MainStreet Community Capital

Gabriel 'Gabe' Derosier

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 a banking career exceeding 25 years, 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.

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Our governing board

Jeff Dick

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.

Tom Chmelik

Chief Financial Officer
MainStreet Bank

Tom Chmelik is Chief Financial Officer and co-founder of MainStreet Bank and MainStreet Bancshares. He oversees the financial and risk management team. 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.

Our advisory board

Shirley Boubert-Rumble

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.

Maria Jose Cantoni

Director of Financial Empowerment Center
Britepaths, Fairfax, Virginia

Maria José is the Director of the Financial Empowerment Center at South County in Fairfax County, a division of Britepaths, Inc. She leads a team that serves more than 2,000 low-income clients annually. Maria José is a certified public accountant with more than 20 years of wide-ranging business experience.

Jason Cross

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.

The Rev. Dr. Joseph A. Gilmore Jr.

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.

Kandi Jackson

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.

Marten Jenkins

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.

Kimberly Black King

Interim EVP and Chief Operating Officer
Volunteers of America, Washington, D.C.

Kimberly oversees real estate development for Volunteers of America National Services, including affordable housing development, acquisitions, recapitalizations, construction, and national strategic initiatives. King joined VOA in 2018 after 20 years of leadership experience in the affordable housing industry, including chief development officer of the District of Columbia Housing Authority.

Charles Meng

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.

Michelle Mooney

Director of Structured Finance/NMTC Program Manager
Grow America, Philadelphia

Michelle leads New Markets Tax Credit programs at a premier community and economic development organization. She has structured, underwritten, closed and/or unwound over $850 million in allocations and has assessed risk associated with tax-exempt debt investments exceeding $600 million in 501(c)(3) special purpose entity-owned, publicly sponsored real estate projects.

Meet our team