Executive & Senior Management

Executive Leadership

James H. Bason
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Monica Edwards
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Charles Foster

Senior Vice President | Chief Financial Officer

Foster’s exceptional experience spans more than 30 years in financial management, business, leadership, and corporate strategy.  Prior to joining TruFund, Foster has served in multiple leadership roles such as CFO for Prestige Management, Abyssinian Development Corporation and Abyssinian Baptist Church, Vice President of Finance for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, and as Senior Manager at KPMG.

As a Certified Public Accountant and a Chartered Global Management Accountant, Foster holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Saint John’s University and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Baruch College.

Ken Harvey
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Matthew Shapiro
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Robert Benitez
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Kim Carter Evans, PhD., MBA
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Brian Gurski
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Seth Manoff

Senior Vice President | Tru-Capital Investment Fund

Seth is responsible for the building and execution of TruFund’s equity investment platform.  He leads fund management, capital initiatives, relationship management, underwriting, and portfolio support, focusing on investments in BIPOC developers of affordable housing. Seth is knowledgeable in equity and real asset investments. He has over a decade of experience, having underwritten hundreds of transactions and managed a $250 million real asset portfolio prior to joining TruFund. He is a CFA charter holder and graduated magna cum laude from the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael Vaugh
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Senior Management

Naomi Baruch

Vice President | New Markets Tax Credit Impact Investment Officer

Ramy Hennedy

Vice President | Director of Finance

Elliot Teitelbaum

Vice President | Loan Portfolio & Credit Risk

Mark Brazier

Vice President | Contract Financing

Pia Longarini

Vice President | Compliance

Deorannie Singh

Vice President | Loan Closing & Compliance