform at a level that gains it the respect of its peers. Ms. Swift helped design the Women’s Business Center at JEDI. Nancy is a former small business owner.

Board Chair

Erika is a Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician (WEMT), Bumi Sehat Volunteer and proud parent of three sons - two of them Green School Bali graduates. She has worked and lived in Southeast Asia for the past 20 years and has had many chances to use her medical training in her community, on her friends and on her family (especially her sons). She is currently enjoying a spacious empty nest. Erika has a Bachelors Degree in Social Science. At various times in the last 35 years she has been a whitewater rafting guide, swift water rescue trainer and wilderness first aid instructor. She is currently writing a textbook for International First Responders.

Treasurer

Having joined CDC Small Business Finance in 2003, I am the Senior Loan Officer on the Community Loan Program team. As a Community based lender, CDC Small Business Finance provides financing to small businesses in CA, AZ and NV that haven’t been able to secure traditional bank financing.

My goal is to help small businesses get the financing they need. Specializing in loans under $250,000, for startups, acquisitions, working capital and debt refinancing, I love helping make dreams come true. I am the Industry specialist for Home Health Care, Home Care and Hospice Care. I have countless stories of people I’ve helped secured financing to start and grow their businesses, and have seen them grow over the years. Many clients have come back to me for multiple loans as they grow which has given me the opportunity to share in their dream.

Board Member

With 12 years of small business, non-profit and economic development experience, Ms. Cordell’s focus is equipping the workforce and entrepreneurs in rural California to realize and define their global vision and goals. Ms. Cordell holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship, a BA in Public Relations, and a minor in Women’s Studies. She began her career in Sacramento and has since worked with clients throughout the state, helping them develop and strategize new programs, products, and services. In 2016, she became the Far North Deputy Sector Navigator of Global Trade and Logistics and the Director of The Far North Center for International Trade Development, based at Feather River College. In January of 2018, Ms. Cordell joined Shasta College as the Deputy Sector Navigator/Regional Director of Business & Entrepreneurship and directs a variety of educational programs, business development projects, and entrepreneurship efforts that foster economic sustainability and growth.

Board Member

VP, Director of Community Development and board-appointed CRA Officer at Tri Counties Bank.

Over 10 years in banking compliance specializing in the Community Reinvestment Act, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, Fair Lending Compliance, and Compliance Monitoring Programs.