Irvin M. Henderson is the principal of a consulting and development company with particular expertise in the areas of community development, education and training, community development finance and capital structure, collaboration and community involvement, community reinvestment, organizational development, project design and management, strategic planning, and commercial, residential, and enterprise development. His background includes financial planning and community development ranging from brokering securities to grassroots empowerment. He is also the former President and CEO of Henderson Financial Services, a financial planning, securities and insurance full service company. Mr. Henderson has developed training and coaching programs for the community development industry in a variety of settings. His CED Studies program has been presented in 17 states, and he has developed thousands of units of housing and over a million square foot of commercial space. He is the former President and CEO of Gateway Community Development Corporation; the former Chair and current Board Member of the North Carolina Low Income Housing Coalition; and the former Vice Chair of the North Carolina Association of Community Development Corporations. Irvin is a Board Member of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition; Founding President of the Community Reinvestment Association of North Carolina, Board Member of the National Trust Community Investment Corporation; Trustee of the CRA Mutual Fund; founding Chair of the Banker Community Collaborative Council; founding Executive Committee member of the North Carolina Fair Housing Center; and trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.