The world beyond banks.

<p><strong><a href="https://evepicker.com/the-world-beyond-banks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BE SURE TO SEE THE SHOWNOTES AND LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE HERE</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Eve Picker:</strong> [00:00:11] Hi there. Thanks so much for joining me today for the latest episode of Impact Real Estate Investing. My guest today is Annie Donovan, COO at LISC, an organization deeply rooted in the community. Annie has built a truly remarkable career in community investment by embracing a pursuit of fairness in economics and finance. She found her way to this mission through her roots in Pittsburgh, growing up in a working-class family where she was exposed to ideas of social justice early in life. In no particular order, she has served as a senior policy adviser in the Obama administration's Office of Social Innovation, as the CEO of the social enterprise, Core Metrics, heading the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund, and she spent two decades at Capital Impact Partners, all before taking over as COO at LISC. Be sure to go to EvePicker.com to find out more about Annie on the show notes page for this episode, and be sure to sign up for my newsletter so you can access information about impact real estate investing and get the latest news about the exciting projects on my crowdfunding platform, Small Change.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:39] Hello, Annie, I'm really honored to have you on my show and pretty excited to talk to a fellow Pittsburgher.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Annie Donovan:</strong> [00:01:46] Well, thank you, Eve. I'm very happy to be here and I'm always thrilled and delighted to talk to Pittsburghers.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Eve:</strong> [00:01:55] Good. So, the first question I have is actually about Pittsburgh. So, you grew up in Pittsburgh, and I'm wondering how that shaped the way you see the world.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Annie:</strong> [00:02:04] Thank you for that question. It very much did shape the way I see the world. Well, first of all, let me just tell you